SAP Rollout Costs Companies Millions; Risks Must Be Managed
SAP implementation led to a 16% sales decline, an $8% revenue drop, $25M inventory write-off, and a $330M revenue guidance reduction. Understanding the root causes and fallout is crucial for managing SAP project risks. #SAP #ProjectManagement #RiskManagement https://t.co/rJBHSGzEII
AI‑Native Banking OS Powers Autonomous Agent Infrastructure
AI-Native Banking OS: What Does That Actually Mean? @backbase April 28 global reveal - Jouk Pleiter + Tim Rutten unveil the architecture for Agentic Banking. Not "digital transformation". Infrastructure purpose-built for autonomous agents, real-time decisioning, and composable services. Register. EMEA/APAC (1:00...
China's Critical Sectors Run Vulnerable Software, Lack Oversight
NYT: “Inside China, researchers and the broader A.I. community have been watching…The country’s banks, energy companies and government agencies run on the same software in which Mythos found vulnerabilities—but for now, they have no seat at the table.” https://t.co/45lu2SGkPE
Company Admits SAP Rollout Chaos After Early Downplay
A company publicly downplayed SAP implementation issues in early 2024, stating "usual bumps." By April 2024, executives admitted the project's severe overruns, internal chaos, and negative impact on operations, customers, finances, and investors. #SAP #BusinessFailures https://t.co/LGv3lDPs0M
OneStream Beats Generic ERPs for Finance Professionals
Designed for finance and accounting pros, OneStream offers specialized capabilities unlike ERPs built for manufacturing. High customer satisfaction from Gartner reviews proves its value. #FinanceTech #Accounting https://t.co/9rVyncDKyB
Weigh Odoo's Strengths and Weaknesses Before Choosing
Odoo is a rapidly growing ERP with a bright future and significant backing. But like any system, it has its drawbacks. Is Odoo the right choice for your business? Let's explore the pros and cons objectively. #Odoo #ERP #BusinessSoftware https://t.co/goihJKHD0E
SAP Flop Costs Lamb Weston $135M, Erodes Trust
A failed SAP implementation cost Lamb Weston $135M in lost sales, reduced net income by $72M, and dropped their stock price 20%. Customers lost trust due to unreliable supply. A costly lesson in project management. #SAPFailure #BusinessLessons https://t.co/QNMRcdyOOB
SAP Sapphire 2026 Emphasizes AI Accuracy, Knowledge Integration
.@LDignan got the @SAP Sapphire 2026 themes from the earnings call: AI agent accuracy, embedded domain knowledge and processes. And some internal AI adoption figures. https://t.co/SoPTdM5oqB https://t.co/aAdaHyKKNi
Merging Sales Capacity & Marketing Attribution Solves RevOps Divide
Lative acquiring Mperativ is one of the more interesting RevOps moves I've seen this yearbecause it's making a structural argument most of the industry has quietly accepted as unfixable. Your CMO and CRO have spent years arguing over numbers that were...
Executive Leaders Must Trust Yet Verify SAP Projects
SAP projects require executive leadership to 'trust but verify.' It's not solely on the organization or the system integrator; leadership must ensure projects stay on track. #SAP #ProjectManagement #Leadership https://t.co/kvqfcjI37d
CRM Will Power AI Agents' Front‑end Data
The Great Martech Inversion: Why your CRM will become the grounded data for your AI Agents front end by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/UKGgwTdHVC @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #Marketing #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #CX #CRM #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #AIAgents
SentinelOne Profits by Selling AI Agents per Endpoint
Day 11 of 30: How $S SentinelOne actually makes money Most people think it's "the AI version of CrowdStrike" That's a positioning slide. Not how the money flows Their revenue isn't from selling software. It's from selling AI agents that hunt threats on...
Beware Hidden Costs Before Locking Into Low‑cost ERP
Don't underestimate the long-term total cost of ownership, especially with free or low-cost ERP versions. Changing an ERP is difficult, so understand your commitment before you lock in. #ERP #BusinessTech https://t.co/e2FOONrKu9
Workday Evolves Into AI Platform, Avoiding Shadow ERP
And @Gabe_Monroy shares the @Workday Bet in the AI era · Transforming the System of Record into a Platform for Agents · Turning Workday's Configuration, Data, and Processes Into Enterprise Rails for Al Agents · Letting Customers Move Fast on Al Without Building...
SAP Rollout Backfires, Derailing Inventory Visibility and Revenue
An SAP implementation intended to boost inventory visibility backfired, causing chaos in distribution centers. This led to missed orders, affected invoicing, scheduling, and transportation, ultimately impacting revenue. #SAP #SupplyChain #BusinessImpact https://t.co/NDKJmvbned
AI Gives Enterprises Real‑Time Visibility Across Supply Chains
Enterprise visibility is no longer a dream. AI is supercharging ERP and SCM systems, enabling real-time pricing optimization, predicting supply chain disruptions, and managing supplier risks. #AI #SupplyChain #TechTrends https://t.co/xb3RlqqV6T
30% of Customers Will Stay
Gartner predicts 30% of customers will remain on-premise post-2030, totaling 10,000. This strategy could bridge the gap between ECC and S/4HANA, a move that's arguably overdue. #SAP #CloudMigration #TechTrends https://t.co/3mqBOMRPcz
Salesforce Headless 360 Turns Platform Into Unified APIs
No browser required. Our API is the UI. 🔓 Salesforce Headless 360 just exposed our entire platform — apps, workflows, metadata, Agentforce & Slack — as unified APIs, MCP tools & CLI. Build on any surface. Give Agentforce deep, trusted...
Continuous Identity Exposure Monitoring Stops Credential‑Based Breaches
Most security programs are sleeping on Identity Exposure Management, and hackers are cashing in. The fastest path into an environment is almost always a leaked credential or a stolen session cookie sitting in an infostealer log. MFA doesn't help when...
Lamb Weston Shares Plunge 20% Amid SAP Lawsuit
Lamb Weston's stock dropped 20% after problems were disclosed. A pension fund sued the company, CEO, and CFO, alleging they didn't fully disclose the magnitude of issues from a botched SAP implementation. #BusinessNews #Corporate https://t.co/vuGqpFaYyu
Enterprise AI Agents Create Massive Consulting Opportunities
If you read this and don’t understand why it’s happening it’s an opportunity to reset your understanding of how the real world works. The real world will need a ton of help actually getting agents going in the enterprise. Companies...
AI Sparks Rapid Shift From Legacy Tools to Innovation
For the last 20 years, sales leaders insisted on Salesforce. Same with NetSuite and finance. A terrible UI was not a dealbreaker since it's what they knew and trusted. Less than 6 months of being Claude-pilled and those same people...
SAP's AI Teams Blend Support with Value‑Engineering Sales
SAP's AI adoption teams: genuine support or a sales tactic in disguise? For complex products like SAP, this 'value engineering' approach helps customers navigate features and unlock more value, especially for underutilized legacy systems. #SAP #AI #CustomerSuccess https://t.co/nfoo4U8z3w
AI Forces Firms to Rethink Build‑vs‑buy Decisions
One of the more interesting comments from a recent roundtable: A large financial institution is re-evaluating build vs buy across their entire stack because of AI assisted development. Including major SaaS platforms. Are you rethinking this right now? Does AI truly change...
Faulty Workflows Trigger Hypercare Amid Go‑Live Chaos
An emergency response, also known as hypercare, was deployed to combat go-live chaos. Manual data entry and re-entry plagued operations due to faulty workflows, leading to delayed orders and customers seeking competitors. #SAP #ImplementationFailures #BusinessDisruption https://t.co/yicqbeG3EZ
UI‑less Backend Systems Arriving Within Months
Imho we are within months of the first completely UI-less (backend) CMS/CRM/ERP... MCP/API/skills only. Fully operated via claude code or similar.
Onyx: Self‑Hosted AI Keeps Your Enterprise Data Private
Nobody is talking about this. There's an open-source AI platform with 17.3K stars that connects to 40+ of your internal tools and runs completely on your own servers. It's called Onyx. Most companies using ChatGPT Enterprise are feeding sensitive internal data to OpenAI's...
Tailor Training to Business, Not Just Technology
Vendor training often falls short because it's too tech-focused. Tailor training to your business, configuration, and operational nuances for true end-to-end process mastery. It's not just about technology, it's about how people use it. #TrainingTips #BusinessProcess https://t.co/k2IPmBhM3E
Adobe CX Enterprise: The Core of Digital Experience
MyPOV: it all comes down to this? @adobe #adobesummit @adobesummit The entire Adobe CX Enterprise from @achakravarthy12 https://t.co/1slo7e0QHd
ZoomInfo Adds Free ChatGPT Connector with Enrichment Tools
@ZoomInfo is expanding our partnership with @OpenAI with our @ChatGPTapp connector. Open to ANYONE - free sign up gets you 100 free credits. We've added Intent, Contact and Company Enrichment, Find Similar Companies, and Account Context that marries your...
Legacy Replacements Drive Growth, Cut TCO by Half
Facts. The fastest growing part of 8090 is our practice of ripping out legacy systems for large enterprises and migrating them to pristine, new, well documented and easy to maintain alternatives. It also turns out to be less than 50%...
Agentforce Cuts Tickets 40% and Boosts Resolutions
The software bears are dead wrong. At @Pearson, #Agentforce autonomously handles order statuses, refunds & lost access codes — increasing the percentage of customer questions resolved without any human interaction by 40%, says VP Gabriele Bauman. At @PenFed, our Agentforce agent handles...
Agentforce Lags Adoption: 23k Users of 150k
“Agentforce, has been somewhat slow to gain traction. Launched in late 2024, it is used by 23,000 customers out of the total base of 150,000 to build custom autonomous agents for use in workflows.” https://t.co/JJIeNyZOIq #cio #ai
Define Future Processes Before S/4HANA to Avoid Delays
Organizations often jump into S/4HANA implementation without defining their future state business processes. This leads to rushed decisions, project delays, or consultants making choices without considering your strategy and priorities. #S4HANA #BusinessProcess #ProjectManagement https://t.co/6WX2iBOXaT
Agile Missteps Drive 80% ERP Failure Rate
Marketplace challenges and problems with Agile are why only ~20% of ERP projects succeed. Projects often cost nearly 3x initial expectations. #Agile #ERP https://t.co/iCA1vNbaiW
Identify S/4HANA Risks Early to Avoid Project Failure
Don't ignore the risks and costs of S/4HANA implementation. Every system has downsides; understanding them upfront prevents them from derailing your project later. Address the tough stuff now. #S4HANA #ERP #ProjectManagement https://t.co/2J9ocKo0cX
Define Future Processes to Strengthen UAT and Prevent Live Issues
Clearly defining future state processes is key to a solid testing strategy. User acceptance testing, aligned with these defined processes, can expose issues *before* they go live. #SAP #TestingStrategy #BusinessProcess https://t.co/CJMh3Lv1Ul
Customer Success Transforms Into AI‑Driven Growth Engine
Customer Success is no longer just renewals. Platforms like @Gainsight are evolving into AI-powered growth engines—connecting CRM + ERP data, guiding engagement, and driving expansion across the entire lifecycle. CS is now a core GTM lever. More from @CR_MSchneider https://t.co/voIWx2H0ew
Headless Salesforce, Agent2Agent Anniversary, Sleep Deprivation Risks
Seroter Daily Reading List – April 17, 2026 (#766): Today’s links look at Salesforce going headless, celebrating a year of the Agent2Agent Protocol, and why be sleep-deprived is a dangerous thing. https://t.co/LAaVAL7eda
Anthropic Pushes API Pricing, Locks Best Models in Wrappers
What folk don’t get is that the play of Anthropic et al is to get enterprises to use their models via their own wrapper hooked into systems of record This is why they are moving from per seat pricing to...
AI‑Powered ERP Guarantees Audit Trails for Regulated Finance
ERP systems with AI agents offer a clear audit trail, making them ideal for regulated industries like financial services. This predictability can be more reassuring than standalone AI. #AI #ERP #RegTech https://t.co/5CDZxYsjfj
ClickUp's Super Agents Become 24/7 Autonomous Team Members
ClickUp launched AI agents that sit on your org chart, have their own managers, and work 24/7 without burning out. They're called Super Agents and the idea is simple and terrifying at the same time. You describe the job. ClickUp builds the...
Internet Rebuilding: Salesforce Goes Headless, Stripe Expands Agent‑First Services
The internet is being rebuilt right before our eyes. Salesforce went headless yesterday. Today, Stripe added more services to their agent-first provisioning https://t.co/XDnpBEZ0mA thing.
ERP Success Requires Integrated Rollouts, Not Agile Sprints
Enterprise ERP projects clash with Agile's rapid deployment. Agile focuses on speed for small tech pieces, but ERPs need integrated, end-to-end processes. Deploying a supply chain solution without finance integration, for example, will break the system. #ERP #Agile https://t.co/rNmxcQUteS
Certinia Unveils Veda: AI Agents Boost PSA Automation
.@Certinia launches Veda AI agent suite https://t.co/6xhDPWLXhJ Certinia launched Veda, an intelligent operations engine that is a suite of AI agents and actions that sit on top of its professional services automation (PSA) platform. https://t.co/CXfverXdfK
HubSpot Introduces AI‑Powered Answer Engine Optimization Features
.@HubSpot adds Answer Engine Optimization, contextual updates to platform https://t.co/c0cINkMnAW HubSpot launched features for AI visibility, progressing deals and a bevy of AI agents. https://t.co/z3W1Hu7Up7
Workflow SDK Delivers Next.js‑Level Reliability for Backends
The hardest thing about agents and backends is durability. @workflowsdk fixes this. That LLM you're calling *will* go down. That service *will* rate limit you. That database *will* unexpectedly slow down. You *will* get paged 💀 I've been looking for a unicorn...
Salesforce Headless 360 Opens Full Platform to APIs
Why @Salesforce Headless 360 matters https://t.co/8kJu9uJnjn Salesforce launched Salesforce Headless 360 in a move that makes its entire platform available via APIs, Model Context Protocol, and CLI commands for humans and AI agents. https://t.co/K2sl5HQ1DL
OpenAI Chooses CrowdStrike for Defender‑Focused AI Security
The top AI labs are building for defenders now. Today @OpenAI selected CrowdStrike for their Trusted Access for Cyber program. CrowdStrike continues to lead the market in secure AI adoption, trusted by AI leaders and organizations of all sizes to accelerate...
Oracle Secures Scalable Transactions for the AI Era
News Analysis - Oracle Scales and Secures Your Transactional Workloads in the AI Era - https://t.co/FO8QQ5KxkW - A look how @Oracle achieves #MAA and why it matters more than ever in the Aentic AI era. https://t.co/7v6o1QqSHP