Obama speaks at Qualtrics X4 Summit, ERP trends for the C-suite, SAP's Qualtrics acquisition, and more

Business Applications Digest A roundup of business applications content from TechTarget |March 5, 2019 FEATURED ARTICLE At Qualtrics X4 Summit, Obama stresses need for facts By Patrick Thibodeau, News Writer Former President Barack Obama discusses his approach to problem analysis and forming a team at the Qualtrics X4 Summit. (SearchHRSoftware.com) Advertisement NEWS   5 ERP trends the C-suite should keep an eye on ERP has been around for decades, but technology development is not stagnant. Here are some of the biggest ERP trends taking shape in 2019. (SearchERP.com)   Release of ABAP in SAP Cloud Platform to extend S/4HANA   ABAP's future is bright with the support of SAP technology like S/4HANA, but having ABAP in the cloud will take some adjustment, and developers may face challenges along the way. (SearchSAP.com)   SAP CEO talks Qualtrics acquisition, says experience data is critical At the Qualtrics X4 Summit, SAP CEO Bill McDermott argues that experience data is now central to business success. He promised to build the capability to merge operational and experience data. (SearchSAP.com)   Integrating business processes with SaaS financial applications Organizations should consider integrating business processes, such as HR and supply chain, with SaaS financial applications to attain better business alignment and better results. (SearchERP.com) EXPERT ADVICE   As offshore outsourcing grows, HR tries to measure impact Offshore outsourcing can be a traumatic event for employees -- both for those who lose their jobs and for those who survive. It's HR's job to figure out the real impact it's having on employees -- a task that may benefit from new technology. (SearchHRsoftware.com)   Rewards program provider taps Oracle IaaS for app migration Oracle struggles in IaaS against AWS and Azure, but one Oracle cloud customer said its move there is a success, albeit within an overall multi-cloud strategy. (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 2019 TechTarget. All rights reserved.