Once again, Oracle ERP Cloud was named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for midsize, large, and global enterprises. Gartner is a global research and advisory firm that provides advice and tools for leaders in IT, Finance, HR, and more.

More and more organizations are moving their on-premises enterprise applications to Cloud solutions because they want to change the cost structure of their applications portfolios and reduce their risk for technological obsolescence while delivering growth, innovation, operational agility, and efficiency. There is more Cloud momentum today than ever before. In fact, 76 percent of finance leaders surveyed in Oracle's 2018 ERP Trends Report said they intend to run ERP in the Cloud within the next two years. Due to this growing momentum, Oracle released a five-step guide that can help users learn "how to Cloud" and complete a successful Oracle ERP Cloud project. It provides a high-level sequential summary of recommended steps based on actual Cloud projects and advice from leading partners for successfully executing the journey to Cloud. This document is not intended to be a substitute for engagement with Oracle or one of its partners. It is simply a starting guide. Oracle recommends implementing solutions with input from experienced project and technical professionals. 

Jim Maholic, Business Value Services, Oracle, wrote about how to build a winning ERP Cloud business case that will win over your company’s executives and convince them to make the move to ERP Cloud. Whether you are planning to upgrade a departmental solution, move one or two solutions from on-premises to the Cloud, or embark on a full-scale digital transformation, your executives will likely expect you to explain how the company will benefit from investing in this initiative. This will require you to build a winning ERP Cloud business case to present to your organization’s leaders.

A recent Oracle blog talked through the reasons to tackle your ERP/EPM and HCM systems together to create an integrated Cloud solution. It starts with a scenario: Imagine that you’re getting a promotion to a management position, which would impact your purchasing authority, approval workflows, travel allowances, and pay structure. On top of that, you’re moving to North America to Europe, where your company operates under a different legal entity. How long will it take before your new role is reflected in your company’s Human Resources system, you start getting paid at your new rate, and your new team can start submitting expenses to your for approval?

Lynne Sampson, Oracle’s managing editor of The Modern Finance Leader, wrote about how a century-old company is leveraging Oracle ERP Cloud to build its digital future. This leading multi-industry company looked to the Cloud for innovation and growth as it approached its 100th anniversary and looked forward to the next century.

The University of California San Diego, one of the country’s top research institutions, decided to replace its legacy financial management system with Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud. The decision to use Oracle Cloud for finance enabled UC San Diego to increase its overall productivity, bolster decision making with real-time business insights, and easily incorporate emerging technologies.

David Werner wrote a recent Oracle blog that explained why artificial intelligence (AI) is the future of Project Management and how customers can begin leveraging the benefits of AI for project management today.

Sue Shaw, Director of IT Operations for ATCO Group, spoke at COLLABORATE 19 about how to manage change after you’ve made the move to the Cloud. Sue discussed the scope of ATCO’s Cirrus Cloud Project, the types of changes companies may face during Cloud projects, and tools that are available to help with Cloud implementation change management.

Sara Lipowsky, Solution Engineer at Oracle, gave a demonstration of a digital assistant that pulls live data from several sources. The chatbot in this example was built for the internal finance team at an insurance company, so put yourself in the shoes of a busy finance director. You’re in and out of meetings all day and making influential decisions. Luckily, those decisions are based mostly on data. However, when your data is located on multiple dashboards on dispersed systems, accessing the numbers you need can be tedious. You could have all of these dashboards open on multiple windows and tabs, but that can often be overwhelming. What if you’re on the go or in a meeting and need access to your data right then and there? These are some of the pains that today’s finance directors face. The solution is Oracle’s digital assistant.

Are you an Oracle Ebusiness, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and/or Hyperion user? Finance, Procurement, SCM, HR or Payroll? Confused about Cloud and if it is right for your organization? IBM's Cloud Impact Assessment delivers in just 20 business days a tailored roadmap, business case and live Cloud "sandbox" (with your company's data). Learn how you can start your journey and earn a free assessment.