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Zoho Breaks Rules By Offering CRM For Everyone

Replicating its successes in bundling purpose-built software packages, Zoho is aiming to redefine the customer relationship management applications market by introducing CRM for Everyone. Unveiling...
Morgan Siegler of TA Associates(left) and CEO Mike Ettling at Unit4 Analyst Event in Boston

After slimming down by disposing nine businesses and repositioning itself under a new owner, Unit4 has come full circle to focus on its core...
As NetSuite displaces ERP rivals, EVP Evan Goldberg(top left) goes full suite ahead with SVP Gary Wiessinger(lower right) detailing his product plans at SuiteWorld

Buoyed by its recent acquisitions, Oracle NetSuite is expanding rapidly into asset-heavy industries while continuing to capitalize on Cloud ERP displacement opportunities. At last week’s...
Epicor in Boston with CEO Steve Murphy, left to right, customers Nicholas Mueller of Enjet Aero, Tessa Kalarickal of Coghlin, Chris Brackett of CW Hayden and Lisa Pope of Epicor

Working mostly behind the scenes, Epicor has become a driving force for a whole swath of essential industries from retail to manufacturing that need...
NetSuite Unwraps Next Release With Customers Embracing AI Momentum

With much fanfare, NetSuite unwrapped the next version of its ERP system infused with AI agents, inferencing and reasoning capabilities, as well as a...
Scenes from Oracle Open World with CTO Larry Ellison(left) and CEO Mark Hurd

Oracle OpenWorld, the annual customer conference of the leading database vendor, took on a different format with a more disciplined approach this year. Keynotes were...
Oracle NetSuite Positions To Become AI Smart and Ready

Oracle NetSuite’s Generative AI strategy is beginning to take shape just as many of its customers are clamoring for next-generation digital assistants and agents...
HCM AI Agents Sync Up Value For All Parties Involved

Despite their go-to-market differences, HCM applications vendors are rallying behind AI agents at a time when the overall market for Core HR, talent and...
NetSuite’s Zach Nelson(right) partners with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella

The Cloud can make for strange bedfellows, and that was the case at SuiteWorld, NetSuite’s annual user conference, when CEO Zach Nelson announced a...
SAP CEO Bill McDermott and CFO Luka Mucic Tout Digital Growth At SAPPHIRE NOW

As customers are moving swiftly to embrace new technologies and transform themselves digitally, enterprise applications vendors are wasting no time to meet their needs. This...
Anaplan CEO Fred Laluyaux, left, leads customer panel with HP’s Sue Barsamian, McAfee’s Jeff Brobst, Diageo’s Stefan Househam, and Aviva’s Darren Craddock

In the new world of Cloud-based enterprise planning software, Anaplan has assembled considerable fire power to challenge a host of competitors from EPM incumbents...
Chakib Bouhdary - SAP

Chakib Bouhdary has the new title of Chief Customer Value Officer of SAP, having served as a key advisor to co-CEO Bill McDermott for...
Oracle Model How AI Changes Everything

The historical run of Oracle catapulted the vendor to new heights in valuation and projected revenues, and its recent AI World provided the perfect...
Zoho Moves Upmarket, Targets Verticals As CEO Steps Down

Zoho, one of the fastest-growing CRM and collaboration applications vendors, is moving upmarket while eying strategic opportunities in key verticals just as its down-to-earth...
Epicor Expects 11% Growth in FY24 By Going Steady On AI

The wisdom of Epicor shines through as it preps to parlay its successes in ERP midmarket into the AI bonanza. By focusing on such...
Scenes from MBX with CEO Mark Hurd(top left), CX customer references and EVP Steve Miranda on Oracle Cloud Apps momentum

At last month’s Modern Business Experience event, Oracle shed light on its latest Cloud applications strategy, while dispelling some myths and providing more context...
Box aims to reinvent content management

In an era where every bit of information is stored, retrieved and analyzed, Box is aiming to redefine how content should be managed. With the...
Oracle EVP Mike Sicilia (left to right), Hearst’s David Hovstadius, Oracle GVP Miranda Nash and Oracle EVP Steve Miranda at Oracle Analyst Summit

For years, Oracle was considered one of the few technology vendors capable of selling enterprise databases, applications, and cloud services all under one roof....
Cornerstone Spark Odyssey Finds New Packaging, Partners

Cornerstone is entering a new phase of its galactic journey by incorporating digital agents into its marketing blitz designed to make next-generation learning management...
SAP executives chairman Plattner(clockwise top left), CEO McDermott, Product Head Leukert and Business Network Chief Singh detail different traits of S/4HANA, HANA Cloud Platform

The big SAPPHIRENOW conference ended on a high note with Jennifer Lopez as headline entertainment and a fitting tribute to the new chapter of...
Sage Summit

As many ERP applications vendors are banking on cloud delivery with round-the-clock Web selling strategies and relentless acquisitions, Sage is trying something more subtle. At...
Salesforce.com Steers Social Enterprise Movement Amid Cloudy Outlook

With growing signs of leading one of the most important segments of the enterprise applications market, Salesforce.com embodies the disruptive power of Cloud-based delivery...
Chris Leone oversees Oracle HCM Cloud

Oracle, never one to cede ground to any of its software rivals, is making a strong comeback for its evolving HCM Cloud strategy. At a...
Oracle Showcases AI at CloudWorld, SuiteWorld

This month, Oracle is trumpeting AI as the key enabler for enterprise IT. Apps Run The World will be interviewing executives, partners and customers...
Clockwise from top left, CEO Safra Catz, Co-Founder Larry Ellison, EVP GBU Mike Sicilia and EVP Apps Steve Miranda outline multi-cloud push at Oracle CloudWorld

After a brief hiatus, Oracle CloudWorld 2022 marked a turning point for the 45-year-old company by positioning it as a multi-dimensional technology vendor that...
The trio of SAP - Product Chief Bernd Leukert(l), Chairman Hasso Plattner(c), CMO Jonathan Becher at SAPPHIRENOW

The second day of the giant SAPPHIRENOW conference took the Run Simple message one notch higher with SAP executives and customers providing more examples...
CEO Chris Todd (right) at UKG Aspire; startup cohorts from UKG Labs (bottom left); and a snapshot of a growing installed base running UKG Ready.

Every team roster needs a great lineup and UKG is no different by bolstering its HCM and workforce management offerings with a deep bench...
Steve Singh heads SAP Business Networks, while Elena Donio runs Concur.

In April 2013 Concur CEO Steve Singh took his mountain bike out for a spin that ended with a wreck leaving him badly injured...
IFS Spreads Its Industrial Wings Beyond the AI Hype

In today’s race for AI software dominance, there is never a straight line that takes any company from zero to 100 and IFS is...
SAP CEO McDermott expresses no interest in buying Salesforce.com

SAP is not interested in acquiring Salesforce.com, according to company CEO Bill McDermott who responded flatly to a question raised by Apps Run The...