March 2023Issue 1

COVER STORY

Carl Eschenbach and Aneel Bhusri, Workday

New Dawn, New Workday: Carl Eschenbach to lead next chapter By Paul Esherwood

Carl Eschenbach, the former VMWare executive and venture capitalist, is the new co-CEO at Workday and plans to assume full control next year. After more than 18 years at the helm, Aneel Bhusri, the co-founder of the company, will transition into a product-focused role leaving Eschenbach in sole charge.

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Editor’s Words – thoughts from the first issue of ERP Today North America By Paul Esherwood

Welcome to the first edition of ERP Today North America. We thought it was time our journalism traveled to our friends across the Atlantic.

A complete guide to Workday By ERP Today

This is an independent ERP Today publication written in collaboration with Workday containing original articles, case studies and more.

FEATURES

Infor | Jim Hannan, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT KOCH Industries, and Kevin Samuelson, CEO at Infor

What does a paper company know about ERP? Quite a bit as it turns out By Paul Esherwood

Jim Hannan, chief operating officer at Koch Industries, and Kevin Samuelson, CEO at Infor, explain why a partnership between an industrial giant and a differentiated software company will lead to better outcomes for ERP customers.

All paths lead to automation By Paul Esherwood

UiPath has led the market in automation for as long as its been a thing. But fresh challenges confront co-CEO, Rob Enslin.

Bill McDermott: Is NOW the time to create your digital future?By Paul Esherwood

Paul Esherwood speaks with Bill McDermott, CEO of ServiceNow, about his career journey, competition with vendors and what's next in line.

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Enterprise tech firms switch up their messaging By Christine Horton

Christine Horton speaks with industry professionals detailing how enterprise tech firms now market themselves to potential customers.

50 years of SAP: Klein says, “We’re just getting started”.By Paul Esherwood

50 years ago five former IBM executives started a new conversation by forming a company called Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung.

Darren Roos: Can IFS do for assets what Salesforce did for CRM?By Paul Esherwood

Paul Esherwood speaks with Darren Roos, CEO of IFS, discussing the five P's and how these factors have influenced IFS' transformation.

Global consulting firms adapt to life out of the box By Christine Horton

Christine Horton speaks with EY, Deloitte, KPMG and PwC, to share how major consulting firms have dealt with changing markets.

Can ERP save the world? By Paul Esherwood

There’s a hypothesis in cosmology and astrophysics called the Fermi Paradox that ponders a simple question- where are the aliens?

Celonis – mining within 3D and ESG By Giacomo Lee

ERP Today's editorial director, Giacomo Lee, talks to Celonis co-founder and co-CEO Alex Rinke, discussing mining within 3D and ESG.

CEO Q&A – in conversation with top execs: Melissa Di Donato, CEO, SUSE By ERP Today

ERP Today hosts a Q&A with CEO of SUSE, Melissa Di Donato. Discussing SUSE's 2022 outlook, life as a female CEO, and more.

The first frontier for digital transformation By Paul Esherwood

Paul Esherwood speaks with Sanjit Biswas, CEO, at their new London office to find out what makes Samsara different.

Expert Opinions

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Move over finance, it’s time for a new value metric By Paul Esherwood

Paul Esherwood speaks with Jonathan Wright, IBM senior MD for sustainability, and Jon Chorley, Oracle chief sustainability officer.

How a skills-based workforce will reshape the future world of work By Sheri Rhodes

Sheri Rhodes muses on balancing the AI know-how of a CIO and a chief customer officer’s empathy when shifting to a skills-based workforce.

Orbis non sufficit: The race for cloud supremacy By Paul Esherwood

Are vendor boasts reminiscent of recent history, when getting rich and grabbing more played out pretty badly for most of us?

The state of the Workday EAP platform in 2023 By Holger Mueller

Workday has made substantial progress on its EAP (Enterprise Application Platform) recently, so time to dig into the new capabilities and approach.

Thriving in a changing world – how to seize the opportunity By Angelique De Vries

Angelique De Vries, EMEA president at Workday, discusses how the company has adapted to the ever-changing tech environment.

Inside The Software Automation Revolution By Adrian Bridgwater

The popularization of software application development tools designed to empower ‘citizen developers’ has burgeoned over the last half-decade.

HR tech will embrace employee experience and talent marketplace By Josh Bersin

HR analyst Josh Bersin sees much for the sector and HR tech market to be optimistic about this year.

Guest Contributors

The midmarket moment has arrived By Scott Russell

If you’re reading ERP Today, you know that ERP was critical yesterday and it will remain so tomorrow.

Automation outlook for 2023 and beyond By Maureen Fleming

Research and data from IDC suggests that automation will be a hot topic in 2023.

‘Glorified filing cabinet’: Cloud’s greatest failing By Alan Jacobson

Data literacy and insights at scale will be crucial as cloud and digitization accelerate.

The impacts of innovation: MACH and ERP By Casper Rasmussen

Composable thinking is the new extension of modular technology and holds the key to enterprise agility.