The Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Resource Planning
A curated American edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
What to know about Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a vital technology that integrates core business processes into a unified system, enabling organisations to manage operations more effectively. Recent developments showcase significant investments in cloud-based ERP solutions, reflecting a move towards scalable, flexible platforms that enhance productivity and provide real-time data insights.
Readers will find stories exploring how ERP helps manufacturers navigate economic challenges through data-driven strategies, supports financial transformation in public agencies, and facilitates business growth across sectors like retail, healthcare, and supply chain management. The integration of artificial intelligence and automation within ERP systems is highlighted as a key driver of improved decision-making and operational efficiency.
This collection also covers ERP vendor innovations, strategic partnerships, and emerging trends such as industry-specific cloud ERP, sustainability tracking, and enhanced customer engagement. Whether you are a business leader considering ERP implementation, an IT professional exploring digital transformation, or simply interested in the evolving ERP landscape, these stories provide valuable perspectives and insights.
American Enterprise Resource Planning News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Logile sets Scottsdale conference on connected stores
Retailers attending Logile Connect 2026 will hear how linking labour, inventory and fresh operations could improve availability and margins.
Maximum raises USD $30 million seed round for banks
Banks could gain faster product updates and lower operating costs as Maximum emerges from stealth with a USD $30 million seed round.
IBM, Red Hat offer Lightwell free to US institutions
Eligible US universities and non-profits can now use Lightwell to patch open source flaws without overhauling systems or sharing data.
Infosys signs 10-year tech overhaul deal with Crocs
The footwear group aims to cut costs and unify operations across 85 countries as it modernises ageing systems with AI support.
Power Digital launches AI marketing system for agencies
Agency clients should see clearer links between spend and revenue as Power Digital ties strategy, media and creative work into one AI system.
Appfire launches BigPicture Advanced for Jira users
Larger Jira customers can now link budgeting, prioritisation and delivery data in one place as Appfire targets strategic portfolio management needs.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Enterprise Resource Planning
Menlo expands AI agent security for Copilot & Gemini
8x8 revenue hits record as AI adoption more than doubles
Ethyca launches Astralis to govern enterprise AI data
Skillsoft launches AI Coach to widen workplace access
1Kosmos named Gartner leader in identity verification
Featured News
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
Security teams are racing to shrink exposure windows as AI makes newly disclosed vulnerabilities exploitable almost immediately.
TrustedTech report warns of 'AI Skills Underclass' gap
Nearly half of U.S. workers lack AI training, widening a skills gap that leaves the most exposed employees to fend for themselves.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Future of enterprise software is agentic apps, says Oracle
Oracle is targeting a common blocker to AI adoption by adding governance, human checks and audit trails to its agentic app builder.
Exclusive: Dreamdata CEO on why B2B buying funnel isn't linear
Buyers are spending most of the journey before sales speak, forcing marketers to rethink funnels and how they prove return on investment.
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Enterprises wrestling with AI readiness and data sovereignty may gain clearer governance as Everpure adds a new intelligence layer.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Snowflake unveils platform upgrades for CoCo, CoWork
Enterprises will get tighter AI controls as Snowflake adds blocking policies, multi-party authorisation and new agentic tools at Summit.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Riverbed says go from ticket queues to zero disruption
AI-driven support tools could cut employee downtime, as Riverbed argues that fewer tickets may still hide unresolved problems.
Dell Technologies makes all the hardware cool again
Renewed AI spending is boosting demand for Dell's secure, certified infrastructure as companies chase faster deployment and lower cloud costs.
Expert Columns
Bolt-on AI is the new lipstick on a pig; the pig is still running your enterprise
Amperity's CMO reveals how continuous decisioning fuels loyalty innovation
Enterprise leaders seek clarity over complexity in AI
Why AI and composable architectures are changing the ERP playbook
Why seamless Middle East 2026 should be on every commerce leader's calendar
'Human-in-the-Loop' is the industry's most comfortable lie
Why Customer 360 initiatives fail to deliver ROI
AI is rewriting the rules of dealmaking
How AI is changing the rules when it comes to observability
A Guide for Procurement Leaders: Why Building Your Own Sourcing AI Isn't Worth the Wait
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
TrustedTech report warns of 'AI Skills Underclass' gap
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
Recent Enterprise Resource Planning News
Alkami & Arkatechture team up on bank data analytics
Banks and credit unions could cut manual data prep and gain faster customer insights as Armstrong Bank already uses the combined system.
Straiker launches kill switch for enterprise AI agents
Security teams can now stop rogue enterprise AI agents in seconds as Straiker adds runtime controls to its wider testing platform.
VanishID launches AI tool to cut identity attack risk
Businesses are being warned that publicly exposed staff data can now fuel phishing and deepfake fraud without breaching internal systems.
Avatier launches AI identity platform with pay-per-action
Enterprises can now avoid upfront licensing as charges shift to verified identity tasks, with a healthcare provider already piloting the system.
Maximor expands autonomous finance platform after growth
Finance teams are gaining a system that handles workflows end to end, as Maximor says its platform now covers 98% of transactions autonomously.
Reco to brief Black Hat on AI agent security risks
Security teams face new exposure as AI agents inherit permissions and move data across business systems, Reco says.
Trustmi launches AI investigation agent for B2B fraud
Fraud probes should move faster as the new tool links payment, email and vendor data for security and finance teams.
Hatz launches Activate for MSPs to scale AI rollout
It gives MSPs a single workflow to onboard small business clients to AI, cutting manual steps and reducing shadow AI risk.
1Kosmos named Gartner leader in identity verification
The ranking bolsters 1Kosmos as firms face rising fraud from stolen credentials, synthetic identities and AI-driven impersonation.
3forge launches Enterprise platform for finance AI
Banks and funds can now build AI-enabled workflows on one governed system, as 3forge aims to reduce integration work and oversight risks.
Balance Theory raises USD $19m in Series A funding
Boards are pressuring security chiefs to prove returns as the Columbia, Maryland firm expands a platform that manages more than USD $1 billion in spend.
Incode named Gartner leader for third straight year
The ranking reinforces Incode's pitch to banks and platforms seeking faster checks as deepfakes and synthetic identities raise fraud risk.
AI security gap grows in ERP systems, Onapsis warns
A survey of 204 US executives found 22% had suffered an AI-enabled breach in ERP systems, deepening doubts over existing safeguards.
Flute study says bad payments drive small business losses
A poor checkout can cost local merchants repeat trade, with 55% of consumers saying one bad payment experience would stop or deter them returning.
Legion launches DragonClaw AI layer for security teams
Security teams can now query systems and trigger approved actions in plain English, as Legion's DragonClaw aims to cut manual investigation work.
Zocks launches AI scheduling for financial advisers
Advisers could cut admin as the new feature links bookings with client records, meeting prep and follow-up across one workflow.
US adults question whether business emails are real
A growing share of US adults doubt business emails as AI makes polished messages easier to fake, a survey found.
LightSource launches AI workforce for direct procurement
The new tools are aimed at procurement teams still buried in email and spreadsheets, with early users cutting RFQ reporting from weeks to minutes.
Novee to reveal AI agent & Java flaws at Black Hat
Security gaps in AI workflows and enterprise Java could expose secrets, trigger remote code execution and disrupt supply chains.
Foxit & ASG launch Access Pro for PDF accessibility
Organisations with vast PDF archives face mounting compliance risk as the new tool combines editing, remediation and certification in one workflow.
Job Moves
Zingtree appoints Venkat Iyer as Chief Technology Officer
Ondaro promotes three to vice president in ServiceNow shift
Jazz appoints six senior leaders as DLP push scales
1Kosmos names Roger Hale as Chief Information Security Officer
Opaque hires Microsoft veteran as Chief Platform Officer
Geordie appoints Courtney Broadwell as Channel Chief
CodeHunter appoints Anurag Jain as Engineering Chief
Sparq appoints Barry Newton as Chief Sales Officer
Sift names co-founder CEO & opens San Francisco office
