First, Microsoft and Blackbaud announced their respective financial results for their quarters ended March 31st, 2026, SAP acquired Dremio, an open, high-performance data lakehouse platform, Sage announced the expansion of its strategic relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Planful announced the general availability of Planful AI Planner Assistant.

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First, SAP announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026. Then, IFS announced its financial results for the first quarter ending March 31st, 2026. In other news, Sage announced Sage HCM, a new human capital management solution for mid-market organizations in North America. Finally, Certinia announced the launch of Veda: an enterprise-grade intelligent operations engine built to transform services organizations from reactive, manual workflows to autonomous professional services.

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Starting the week strong, ECI Software Solutions announced new AI capabilities embedded within its Deacom and JobBOSS2 ERP solutions, including AI Assistant and AI Invoicing. In related AI news, Salesforce announced a major expansion of Agent Fabric, delivering a trusted agent control plan for rapidly evolving multi-vendor AI landscapes. Building on the AI news, Workday announced that Workday Recognition provided by Achievers is now available to customers. Finally, Oracle plans to expand its multi-cloud networking capabilities to provide customers with enterprise-grade, high-performance connectivity between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and AWS.

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There are seemingly endless options for Human Capital Management (HCM) software on the market. But how do you know which one is right for your business? And what factors should you consider during your search? Depending on your approach, implementing a new HCM can provide tremendous value by automating and strategically managing your entire employee lifecycle, or it can be an expensive headache for your HR team with little value added. 

On this episode of The ERP Advisor, enterprise software expert, Carly Shube, dives deep into the world of HCM and how to set yourself up for success with your new software.

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ECI began the week by announcing its strategic alliance with software provider In Time Tec. In other news, Aptean announced the release of Logility DemandAI+ on AppCentral, Aptean’s agentic AI platform. Then, Oracle announced Fusion Agentic Applications for finance and supply chain operations. Finally, Celonis announced a new phase of its long-standing collaboration with Oracle to help enterprises modernize operations and industrialize Enterprise AI.

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To start the week, Oracle and Oracle NetSuite announced Oracle NetSuite Restaurant Operations. NetSuite followed with a more general AI announcement with the latest additions to NetSuite AI Connector Service. Finally, IFS announced a new pricing model for deployment of Industrial AI.

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Acumatica announced a number of product announcements within its 2026 R1 release. Then, Oracle announced Fusion Agentic Applications, a new class of enterprise applications powered by coordinated teams of specialized AI agents. Finally, SAP announced it has agreed to acquire Reltio, a leading master data management (MDM) software provider.

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One of the biggest hurdles in achieving buy-in from the office of the CFO to embark on an ERP project is justifying the purchase through expected return on investment (ROI). But beyond identifying the potential ROI, you must also understand how your organization and people will be able to realize those returns. On this episode of the ERP Advisor, Shawn Windle, trusted ERP business advisor, teaches businesses how to accurately predict ROI for software investments, and ACTUALLY achieve those results through proper expectation and resource management.

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To start the week, Workday announced that Sana from Workday is now available to customers worldwide. SAP announced new AI-enabled capabilities, travel, and expense management enhancements at SAP Concur Fusion 2026. Procore announced it is integrating the Procore Platform with the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint to accelerate the building of AI factories and other essential infrastructure. Rootstock Software announced its acquisition of Ascent Solutions, a provider of Salesforce-native ERP and operational applications.

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On this episode of our "Leaders in ERP Series", Shawn Windle, Founder and Managing Principal at ERP Advisors Group, speaks with John Glasgow, CEO at Campfire. Windle and Glasgow discuss how the ERP market is evolving due to the emergence of AI-based solutions, the importance of a software's foundation in the age of AI, and how customers are achieving value through AI-based solutions.

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End users who fail to train on their new ERP before go-live can be one of the biggest roadblocks to a successful ERP implementation. Why do they refuse to train? How do you get them to participate? What blocks their buy-in? It is important to understand how to best support them so they are ready to use the new system at cut-over. On this episode of the ERP Advisor, Shelby Toney breaks down the key factors to consider when approaching ERP user training and outline EAG’s top 7 tips for successfully training your users during an ERP implementation.

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