Tagged: architecture
12 posts
AI and the post-modern, modern data stack
of AI-powered applications and agentic AI is dramatically redefining the demands placed on data stacks. Rather than becoming irrelevant, the modern data stack is a major consideration as organisations…
Ambient ERP – breaking free of the enterprise software triad
Imagine a future where your back-office applications are context-aware, operating in the background, only surfacing what matters when it matters. Thanks to progress being made in artificial intelligence (AI) this is no longer a fanciful dream.
How To Make Composable ERP Work For Your Business
As IT departments look to support executives with technology that can keep up with the ever-increasing speed of business change, many are turning to composable enterprise resource planning (ERP).…
Programming won’t go away but extensibility is a worthwhile substitute for many tasks
Programming has made more farewells than Frank Sinatra , but the difference being that “Old Blue Eyes” eventually played one final concert, whereas programming isn’t going to go away.
Auto-tech series - Unit4: Data fundamentals first, automation second
There is a lot of excitement about technology’s potential to automate tasks making our lives easier and freeing us up to do more fun things. ChatGPT is the latest in a long line of excited debates –…
Integration Isn’t Enough: The Business Case for Integration-as-a-Service
Organizations use a variety of applications to handle business tasks, and at the center of many point solutions is the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. In an ideal state, data from various…
How Integration-As-A-Service Could Be The Missing Link For People-Centric Organizations
Modern people-centric organizations invest in critical integrations so they can use their ERP systems as a data hub but often lack the time or resources to work their way down the to-do list.…
How Microservices Can Impact Software Sustainability
Sustainability is a hot topic for modern businesses. But when you think about what you can change to reduce your environmental impact, your ERP software probably isn’t the first thing that comes to…
Vendors and customers alike are facing some frank discussions about their relationships
Gartner has suggested that by 2025, 75% of companies “will break up with poor-fit customers.” In reality, this will prove to be a two-way process. It's worth exploring the important reasons why this…
Forget the hype: think about ERP integration before AI
The technology sector has always been prone to hype and promises of silver bullets. Marketers get ahead of engineers and evangelize over the promise of the Next Big Thing. Conferences dedicated to the…
Rethinking Traditional ERP Software: How To Make A Smooth Transition To The Cloud
As technology advances, more and more businesses are rethinking their legacy ERP systems and moving to the cloud. It's a journey we've been on ourselves at Unit4, moving from a monolithic,…
Interview: Composable ERP may break up monolithic systems
In this Q A, I discuss, with TechTarget, cloud-based composable ERPs, which enable companies to pick and choose the applications and vendors they want, the future.