The Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Resource Planning
A curated Australian edition of IndustrialDay 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
Interactive urges workload-first cloud planning for firms
Poor workload choices can drive higher cloud bills and weaker governance as firms race to replace ageing kit and meet AI demands.
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Southern Cross Care picks TechnologyOne for aged care
Aged care operators under tougher reporting rules are turning to connected systems as Southern Cross Care links finance, assets and care data.
Fortinet lifts full-year guidance after strong quarter
Strong demand for network security and AI-related tools drove revenue to USD $2.08 billion, prompting a higher full-year forecast.
SAP unveils AI tools for business users & developers
The update gives customers broader controls, governance and data context for AI agents, while extending SAP's tools into enterprise and space use.
Progress launches ShareFile Enterprise for regulated firms
The new offering adds automated access controls, monitoring and data loss protection as firms try to secure sensitive file sharing with less manual work.
NiCE leads Gartner with AI revenue hitting USD $362m
Large enterprises are pushing NiCE's AI revenue higher, with annual recurring revenue reaching USD $362 million in the second quarter.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Enterprise Resource Planning
Annexa: NetSuite Next is a flick of a switch. Rewiring the CFO takes longer
Syndigo named leader in Gartner's first PIM quadrant
Oracle adds AI data platform tools for enterprise governance
Oracle expands Marketplace with partner purchasing options
Zoho Analytics adds agentic AI layer for business data
Featured News
Oracle NetSuite: Trust AI the way you'd trust a new hire
Oracle NetSuite's Brian Chess says trust is earned and built over time and through experience. That doesn't change when agentic AI is involved.
Twilio evolves from APIs to conversational trust
As AI agents proliferate, Twilio is focusing on trusted, governed communications infrastructure rather than the apps that sit on top of it.
TechnologyOne rethinks AI-enabled student services
Students could soon avoid hunting through university portals, as TechnologyOne's new AI agent handles enrolment, deferrals and course changes in one chat.
Annexa targets new AI opportunities at SuiteWorld 2026
Annexa says mid-market businesses can lift productivity without adding staff by automating routine ERP work and unlocking new sales chances.
Workday is a Fortune 500 startup reborn for the AI era
Its AI-first overhaul has cut layers, sped product cycles and left the company betting that startup-style speed can still serve Fortune 500 customers.
GitHub: Developers aren't disappearing. They're leveling up
AI is pushing software teams into higher-value roles, with GitHub saying developers are moving from coding to orchestration and business alignment.
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%.
Reviews
Expert Columns
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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
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Enterprise Resource Planning News
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Zoom pushes AI tools to drive work from talk to tasks
The push could help firms cut time spent on follow-up work as Zoom expands from meetings into AI tools for tasks, search and customer support.
JFrog names nine winners of software supply chain awards
The inaugural prizes highlight a wider shift as large enterprises tighten oversight of code, AI models and other assets moving through development pipelines.
Hexnode expands Linux patching & login controls in ANZ
The update aims to reduce manual work for IT teams by putting Linux patching and employee sign-in under the same controls as other devices.
Google adds interactive MCP apps to Gemini Enterprise
The upgrade gives enterprise users a live workspace for visual tasks, cutting back-and-forth in Gemini Enterprise while keeping edits synced.
Oracle launches Claw-powered supply chain agentic apps
The tools aim to help supply chain teams cut waste, balance scarce capacity and speed approved decisions across planning, logistics and procurement.
Celigo launches MCP Management to govern AI access
IT and security teams can now track and approve AI actions one tool at a time, as Celigo targets growing governance gaps across enterprise software.
Oracle deepens OpenAI tie-up with new business tools
The deal widens access to AI inside corporate systems, with a free-to-start SMB bundle offering USD $12,000 in cloud credits a year.
Oracle unveils 25 agentic AI apps across Fusion Cloud
The update lets finance, HR and supply chain teams delegate more complex tasks to AI agents while keeping approvals and controls in place.
Freshworks buys Robusta Dev to boost Freshservice AI
Customers should see faster outage triage, as Freshworks folds Robusta Dev's AI incident analysis into Freshservice and FireHydrant.
Oracle pledges USD $1 billion to boost partner ecosystem
The four-year funding push is designed to help Oracle's partners build and sell more AI and cloud services, and support customer deployments.
Oracle launches agentic AI platform for cloud setups
The rollout aims to cut manual work and speed deployments for firms moving to Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications from older systems.
Oracle launches Claw-powered Fusion apps for CX teams
Oracle has added governed AI tools to Fusion Cloud Applications, aiming to help sales and service teams execute more complex tasks with less manual effort.
Oracle launches AI consulting practice with OpenAI
Businesses moving beyond AI pilots will get help from Oracle's new service, which aims to speed deployment and tighten control across enterprise systems.
Oracle launches AI registry for Fusion application setup
The registry could cut manual setup work for Oracle Fusion customers, while letting AI agents execute and test configurations with human oversight.
Oracle launches Claw-powered HR apps for Fusion Cloud
The move ties AI more tightly to HR workflows, with Oracle aiming to automate staffing, hiring and pay tasks under human oversight.
Oracle & Snowflake launch native OCI AI as a new service
Customers will be able to buy Snowflake through Oracle's cloud, simplifying billing and data access for AI and analytics workloads.
NetSuite customers urged to prepare for AI adoption
Australian and New Zealand finance teams could cut manual close work as NetSuite rolls out AI tools, but only if data and controls are ready.
SAP & NTT team up on sovereign cloud for governments
Governments and defence operators could gain tighter control over sensitive systems as the two groups target regulated customers with sovereign cloud services.
Zendesk launches AI agents for employee service tasks
Early users have already logged 6 million workflow runs, as the new tools aim to cut internal support delays across IT, HR and workplace teams.
Firstwork raises USD $15 million to expand AI onboarding
The new funding will help the New York company expand its AI tools as employers struggle to keep frontline hires through onboarding and compliance.
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
