The Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Resource Planning
A curated Australian 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.
Australian Enterprise Resource Planning News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
SAP agrees to buy TechWolf in AI push for HR tools
The deal will deepen SAP's AI tools for hiring and reskilling as employers face faster shifts in jobs, skills and workforce planning.
Meta & NiCE back AI agent protocol for customer service
Customer service teams may face higher volumes as the standard lets personal AI agents sign in, verify users and act for them.
Australia's reporting crunch exposes finance's data gaps
Rising scrutiny of Australian accounts is exposing patchy data controls, after ASIC issued a record AUD $350 million in civil penalties.
Australian firms lag in AI value despite rising spend
Many Australian companies are still failing to translate rising AI budgets into measurable gains, with 37% showing no meaningful value.
Peacock Group opens Dandenong South site for Melbourne base
A single Melbourne base will house about 150 staff as Peacock Group expands its Victorian footprint by roughly two-thirds at Dandenong South.
Zendesk names Rachita Sundar as Chief Financial Officer
Greater scrutiny over AI spending will fall on Zendesk's finance team as Rachita Sundar takes over as Chief Financial Officer.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Enterprise Resource Planning
MongoDB launches Atlas Agent Engine for production AI
Boomi named Gartner leader in API management for AI
Oracle launches Fusion Claw for governed AI execution
Komodor launches agentic operations platform for SRE
Abbyy names Paula Sanders Chief Customer Experience Officer
Featured News
UiPath: AI agents force rethink of junior tech roles
Routine junior tasks could soon be handed to AI agents, forcing firms to redeploy early-career staff towards strategic work, UiPath's CEO says.
Voice AI is bringing the phone call back to business
No story details were provided, leaving readers unable to gauge Twilio's latest move or its impact.
Workiva: The secret compliance and reporting arms race
Driven by improved tooling, finance teams are meeting higher standards as regulators and analysts scrutinise disclosures faster.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY brings zero-shot document AI to Vantage
Enterprises can now extract data from unseen document types without templates, as ABBYY rolls out zero-shot capabilities in Vantage.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Australian AI training gap becomes cost, productivity burden
Poor training is leaving Australian firms unable to turn AI licences into gains, with productivity slipping and shadow AI risks rising.
Shadow AI becomes security headache as workers outpace governance
Unchecked use of consumer AI tools is exposing sensitive company data, forcing executives to balance productivity gains against compliance and security risk.
Rimini Street offers AI magic without the forced ERP migration
CIOs can keep existing ERP systems and still adopt agentic AI, as Rimini Street pitches a cheaper path away from vendor-led migrations.
Customers at the centre of Adobe's new AI evangelist role
Adobe is using the post to help customers navigate AI adoption while feeding regional priorities back into its global product strategy.
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Apple's Unified Memory powers Kiraa AI's rapid automation
Australian firms can speed month-end processing from days to an hour by running Kiraa AI on Macs instead of costly cloud servers.
Jamf launches AI Governance to enhance visibility, security
IT teams can now track AI models on Apple fleets to curb data leaks and token spend as businesses wrestle with shadow AI.
Glean: AI creating hidden workload for Australian employees
Australian knowledge workers are spending 6.5 hours a week on AI oversight, with the hidden burden linked to burnout and higher churn risk.
Zendesk's outcome-based pricing balances AI with human touch
Businesses will pay only for closed support cases under Zendesk's new model, as the software group ties AI automation to human fallback.
Cvent says event success lies in genuine human interaction
Hybrid formats are helping organisers broaden reach without losing the in-room relationships that still drive trust, leads and donations.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
APAC customers are fuelling LogicMonitor's AI growth, with Australia among the earliest adopters of its Edwin AI platform.
Ansarada unveils OS Bondi for secure M&A, due diligence
Deal teams will save time on due diligence as Ansarada's OS Bondi spots duplicate questions while keeping sensitive data inside its secure platform.
Measure/demonstrate: TechnologyOne boosts council digital transformation
Councils are being urged to track savings and focus on improvement after software roll-outs, as one New Zealand authority cuts ERP ownership costs by 38%.
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.
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.
Reviews
Expert Columns
Australia's reporting crunch exposes finance's data gaps
How to Choose the Right Email Verification API: A Buyer's Guide
The working capital hiding on warehouse shelves
Fluent is not factual: Why AI needs verified data in APAC
Three technology myths CIOs should stop believing
Trust Before Technology: Why Council ERP Programs Fail Before Go-Live
Card-Agnostic Spend Management: Why Your Software Shouldn't Decide Which Cards You Use
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
Anyone can promise fast. The advantage is keeping it
Spend management is not a volume problem
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Enterprise Resource Planning News
Euromonitor adds Passport Connect to AI assistants
The move could let clients blend Euromonitor research with their own data inside AI tools, speeding decisions and widening use beyond the portal.
Jamf unveils AI governance tools for Apple devices
The new controls aim to help employers monitor AI use on managed Apple fleets and reduce compliance risk as adoption spreads.
Comparables.ai raises USD $6 million in seed funding
The Helsinki-based firm plans to expand into multiple markets after the seed round, which backs its AI platform used by more than 50,000 professionals.
Log-hub chief sees AI widening supply chain analysis
Better access to complex planning tools could let more firms test supply chain scenarios as AI strips away specialist software hurdles.
Infor says Australian firms lead Asia-Pacific AI adoption
Australian enterprises have emerged as the region's most mature AI users, with 42% already at full-scale deployment, according to Infor research.
GitLab unveils governed software factory tools for AI
The new tools are meant to help large organisations control AI-driven coding, security and deployment as software moves from idea to production.
IBM & Red Hat launch Lightwell remediation service
Enterprises running ageing Java libraries could get faster fixes, as the new service has already remediated more than 400 unknown vulnerabilities.
Vection signs five-year reciprocal reseller deal with Xerox
Western Europe customers could gain broader access to AI, workflow and XR tools after Vection and Xerox struck a non-exclusive five-year deal.
SailPoint adds cloud identity tools & IdentityIQ 9.0
Large enterprises could get faster access reviews and tighter compliance checks as SailPoint updates its cloud platform and IdentityIQ 9.0.
Dell expands AI Data Platform with knowledge graph
The new features aim to help enterprises govern data better and move AI agents into production while keeping sensitive records in their own data centres.
Netpoleon ANZ adds BMC Helix in regional distribution deal
Enterprises across Australia and New Zealand will gain a new option for automating IT operations as Netpoleon expands its portfolio with BMC Helix.
Anthropic launches AI academy for enterprise engineers
The programme aims to fill a shortage of engineers able to turn AI pilots into live business systems, backed by USD $100 million.
Cybersecurity vendors boost hiring as AI reshapes tech
Hiring by security vendors jumped 43% last quarter as AI and a tougher threat environment widened the split with slowing enterprise software roles.
Onside acquires Assura to expand agriculture software
The combined platform will serve 60,000 users across six countries as agricultural firms seek one system for compliance and risk.
Acumatica embeds AI across cloud ERP in 2026 R2 update
Mid-market users will get embedded AI, a new analytics layer and industry-specific upgrades as routine ERP tasks shift onto Acumatica's 2026 R2 platform.
OpenAI launches dots, always-on AI agents for work
The new service lets users delegate ongoing work to persistent agents that can act across apps, raising fresh privacy and control questions.
Manufacturers back MCP-linked AI for productivity gains
Connected product data is now seen as the key to productivity gains, with manufacturers citing faster decisions, development and launches.
DataCebo launches SDV 2.0 for synthetic enterprise data
Keeping customer and transaction data in-house, the software aims to cut the need for copied databases as firms train AI models.
IBM Bob gains self-hosted deployment for enterprise AI
The option lets regulated firms keep source code and sensitive data inside their own infrastructure while using AI for software development.
LocalStack acquires WonderTwin AI to boost local testing
Teams testing software integrations could soon avoid live APIs and shared sandboxes, as LocalStack adds WonderTwin AI's application emulators.
Job Moves
Zendesk names Rachita Sundar as Chief Financial Officer
Bridget Collins returns to Progress Software as CIO
TMX names Nick De Klerk to lead Global Centre of Excellence
Teletrac Navman names Sharma as VP Product Management
Prophet hires senior duo as enterprise base surges
Kinetic IT launches AI engineering division with Sete
Five Faces Appoints Richard Alcock AO as Board Chair
Radaro names Gabriele Famous as Chief Strategy Officer
Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia names Nagata
