ERP on the cheap? | PLUS: Voice control coming to the enterprise, people analytics drives need for HRIS skills, and more

Business Applications Digest A roundup of business applications content from TechTarget | Jan. 16, 2018 FEATURED STORY Colleges to share Oracle ERP system in effort to cut costs By Patrick Thibodeau Private, nonprofit colleges are discovering they can reduce back-office IT costs by working together. Novel approaches are emerging to reduce the financial drain of ERP systems. (SearchERP.com) Advertisement NEWS   Voice user interfaces coming to the enterprise As enterprise UX becomes more critical, VUIs may usurp traditional interfaces. For now, learn from advice and experiments, such as FinancialForce's integration of Alexa. (SearchERP.com)   SAP S/4HANA Cloud and indirect access will dominate 2018 Industry experts say SAP S/4HANA Cloud migrations, Leonardo and Cloud Platform are the technology issues for SAP in 2018; on the business side, the top issue is indirect access. (SearchSAP.com)   People analytics software drives need for HRIS skills HR managers are revising job skills, looking for people with analytics ability and technical expertise. Can you build a dashboard and parse data? You're in demand. (SearchHRSoftware.com)   The four hottest HR technology trends for 2018 HR technology is growing at breakneck speed as companies look for better ways to attract and understand talent, as well as boost the employee experience. Here's a look. (SearchHRSoftware.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Features of SAP SRM-MDM Catalog SAP Supplier Relationship Management-Master Data Management Catalog can help simplify cataloging tasks required to excel in today's complicated supply chains. Here's a look. (SearchSAP.com)   2017 is gone, but you'll want to know these Oracle tips We've rounded up five of the most notable tip articles we published in 2017, with advice that can help make Oracle projects easier for IT teams to navigate and manage. (SearchOracle.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Business Applications Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Enterprise Applications Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.