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 Technology, Creativity & Innovation
Innovations Often Arise from Mistakes or Coincidence

My very first experience of the captivating atmosphere watching biathlon was in Ruhpolding in 2000. It’s amazing to be part…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
An Agile Answer to those Useless Facebook Quizzes

So a bunch of really smart people here at IFS had a brainstorm. If people would waste their time to take a quiz with no payback, why not offer up an interactive online quiz that would yield valuable business insight about their level of business agility?

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Events, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas
IFS & Our Partners Beat SAP — Over and Over Again

Business success stories from the IFS customer summits in Kyoto, Japan and Rotterdam in Holland.

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Oracle OpenWorld Takeaways

It’s been a couple of weeks since Oracle once again invaded San Francisco with their 2014 edition of Oracle OpenWorld. Having had a chance to digest and reflect a bit I walked away with two more, as well as two surprises.

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Star Wars’ Hidden Business Agility Message

In this entertaining post, blogger Paul Cooper takes a lighthearted look at business agility by deconstructing the egregious errors committed…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
Does IFS Live Up to The Agile Enterprise Hype?

What we say makes little difference. So please — download this whitepaper, read it, and tell us what you think. When it comes to ERP software, does IFS walk the walk or just talk the talk?

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Service
Is M2M the Real Deal? Exploring the Latest Field Service Trend

Machine-to-machine (M2M) has been around for years, but you might not know that considering the buzz it is getting today….

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure
The Potential for Augmented Reality in Construction

The art of building design and construction is one that has always been dictated by the technologies available at the…

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The Silent BI Revolution
Industry 4.0

According to a recent study completed by IFS and Advantage Business Media, the very largest of companies have the best access at this juncture to built-in BI.

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If nothing in your business will change in the next 10 years…

…selecting and implementing enterprise software would be a lot easier. Sure, you would still need to ensure that whatever enterprise…

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A Business Agility Lesson from Muhammad Ali

In a previous post on the importance of operational knowledge to business agility, we use a colorful analogy make clear that if…

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A 3:30 a.m. Lesson in Business Agility

Next time you make this mistake, consider it as a lesson in business agility. It is dark in the house,…

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