Blackbaud announced a massive array of new embedded AI capabilities coming to its product portfolio, along with bold commitments to eliminate barriers that prevent nonprofits and other mission-driven organizations from fully harnessing responsible AI—including spearheading an industry coalition to confront systemic challenges. SAP showcased how the integration of AI, data, and applications creates unparalleled business value. Qlik announced the launch of its new cloud region in Brazil, hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). UKG unveiled a bold new logo and identity with the launch of its global brand campaign, “When Work Works, Everything Works.”
Blackbaud announced a massive array of new embedded AI capabilities coming to its product portfolio, along with bold commitments to eliminate barriers that prevent nonprofits and other mission-driven organizations from fully harnessing responsible AI—including spearheading an industry coalition to confront systemic challenges. SAP showcased how the integration of AI, data, and applications creates unparalleled business value. Qlik announced the launch of its new cloud region in Brazil, hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). UKG unveiled a bold new logo and identity with the launch of its global brand campaign, “When Work Works, Everything Works.”
Hi and welcome to episode 207 of The ERP Minute. I’m your host, Rebekah McCabe.
To begin the week, Blackbaud announced a massive array of new embedded AI capabilities coming to its product portfolio, along with bold commitments to eliminate barriers that prevent nonprofits and other mission-driven organizations from fully harnessing responsible AI—including spearheading an industry coalition to confront systemic challenges. Key AI enhancements include embedded Blackbaud AI capabilities across the company’s solution portfolio such as intuitive dashboards, streamlined workflows, and in-product guidance, and new integrations across business offices. Blackbaud also convened the AI Coalition for Social Impact to lift and equip the sector with the launch of the AI for Social Impact Certification Course—a free, platform-agnostic program focused on foundational AI skills and principles tailored specifically for the social impact sector. These updates will empower Blackbaud customers to do even more with the solutions they already have.
In other news, at its inaugural SAP Connect event, SAP showcased how the integration of AI, data, and applications creates unparalleled business value. First, SAP unveiled Joule’s next stage as the AI force at the center of SAP Business Suite’s value creation, introducing a new generation of role-aware assistants in Joule. Each assistant is designed to partner with a human being in their specific business role, allowing assistants in Joule to tap into the right agents for the job, configuring, orchestrating, and managing them so humans can focus on unlocking new levels of insight and productivity. SAP also announced it is removing siloed data with SAP Business Data Cloud Connect. SAP BDC Connect securely links SAP BDC with partner platforms to enable a bidirectional flow of business-ready data products across organizational and technological boundaries. Databricks and Google Cloud are the first partners enabled for SAP BDC Connect, with more information to follow. The flow of information is more important than ever, especially as businesses continue to adopt tools like AI agents. With these announcements, SAP is preparing customers for the future of technology.
Then, Qlik announced the launch of its new cloud region in Brazil, hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This strategic investment enables Brazilian enterprises and public-sector institutions to run their Qlik solutions locally, enabling full compliance with the country’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD), while significantly reducing latency and enhancing operational performance across industries such as financial services, public administration, energy, agriculture, and healthcare. Qlik is pushing its global expansion into new markets, empower international customers with greater tools for data sovereignty and improved efficiency.
Finally, UKG unveiled a bold new logo and identity with the launch of its global brand campaign, “When Work Works, Everything Works.” The campaign marks a major leap forward in UKG’s evolution as the world’s Workforce Operating Platform unifying HR, pay, workforce management, and AI agents into a single solution that turns data into business insights supporting every workers—from the front office to the frontline. The rebrand includes a new visual identity, with a modernized logo type, refreshed typography and color system, and an evolved design language. This is major news for UKG who is focused on elevating the brand to represent its “unified, all-in-one platform” for the working world.
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