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The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy Worktech news from the week of April 4th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from Celonis, Parsec, CloudBolt, and more.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Keeping tabs on the most relevant\u00a0ERP<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0BPM<\/a><\/strong> news can be time-consuming. As a result, our editorial team aims to summarize the week’s top headlines in the enterprise technology marketplace. The Solutions Review editors will compile a weekly round-up of vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy WorkTech information. With that in mind, here is some of the top WorkTech news for April 4th.<\/p>\n Join Insight Jam<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a community dedicated to enabling human conversation on AI, for early access to all the expert insights published on Solutions Review<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n Accenture is significantly advancing its long-standing partnership with Siemens, a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The expanded alliance will focus on helping clients reinvent and transform their engineering and manufacturing processes. To accomplish this, the companies are forming the Accenture Siemens Business Group, a dedicated business practice that will co-develop market solutions that combine automation, industrial AI, and software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio with Accenture’s data and AI tools.<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Celonis, a global leader in Process Mining and Intelligence solutions, is expanding its strategic alliance with Microsoft by launching several new integrations. These include the introduction of Celonis Process Intelligence as a workload in Microsoft Fabric and a zero-copy integration between Celonis Process Intelligence Graph and Microsoft Fabric. These offerings will enable teams to connect Celonis to raw data in Microsoft Fabric, sync process-specific metrics back to Microsoft Fabric, embed Celonis Views into Microsoft’s platform, identify agentic use cases, and more.<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Circana, an advisor focusing on the complexity of consumer behavior, has announced Liquid Supply Chain, a solution that aims to provide companies with an accessible entry point into the Liquid Data platform. It will give the users prescriptive recommendations for inventory allocation to help them uncover new revenue and cost-saving opportunities. Brad Shelton, the president of Retail and Manufacturer Collaboration at Circana, says, “Liquid Supply Chain delivers enhanced visibility in a ready-to-use solution that adapts to each supplier\u2019s unique needs without compromising quality or depth.”<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n CloudBolt Software, a cloud cost management provider, has acquired StormForge, a machine learning-powered Kubernetes resource optimization solution. With the acquisition, CloudBolt will fully integrate StormForge’s collection of patent-pending machine learning capabilities into its FinOps platform. The purchase will also help StormForge advance its solution roadmap and bring additional AI\/ML-driven expertise to its clients. As a Technical Alliance Program (TAP) partner, StormForge is already integrated into the CloudBolt Platform and is available immediately for purchase.<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kinaxis, a global provider of end-to-end supply chain orchestration solutions, has announced a partnership with Databricks, a data and AI company. As part of their collaboration, the companies will combine Kinaxis Maestro, an AI-native platform for end-to-end supply chain orchestration, with the scalability and governance of Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform. Together, the platforms will enable organizations to unify their data, accelerate AI adoption, and respond to changing trends with additional speed and confidence.<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Parsec Automation, developer of the MES TrakSYS solution, has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to preview new AI-powered capabilities for manufacturing organizations. As part of the partnership, Parsec is launching an integration with Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry solution that lays the foundation for Parsec’s AI-enabled offering, TrakSYS IQ. Dayan Rodriguez, CVP of Manufacturing and Mobility at Microsoft, said, “Together with Parsec, we are working to help customers transform their businesses, and we’re delivering impactful, human-centered solutions to the market every day.”<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Rootstock Software, a manufacturing ERP provider, has announced the new features in its Spring ’25 Release. The update introduces the first wave of the platform “UX uplift initiative,” which will focus on four areas: clarity, consistency, efficiency, and usability. Other additions include real-time inventory visibility within field service workflows, 360-degree pages to provide users with additional visibility, enhancements to Roostock’s financial suite, and new functionalities for its manufacturing offerings. Roostock’s AI engine AIRS will also be embedded into the platform’s Quick Entry and Quick Order screens.<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Tempo, a project, program, and portfolio management solution provider, has announced Allegro, its Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) platform. The platform will offer persona-based workflows, hybrid project management, unified data management to accelerate decision-making, and integrations with other work management platforms, including Atlassian, ServiceNow, and\u00a0Microsoft Azure DevOps. Other features include Adaptive Planner, which uses AI to develop what-if scenarios that inform dynamic adjustments to plans based on changes to priorities, capacity, and other constraints.<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Tricentis, a global provider of continuous testing and quality engineering solutions, has announced the new cloud capabilities that will be available in the spring release of its AI-powered, model-based test automation solution, Tricentis Tosca. The new cloud features include advanced test authoring, test data capabilities, embedded dashboards, low-footprint automation, end-to-end testing tools, Elastic Execution Agents to streamline test executions in the cloud, and Business Flow Designer, an intuitive visual interface for modeling business flows.<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Velixo\u2014a SaaS provider focused on providing real-time Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) reporting, budgeting, and automation inside Excel\u2014has secured a significant amount in Series A investment from Elephant, a venture capital firm known for backing high-growth software companies. The investment will help Velixo significantly advance its innovation roadmap and focus on enabling deeper ERP integrations, enhanced AI-powered analytics, and accelerate the expansion of its Excel-based solutions to the Acumatica, MYOB Acumatica, Cegid XRP Flex, and Sage Intacct ecosystems.<\/p>\n Read on for more.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In the latest episode of Evolving ERP, Judith O’Callahan and Aparna Achanta discuss the critical importance of security in ERP systems, particularly in the age of cloud computing and AI. Aparna\u2014a Security Architect and industry consultant\u2014shares insights on how organizations can strengthen their security posture through role-based access controls, application monitoring, AI-powered threat detection, and more.<\/p>\nTop WorkTech News From the Week of April 4th<\/strong>, 2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nAccenture Expands its Strategic Alliance with Siemens<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nCelonis and Microsoft Grow Their Partnership with New Integrations<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nCircana Details its Liquid Supply Chain Solution<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nCloudBolt Software Acquires StormForge<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nKinaxis Partners with Databricks<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nParsec Announces its Strategic Collaboration with Microsoft<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nRootstock Software Reveals the New Features in its Spring ’25 Release<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nTempo Debuts its Strategic Portfolio Management Platform<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nTricentis Outlines the New Capabilities Available in its Spring Release<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
\nVelixo Secures a Series A Investment From Elephant<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nEvolving ERP – Judith O’Callaghan and Aparna Achanta Discuss Security in ERP Systems<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n