| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure
What can the construction sector learn from other industries?
Crossrail tunnel under construction

Last month I attended the 19th Annual Future of Utilities Conference in London and was part of a panel discussion…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology
Why does business agility matter now more than ever?

Change or die. It is a pretty simple concept!

And that is why IFS is devoting substantial resources (see the first in our series of business agility whitepapers) to making the case for increased business agility, not only in the thinking of executives and the intelligentsia, but in the technology infrastructure that holds an enterprise-class business together.

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Aerospace & Defense
Why Public Sector in the United Kingdom Should Do More than Just ‘Think’ Cloud

Public and private sector organizations around the world are increasingly taking advantage of the scalable power of cloud computing. Solutions…

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| | Estimated reading time: 1 minute | Mobility, Service
PODCAST: Improve the Customer Experience with Service Management Software

As products themselves become mere commodities, we need to differentiate ourselves through services. And that is more difficult than it…

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Finance, Oil & Gas, Service
VSMC Reaps Rewards from IFS Mobility Solutions

Mobile devices and what they enable employees to do are a central part of the story of IFS customer VSMC and its deployment of a single uniform mobility solution across its international operations.

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| | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Technology, Manufacturing, Mobility
3 Mobile Enterprise Software Myths Exposed

When a technology is not well-understood, a number of myths or urban legends can spring up to fill in the…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Research
IFS Applications is in the Leaders Quadrant

In the enterprise software space, a spot in the “leaders” sector of the Gartner Magic Quadrant is akin to getting…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Mobility, Research, Strategy
UK Enterprise Mobility – The Current State of Play

Can the enterprise provide access to corporate data while retaining control over access from multiple devices, over some of which it has limited control? Is the ROI worth the effort and cost entailed in securing mobile access? And what are enterprises doing today to address these key issues? We asked 200 CIOs in the UK for their attitudes.

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure
BIM: A critical competitive weapon?

IFS UK and Construction News hosted a roundtable event in the Gherkin, London on the 28th November to discuss building…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Manufacturing
What Does 3D Printing Mean for ERP?

As I talk with customers at our IFS industry councils and at other professional events, I find many manufacturers and…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology
Using ERP to Come to Grips with Business Transformation

Companies that succeed are the ones that embrace change. They have the built-in flexibility to respond to fast-changing business conditions. …

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| | Estimated reading time: 7 minutes | IFS Labs
Top 5 Trends for 2014
Top Trends for 2014 according to IFS Labs

It’s that time of the year again – prediction time. Making predictions for the far off future is one thing, making them for next year is something completely different. Harder. More difficult. Higher risk of making a fool of yourself. More of a challenge.

Here at IFS Labs we’re not ones to shy away from a challenge. So here goes; the IFS Labs trend spotting for 2014.

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