SAP API Policy Raises New Questions About ERP Integration and AI Access
SAP has updated its API policy, restricting usage to only published APIs listed in the Business Accelerator Hub and imposing rate limits, quotas, and monitoring. The change bars the use of undocumented or non‑published interfaces, which many customers and partners rely on for custom integrations and data extraction. It also limits large‑scale data pulls and AI‑driven API sequencing, with enforcement mechanisms that can throttle or suspend access. Enterprises must now audit their SAP connections to ensure supportability and avoid compliance exposure.
Ramp Rolls Out AI Agents for Procurement
Ramp unveiled AI‑driven procurement agents that automate request intake, vendor sourcing, contract review and compliance checks. The agents leverage anonymized pricing data from millions of transactions, giving a 200‑person firm the same benchmark power as a Fortune 500. Ramp reports customers...
Citi Launches Arc to Scale AI Agents Across the Business
Citigroup has launched Arc, an internal platform that lets developers build and scale AI agents across the firm’s functions and geographies. The platform will first serve internal use cases, with broader employee access slated for later rollout. Arc is part...
One Mississippi Health System's Journey to a System-Wide Epic EHR
South Central Regional Medical Center launched a system‑wide Epic electronic health record across five sites, tackling fragmented legacy systems and data silos. The "Race to Epic" framework aligned clinicians, administrators, and IT staff around clear milestones, shared accountability, and intensive...
ERP Data Can Fuel Enterprise AI. So Why Wont Vendors Let It?
SAP’s latest API policy restricts how customers can tap ERP data for AI, sparking pushback from large enterprises. CFOs view ERP data as a strategic asset for AI‑driven finance, yet the new rules create compliance uncertainty. While SAP and peers...
PDQ Debuts Updates to Improve Visibility, Organization, and IT Workflows
PDQ released a major update to its Connect platform, adding a PowerShell scanner, a new Software tab for fleet-wide visibility, folder-based organization for packages, and an expanded library of over 500 ready-to-deploy packages. The update also introduces integrations with Zapier,...
HB Wealth Adopts Arch to Scale Private Markets Ops
HB Wealth, a fee‑only wealth manager with $30 bn in assets under management, has deepened its partnership with Arch, a private‑markets operations platform, to automate reporting for its $5 bn private‑markets portfolio. The firm now uses Arch to handle document collection, K‑1...
Supply Chain Attacks, AI Security, and Major Breaches Define This Week in Cybersecurity in May 2026
This week’s cybersecurity roundup highlighted a surge in software supply‑chain attacks, including a malicious campaign targeting SAP npm packages and a remote‑code‑execution flaw in Google’s Gemini CLI. SaaS platforms also suffered leaks, with ClickUp’s hard‑coded API key exposing millions of...
6 Integration Patterns That Look Good on Paper and What Happens When They Hit Production
The article reviews six common integration patterns—request‑response, event‑driven, scatter‑gather, retry, API façade, and orchestration versus choreography—and shows how each can break down once production load, latency, or partial failures appear. Real‑world examples illustrate that synchronous calls stall when downstream services...
Making an IT Led Business Case for E-Invoicing
The article argues that e‑invoicing has moved from a niche compliance task to a core IT architecture decision. It outlines how cloud‑native platforms can integrate ERP, CRM, and tax systems, delivering automation, security, and multi‑jurisdictional compliance. By standardizing invoice data,...
How AI Is Bettering B2B Payments
Billtrust, the accounts‑receivable software firm owned by EQT, is accelerating AI integration while eyeing European expansion. CEO Grant Halloran highlights AI‑driven automation of AR communications, voice and chat interfaces, and a roadmap toward fully autonomous operations. The company serves 2,600...
Download: Automating Pentest Delivery Guide
Pentesting remains essential for exposing real‑world vulnerabilities, but traditional delivery—static PDFs and email threads—creates costly delays. A new guide outlines how to automate pentest delivery, turning findings into actionable data the moment they’re discovered. The five‑step framework introduces real‑time reporting,...
Introducing Dynamic Workflows: Durable Execution that Follows the Tenant
Cloudflare unveiled Dynamic Workflows, a lightweight TypeScript library that extends its Dynamic Workers model to durable execution. The solution lets a single Worker Loader route workflow creation and execution to per‑tenant code, preserving the full capabilities of Cloudflare Workflows such...
Beyond the Buzz: Supply Chain Technology Gets to Work
The latest May Technology Issue highlights that supply‑chain technology is moving from buzzwords to tangible maturity. AI, automation, and digital twins are shifting from experimental concepts to practical tools that connect planning, execution, transportation, and warehousing. Freight forwarders are expanding...
From Copilot to Control Plane: Where Serious AI Governance Starts
Enterprises are shifting from debating AI copilots to building a control plane that governs identity, permissions, model access, logging, and human approval. Major platforms such as GitHub, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Agent 365 now ship built‑in policy and audit features, signaling...
Hopping over the Debt - Process Intelligence Can Show Banks How They Operate, Not How They Think They Operate
Process intelligence firms like Celonis and ProcessLab are exposing the gap between banks' designed workflows and their real‑world execution, often shocking middle managers while confirming senior executives' hunches. Research shows 94% of organizations still suffer siloed data, and AI projects...
The UC Stack Gets the Policy Job
Unified communications as a service (UCaaS) has become the default for distributed workforces, but enterprises are increasingly demanding tighter control over where communication data resides. Hybrid UC deployments blend cloud scalability with on‑premises or regional nodes, allowing firms to keep...
The Cloud Migration Fulfilling FC Bayern Munich’s AI Ambitions
FC Bayern Munich’s IT department completed a migration to SAP Cloud ERP Private, consolidating 52 legacy fan‑data systems into a single S/4HANA cloud instance. The move unlocks AI‑driven automation across HR, logistics and finance while delivering scalable compute, enhanced security...
What Is TOGAF? An EA Framework for Aligning Technology to Business
The Open Group released TOGAF Standard 10th Edition in 2022, introducing a modular, agile‑friendly structure that simplifies enterprise architecture adoption. By 2016, the framework was used by 80% of Global 50 and 60% of Fortune 500 firms, underscoring its market...
ERP Today Interview: Leanne Taylor, Syspro
Syspro CEO Leanne Taylor told ERP Today that the company is turning its ERP platform into a proactive decision‑making infrastructure by embedding AI agents that validate transactions in real time. The AI activation layer is designed to stop production, cost...
Productivity Solution: DHL Uses Vision Picking to Improve Accuracy, Training
DHL Supply Chain upgraded its Lockbourne, Ohio warehouse with a vision‑picking system built on TeamViewer’s Frontline Pick smart‑glass platform. The wearable displays pick instructions directly in the worker’s view, eliminating paper and menu navigation. Since deployment, inventory accuracy has climbed...
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MuleSoft Pricing: Is It Worth It? [2026]
MuleSoft, now a Salesforce‑owned iPaaS, bundles integration, API management and AI agents into tiered Anypoint subscriptions. Pricing isn’t published; it combines a base fee with vCore‑based compute charges that rise with usage, and add‑ons like Vibes or Agentforce further consume...
Top Zero-Trust Use Cases in the Enterprise
Enterprises are rapidly adopting zero‑trust, with 84% planning or implementing the model, according to Zscaler's 2026 VPN Risk Report. The framework emphasizes continuous authentication, microsegmentation, and contextual verification across users, devices, APIs, and AI agents. Key use cases span on‑site...
Netomi Banks $110M to Embed Agentic AI Deeper Into Enterprise Customer Service
Netomi Inc. announced a $110 million funding round led by Accenture Ventures to deepen its agentic AI platform in enterprise customer service. The technology blends deterministic guardrails with probabilistic reasoning, claiming zero failures or brand violations across deployments. Netomi’s solution works...
New System Gives Brighton Real-Time Control of Highways
Brighton & Hove City Council has rolled out a unified asset management platform that consolidates highways, street lighting, signage, rights‑of‑way and electric‑vehicle charging infrastructure. The system replaces a legacy, manual process with mobile tools that let inspectors and contractors capture...
Microsoft Defender Flaws Exploited on Windows, Two Left Unpatched
Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse released proof‑of‑concept exploits for three Microsoft Defender flaws. BlueHammer, the only patched vulnerability, leverages a malicious definition update to gain SYSTEM privileges. The remaining exploits, RedSun and UnDefend, remain unpatched and can grant full system control...
TeamPCP Hits SAP Packages With 'Mini Shai-Hulud' Attack
TeamPCP launched a “Mini Shai‑Hulud” supply‑chain attack that injected malicious pre‑install scripts into four SAP npm packages used in the Cloud Application Programming Model and MTA Build Tool. The compromised versions were published on Wednesday, quickly detected by security firms...
Fed Gov Faces Major M365 Licensing Change
The Australian Digital Transformation Agency’s new five‑year Volume Sourcing Agreement (VSA6) will end the federal government’s pooled Microsoft 365 licensing model in July. Each agency must now secure its own enterprise enrolment through the sole‑provider Data#3, while still benefiting from whole‑of‑government...
Microsoft Touts Copilot Growth, Boosts Spending as Revenues Soar
Microsoft announced that its 365 Copilot tool now has over 20 million paid seats, with customers holding more than 50,000 seats quadrupling year‑over‑year. AI revenue run rate surged 123% to roughly $37 billion, contributing to an 18% rise in Q3 revenue to...
Sage HCM Targets Cost Gaps Bleeding Product Manufacturers Dry
Sage introduced Sage HCM as a unified platform that merges HR, payroll, time‑tracking, and Sage Intacct financials to give manufacturers real‑time labor cost visibility. The solution tackles three profit‑draining gaps—stale quoting data, unbudgeted overtime, and unrecoverable labor variance—by delivering live...
Inside What Actually Breaks in Large-Scale S/4HANA Conversions (And How to Prevent It)
Large‑scale brownfield conversions to SAP S/4HANA expose breaking custom ABAP code due to a radically simplified data model. Classic finance tables such as BKPF/BSEG are replaced by the Universal Journal (ACDOCA), and logistics tables like MKPF/MSEG are merged into MATDOC,...
Why Tax Determination Alone Isn’t Enough in SAP
Accurate tax determination is a core function of SAP ERP systems. However, Vertex argues that calculation alone leaves enterprises vulnerable because errors often surface later in testing, reconciliation, and compliance stages. The article highlights the need for an end‑to‑end tax...
AWS Expands Amazon Connect Into AI Tools for Hiring, Healthcare, and Supply Chains
AWS unveiled four new agentic‑AI extensions to its Amazon Connect platform—Connect Decisions, Connect Talent, Connect Customer and Connect Health—bringing AI‑driven automation to supply‑chain planning, recruiting, customer support and healthcare administration while keeping humans in the loop. The tools promise real‑time...
When to Invest in Sales Tax Automation Software
The article outlines when businesses should invest in sales tax automation software, emphasizing that expanding jurisdictional footprints, e‑invoicing mandates, and the rising cost of manual compliance make automation increasingly essential. It identifies key triggers such as operating in multiple states...
Managing the Full Indirect Tax Lifecycle in SAP
Vertex has published an eBook that shows SAP users how to manage the full indirect tax lifecycle, extending beyond basic tax determination. It highlights that SAP’s shift to S/4HANA, cloud environments, and tighter regulations pushes complexity into exception handling, reconciliation,...
Datalink Taps Arctic Wolf for AI-Led Security Operations
Datalink Networks has teamed up with Arctic Wolf to embed the Aurora Superintelligence Platform and Aurora Agentic SOC into its managed‑service portfolio for U.S. and Canadian clients. The AI‑led security operations solution promises faster detection, investigation, response and recovery without requiring...
Dyna Software Achieves ServiceNow Elite Partner Status as Governance Demand Rises
Dyna Software has been elevated to Elite Partner status in the ServiceNow Partner Program, recognizing its deep technical expertise and enterprise‑scale delivery capabilities. The designation comes as organizations expand ServiceNow beyond ITSM into broader workflow and transformation initiatives, heightening the...
Klaviyo Brings Custom Skills to Customer Agent
Klaviyo launched Custom Skills for Customer Agent, letting businesses create bespoke AI-driven interactions on its existing CRM platform. The feature enables brands to define logic in plain language, build new skills from scratch, modify existing ones, and connect to any...
Anthropic’s Claude Security Emerges From Closed Preview to Scan Your Codebases for Vulnerabilities
Anthropic has taken Claude Security out of closed preview, launching a beta version for Claude Enterprise customers while extending access to Team and Max plans soon. The AI‑driven tool scans entire codebases with parallel agents, validates findings to curb false...
What NIST’s CVE Shift Means for ERP Security Teams
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a shift to a prioritized CVE enrichment model, limiting detailed analysis to high‑impact and federal‑critical vulnerabilities. As a result, many CVE entries in the National Vulnerability Database will no longer include full...
After the Illusion: What Enterprise AI Must Become
Enterprise AI projects are floundering because large language models are being used as standalone tools rather than integrated system components. A widely cited MIT study finds that roughly 95% of generative‑AI initiatives deliver no measurable business impact despite tens of...
How RFID, ERP, and AI Work Together to Support Tracking in Manufacturing
Manufacturers are turning to a tightly coupled trio of RFID, ERP, and AI to achieve real‑time visibility and predictive decision‑making on the shop floor. RFID tags automatically capture material movements, feeding instant updates into modern, cloud‑based ERP platforms that serve...
Writer Launches AI Agents that Can Act without Prompts, Taking on Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce
Writer, the enterprise AI agent platform backed by Salesforce Ventures, Adobe Ventures and Insight Partners, launched event‑based triggers for its Writer Agent, enabling autonomous detection of signals in Gmail, Slack, Google Workspace, SharePoint and other tools. The new triggers fire...
Convoso Announces ‘Convoso for Salesforce’ on Salesforce AgentExchange
Convoso, an AI‑powered outbound contact‑center platform, launched “Convoso for Salesforce” on Salesforce’s AgentExchange marketplace. The integration embeds predictive dialing, campaign orchestration and compliance tools directly within the Agentforce Sales CRM. It promises sub‑five‑second speed‑to‑lead, 97% answering‑machine detection accuracy, and real‑time...
PwC Partners with Google Cloud to Take on the Managed Security Market
PwC has unveiled an AI‑driven managed security service built on Google Cloud’s Security Operations platform. The offering leverages agentic AI agents for threat detection, triage and mitigation, while retaining human checkpoints for oversight. Targeting mid‑size and smaller enterprises, the service...
Sage X3 Helping Food, Beverage Manufacturers Tackle AI and Compliance Challenges
Food and beverage manufacturers are turning to Sage X3 to solve mounting inventory, compliance and AI adoption challenges. At Sage Future 2026, Yakima Chief Hops and Enzymedica highlighted how granular lot‑level tracking and location visibility slashed stockouts and cut procurement...
First Wholesaler Achieves End-to-End Supplier-DC-Store Traceability Using ReposiTrak’s Cutting-Edge Technology
ReposiTrak announced that a leading Southern wholesale grocery cooperative has become the first wholesaler to achieve full supplier‑to‑store traceability using its Touchless Traceability solution. The system captures FDA‑required key data elements electronically from suppliers at shipment and from receivers at...
NCino Brings Its Lending Platform to Austrian Banking Cooperative
North Carolina‑based fintech nCino has signed a deal with Austria’s Raiffeisenbankengruppe Oesterreich to deploy its unified corporate lending platform across the cooperative’s nationwide network. The solution will automate the full financing lifecycle—from application and underwriting to pricing, compliance and portfolio...
MCO Explores Trading Oversight Gaps After SFC Enforcement Action
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission fined a responsible officer HK$1 million (≈$128,000) and issued a four‑and‑a‑half‑year industry ban after uncovering serious misconduct. The officer executed 25 matched Hang Seng Index options trades between his firm’s proprietary account and a securities...
8 Best PAM Software on G2: Expert Picks for Risk Reduction
The article ranks the eight best privileged access management (PAM) tools for 2026 based on G2 user reviews and real‑world performance. JumpCloud, Microsoft Entra ID, AWS Secrets Manager, BeyondTrust Remote Support, Segura 360°, Salesforce Platform, BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access, and...