It’s no wonder that a SAP’s HANA in-memory database has caught the attention of many in the transactional, BI and Big Data worlds. HANA uses memory as its primary medium, with disk being used merely ...

The phrase “data is the new currency of the digital age” has been coined for years as though data is an asset that every business should chase and capture. But for an asset so precious, data loses its ...

At first glance, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and big data analytics don’t appear to have much in common. But it turns out that big old ERP systems have a thing or two to learn from ...

In my years managing business intelligence projects, the limitations of traditional reporting have become abundantly clear. Early in my career, senior leaders would often wait weeks for static reports ...

Within verticals, it seems everyone has a cloud ERP solution for service firms and omni-channel retailers. But, what’s going on in the Manufacturing ERP space? In this first of six part series, Brian ...

Cloud ERP benefits don't just happen - you have to earn them. Here's the value stages I've charted from years of customer interviews - and the debates I've had about them. Cloud ERP vendors know that ...