Tagged: enterprise-software

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Keeping Pace with the New Normal

We woke up one morning and everything has changed. Although we do our best to understand and adapt to the changing environment, there seems to be no other way to survive this crisis without having the…

This Crisis Will Put A Human Face On Business Technology

COVID-19 has changed the way we work forever. We’re all suddenly working from home, reliant on technology and aware of its limitations. Enterprise software is helping us get through the crisis, but it…

More than a feeling: why sentiment’s the missing link in professional services success

More than a feeling: why sentiment’s the missing link in professional services success

Accountability is critical in business. Professional services companies are held to high standards, and client expectations need to be met. But are the goals being measured for each project telling…

Do you have what it takes to be a successful self-disruptor?

Do you have what it takes to be a successful self-disruptor?

Entrepreneurs have disrupted nearly every industry, developing start-ups that transform the way business is done. Airbnb for example has changed the world of travel forever. Today, this company enjoys…

Our Expectations Of Software Have Changed -- It's Time UX Caught Up

Last year, I argued that many enterprise software vendors are missing the point when it comes to user experience. They aim to embrace user expectations by providing a user interface that looks good on…

Service Organizations Need To Put Their XaaS Hats On

The rapid emergence of anything as a service (XaaS) is creating an entirely different economy where products and cloud-based services are delivered in a continuous relationship with the customer…

Unit4 2019 Predictions: The Year Ahead for the ERP Market

Unit4 2019 Predictions: The Year Ahead for the ERP Market

As we transition from one year to another, it is customary to look back on the past year and begin to consider what might unfold in the year ahead. We are in a period of massive technology-driven…

Enabling The Enterprise Shift To Microservices

The next time you’re about to binge a season of your favorite Netflix show, consider the complex interactions taking place behind the scenes to make this possible. From negotiating with production…

How to avoid ERP lock-in and seize the service imperative

How to avoid ERP lock-in and seize the service imperative

The future is XaaS – Everything-as-a-Service. While XaaS stems from cloud computing, it has quickly evolved to something that embraces anything that can be delivered via the Internet that used to be…

ERP Has Reinvented Itself Again, And This Time It's Going Designer

As early as the '90s, businesses and analysts alike have foretold the death of the ERP system. Over 20 years later, however, ERP is still alive and well. Globalization, digitalization, the internet…

Software will never be beautiful – it’s the experience that counts

Software will never be beautiful – it’s the experience that counts

For almost a decade, we’ve talked about wanting to modernize enterprise software user interfaces (UI) to match consumer software, but we’ve gone about it the wrong way. The  modernization of UI was…

How bots will shape the future of work in the financial industry

How bots will shape the future of work in the financial industry

When the average person thinks of bots entering the workforce, scenes from X-Men: Days of Future Past leap to mind, but actually, bots are not the future, they are already adopted and deployed among…