E3 Category: ERP Coopetition

The management consultancy Unity from Büren (NRW) is now an SAP partner and wants to expand its consulting services in the area of SAP strategy and advisory. According to the company, the aim is to strengthen its support for transformation projects. With the arrival of SAP expert Oliver Schreiber, the company has already set the course for a growing SAP business. Unity, a company specializing in corporate and IT transformation,...

IT, consulting and service provider All for One, based in Filderstadt, has signed an agreement to acquire international SAP procurement specialist Apsolut. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026. Apsolut is an SAP partner for digital procurement processes and serves more than 400 customers worldwide. Around 500 employees, including several hundred consultants,...

With this acquisition, the open source company is expanding its platform to include key security and trust features for the productive use of artificial intelligence in hybrid cloud environments. Chatterbox Labs is a company specializing in AI security that focuses on model-agnostic testing, transparency, and protection mechanisms for generative and predictive AI. Chatterbox Labs' technology complements Red Hat AI with...

Software provider Blackline is further expanding its AI expertise and acquiring WiseLayer. With this move, the provider of a platform for financial and accounting processes is accelerating its vision of an intelligent, AI-powered solution for the CFO's office. WiseLayer is a company specializing in AI agents that develops a digital workforce for demanding, judgment-based tasks in accounting. Through the integration...

IBM announces the acquisition of Confluent, creating a smart data platform designed to empower businesses to use generative AI. The $11 billion transaction aims to connect, process, and reliably control data streams in real time across cloud and hybrid environments. This is IBM's response to the rapidly growing...

SAP partner Nagarro is expanding its offering and becoming an official OpenAI Services Partner to support companies in Asia with the introduction of modern AI technologies. The focus is on solutions with the OpenAI API and ChatGPT Enterprise, which are designed to enable productive, secure, and scalable applications. Through consulting, engineering, and targeted enablement programs, Nagarro helps companies responsibly integrate generative AI into core processes...

Esker and Horváth are launching a strategic alliance to accelerate digital financial transformation in demanding ERP landscapes. The combination of Esker's AI automation and Horváth's consulting expertise is designed to help large organizations sustainably improve working capital, liquidity, and process quality. According to both partners, this closes a critical gap between strategic planning and operational implementation, especially when standard ERP systems such as SAP...

Nagarro is strengthening its presence in Japan through the acquisition of Inaho Digital Solutions (IDS), thereby expanding its offering for digital transformation and the modernization of legacy systems. The company is gaining additional expertise, particularly in the area of SAP S/4 Hana. IDS brings with it around 50 specialists in Japan and India, as well as a bilingual delivery model that is specifically tailored to...

SAP is deepening its collaboration with Bleu, Capgemini and Mistral AI to drive secure and sovereign cloud and AI solutions for Europe. Bleu and Delos Cloud form a Franco-German alliance to protect critical infrastructure and defend against cyberattacks. With Capgemini, SAP is expanding its sovereign technology partnership that offers companies modern data management, cloud migration and AI-powered services. Together with...

ServiceNow, a provider of an AI platform for business transformation, and NTT Data, a global provider of digital and technology services, are expanding their partnership to accelerate the AI-powered transformation of organizations worldwide. As part of the expanded collaboration, NTT Data will be named as a strategic AI delivery partner of ServiceNow. The goal is to jointly deliver AI-based automation solutions to...

Stuttgart-based SAP integration specialist Theobald Software has acquired Bluetelligence, a provider of SAP metadata management from Wiesbaden. With the merger, the two companies are pooling their expertise to offer customers intelligent, automated and context-rich solutions. The aim is to further increase data transparency, efficiency and decision-making capabilities in SAP systems. „Bluetelligence's technology perfectly complements our portfolio and enables a new level of...

The German low-code platform Simplifier and the Seed Group from Dubai - part of the Private Office of Sheikh Said bin Ahmed Al Maktum - have entered into a strategic cooperation. The aim is to drive digital transformation in the United Arab Emirates and meet the growing demand for agile business application development. Simplifier, founded in Bavaria in 2012, enables...