Read the latest business technology blog posts from IFS industry experts here. These authors understand the ins and outs of business technology and where it’s heading. Discover what IFS has to offer for enterprise technology solutions.

| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Strategy
Celebrating 3 Years in the Upper Right

It may be the longest title in Gartner Magic Quadrant history, but it is a mighty fine honor in the…

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| | Estimated reading time: 6 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation
Family, Windows 10 and Evergreen ERP

As those of you who work in IT will surely recognize, the mere fact that you “work with computers” means…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Strategy
IoT is real and it’s happening today

If IoT is to go beyond the hype, then users need to be convinced of its business value before its…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Retail, Strategy
Why built-in omni-channel is the new crucial retail reality

Retailers that manage to offer a seamless shopping experience will stand strong, but keeping up with the pace of change…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Automotive, Business Technology, Supply Chain
Seeing auto trends at Odette 2015

Automotive is a fast-moving industry and keeping up with the latest trends, opportunities and threats is a major challenge. This…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, IFS Applications
Make complex things easier with a user experience from IFS

Enterprise software is about facilitating communication. This can range from simply registering a sales order to managing an international multi-billion…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation
It will be easier when complex things get smarter – from present to future

You have probably experienced the journey from desktop computers to the era of smartphones and tablets, and how it has…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, IFS Labs
How I connected my car to IFS Applications using stuff I bought on eBay

At IFS Labs, we have been researching the Internet of Things (IoT) for some time. This has resulted in a…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Agility, Business Technology, IFS Applications, Strategy
Top 10 questions for your ERP vendor

When considering which enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to choose, the starting point is a set of ten specific questions…

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Technology, IFS Applications
How good is your forecast?

Last year I joined Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in London. I attended a presentation by Tim Payne, a Gartner…

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Manufacturing, Strategy
Yield the potential of modern ERP
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How do we create a business process that offers the distinct attributes needed to support the company’s strategies and create competitive advantage? How do we find an ERP broad yet specific enough to provide real business agility? This is a move for ERP up the value chain. An investment in ERP is not just a way to get a modern, supported and cost effective replacement of an outdated ERP, but a key component on the path to strategic alignment.

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, IFS Labs, Mobility, Research
Talking hands-free with your enterprise software from your car
Talk hands free

I have been in the enterprise software business for almost 20 years where the dominant user interaction has been through…

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