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Intelligent Automation June 14, 2026

Intelligent Automation for Finance and Operations in the GCC & Egypt: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide

Finance functions across the GCC and Egypt are carrying a significant volume of manual work that should not exist. Recurring journal posting, intercompany reconciliation, bank…

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EPM June 9, 2026

Migrating from Hyperion Planning to Oracle Cloud EPM: The Definitive 2026 Guide for GCC and Egypt Organisations

Oracle Hyperion Planning is in extended support. Oracle’s development investment, security patching priority, and product roadmap have moved entirely to Oracle Cloud EPM. For the…

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Consultancy June 2, 2026

The ERP selection decision that organisations in the Gulf get wrong — and how to not make it.

Enterprise Resource Planning system selection is one of the most consequential and longest-lasting technology decisions an organisation makes. In the Gulf, where a significant number…

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Business Intelligence May 29, 2026

Data governance in the GCC is no longer optional. Here is what it means for your BI environment.

Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law, the UAE’s Federal Data Protection Law, and Qatar’s data protection framework have collectively transformed data governance from a compliance…

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EPM May 18, 2026

ZATCA Phase 2 and Oracle EPM: what Saudi Arabia’s e-invoicing mandate means for your financial close.

ZATCA’s rolling e-invoicing integration programme has now reached the vast majority of VAT-registered businesses in the Kingdom. For organizations running Oracle EPM, the mandate is…

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Intelligent Automation May 14, 2026

Three reasons finance automation projects fail — and none of them are the technology.

The automation tools available to enterprise finance teams today are mature, capable, and well-documented. The failures we see in automation programs are almost never about…

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Consultancy May 10, 2026

How to assess whether your EPM or BI implementation is actually underperforming — before it becomes a crisis.

Most organizations discover that their performance technology is underperforming through a symptom rather than a diagnosis. The sign that something is wrong appears — a…

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Intelligent Automation April 24, 2026

AI agents in enterprise finance: what they can do now, what they cannot, and how to assess whether your organization is ready.

The conversation around AI in enterprise finance has moved faster than the implementations. Here is a grounded assessment of where intelligent automation is delivering real…

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Intelligent Automation April 18, 2026

The finance processes that should have been automated two years ago — and what it is costing you to run them manually today.

Automation is often discussed as a future capability. In most finance functions, the processes that should be automated already exist and are consuming senior time…

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Intelligent Automation April 10, 2026

The integration layer problem: why the connections between your enterprise systems are the real automation opportunity.

Most enterprise automation programmes in the Gulf focus on the visible processes — the manual tasks that consume finance team hours and create obvious friction.…

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Consultancy April 8, 2026

The most expensive technology decision you can make is choosing a system before you understand your requirements.

System selection feels like a decisive moment. In most cases, it is actually the final step in a process — and the organizations that treat…

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EPM March 31, 2026

What driver-based forecasting actually requires — and why most Hyperion Planning models are not built for it.

Driver-based forecasting is one of the most frequently requested capabilities in enterprise planning. It is also one of the most frequently misconfigured. Here is what…

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