The ERP market was turned upside down this week with big news from Acumatica, announcing it signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners. In other news, Sage introduced Sage Supply Chain Intelligence, helping operating teams reduce delays by 35%, protect margins, and scale faster without overhauling their existing systems. Finally, to round out the week with more acquisition news, UKG and Aptean announced movement to expand their own ecosystems.

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In ERP this week, Workday announced results for the fiscal 2026 first quarter ended April 30, 2025, Salesforce entered into an agreement to acquire Informatica for approximately $8 billion in equity value, net of Salesforce’s current investment in Informatica, QAD announced a new partnership with Boomi, a provider of AI-driven automation, and Red Hat, a provider of open-source solutions, announced Red Hat AI Inference Server, a significant step towards democratizing generative AI across the hybrid cloud.

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There are 1000 ways to get your ERP Selection wrong, so how can you ensure you get yours right? Successful businesses lean on ERP selection consultants to guide their needs analysis and software evaluation. An advisor can make sure you are absolutely certain you select the right software and implementation services for your company. Selecting the wrong software may waste valuable resources – not just time and money but disruption and delays can cause a sponsor to lose credibility with executives and stakeholders. The wrong decision can even lead to getting fired! Tune in to this episode of The ERP Advisor, where Shawn Windle will outline why you should hire an ERP selection consultant.

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If we work hard, growth occurs! But often, growth comes to us with tricky unknowns that are hard to get our arms around, and you may find yourself quickly outgrowing your accounting software. Moving to a new ERP does not have to be painful and can often create greater benefits.

In this live panel, we will unpack a few myths about changing to a new ERP, when to make the switch, and discuss the green flags of modernizing your payment processor along the way.

Join Eric Myers of Fortis Pay and Shawn Windle of ERP Advisors Group, with a combined 50 years of experience, in an open conversation of growth through ERP and integrated payments.

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This week, Sage announced its financial results for the six months to March 31st, 2025, Workday announced a new wave of Illuminate Agents designed to speed up hiring processes, improve worker experiences, streamline financial processes, and empower employees, UKG launched UGK Bryte payroll AI agents for both the UKG Pro and UKG Ready suites, delivering new tools that help all employees from the frontline to payroll administrators, OneStream announced a series of powerful enhancements at its Splash 2025 user conference, and Qlik announced the launch of Qlik Open Lakehouse, a fully managed Apache Iceberg solution built into Qlik Talend Cloud.

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In ERP news this week, Oracle announced new cloud services – Oracle Banking Retail Lending Servicing Cloud Service and Oracle Banking Collections Cloud Service, Sage announced significant progress in its ongoing collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), OneStream announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2025, and Epicor announced at its Epicor Insights 2025 user conference, the general availability of its latest agentic AI capabilities of Epicor Prism and predictive ML of Epicor Grow AI.

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First, IFS and Blackbaud announced their respective financial results for the first quarter of 2025, ending March 31, 2025. In other news, Unit4 launched Advanced Virtual Agent (Ava), a productive conversational agent that will act as a centralized artificial intelligence interface, orchestrating and automating ERP workflows. Then, Planful announced Workforce Pro, a powerful enhancement to its trusted Planful for Workforce solution. Finally, Qlik announced the acquisition of the Qloud Cover Migration technology from Stretch Qonnect, a long-standing Qlik Elite Solution Provider.

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Legacy ERP end of life can create confusion about the best path forward for your business’s ERP. Options may include upgrading your current software, migrating to the vendor’s newest product, or selecting an entirely new solution. Defining what is best for your company and its actual needs will ensure you make the right decision. In this episode of The ERP Advisor, Shawn Windle and Quentin DeWitt breakdown what to do when your software reaches end of life.

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