CPO Secrets to Enterprise Software Sourcing and Procurement Success
With multi-dimensional complexity, strategic depth, and the need for foresight, the sourcing and procurement of enterprise software is often compared to a game of chess—in three dimensions. So how do you become a Grand Master? Chief Procurement Officer expert Brad Veech joined Judy Stubbington, VP, finance and operations at Rimini Street, and shared all the […]
5 Lessons Every CFO Can Learn From a Billionaire Singer-Songwriter
What lessons can CFOs learn from a billionaire singer-songwriter? While the five we’ve collected encompass fundamentals every experienced CFO should already know, her savvy serves them as smart reminders on the road to success. When you have a young daughter like I do, it’s almost impossible to avoid getting swept up into the Taylor Swift […]
Do ERP Ecosystems Act Like Cartels?
While the ecosystems formed by ERP and database vendors, systems integrators, and other partners can create value, there can be downsides as well. Sebastian Grady, president, strategic initiatives at Rimini Street, shares five things you need to know about ERP vendors. Over the decades, large ERP and database vendors, system integrators, and other partners have […]
How Finance Executives Weather ERP Transformation Storms
What do seasoned financial executives from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and TESCO have in common? Recently, they each shared candid insights from ERP transformation and integration projects during a panel discussion. Fellow panelist Michael Perica, executive vice president & chief financial officer at Rimini Street, shares their hard-won lessons. When corporate financial executives gather to […]
ERP Strategy Lessons from Sweden’s CIO of the Year
Ingo Paas is the CIO of Green Cargo, a sustainable logistics partner serving 270 locations across Scandinavia, transporting some 22 million tons of freight annually. Recently, my colleague Luiz Mariotto and I had the privilege of hosting Ingo and a roundtable of IT leaders. Afterward, Ingo shared a deeper dive on his bold strategies that […]
Rethinking the SAP ECC to S/4HANA Migration Mandate
Contrary to what SAP may want you to think, S/4HANA migration isn’t mandatory for your enterprise. In fact, independent support can extend your current ERP investment beyond SAP’s projected end of mainstream maintenance for ECC in 2027. I sat down with three of our SAP ERP experts to discuss the options businesses have. Let’s dive […]
How Salesforce Data Harmonization and AI Impact Your Enterprise
November 2022 may ultimately be bookmarked as the beginning of the next era of IT. That is when OpenAI announced open access to its ChatGPT, a natural language model that promises to revolutionize customer relationship management (CRM), software coding, and productivity across many industries. “We’ve trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational […]
Answer 10 Tough Questions to Justify IT Modernization
IT system modernization can be achieved in different ways. Operational excellence in core and operational IT systems is a key part of most system modernization efforts. It contributes to profitability and makes the systems better able to accommodate change. Many currently deployed enterprise-level IT systems provide a strong foundation for change. For these systems, modernization […]
AI Risks & Rewards: 2023 Global Privacy Summit Key Takeaways
Earlier this year while attending the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit I had a strange feeling of being suspended at an inflection point in history. Perhaps it’s because I’m a new father and my daughter is almost exactly as old as ChatGPT’s open beta, but I really think we have entered […]