Company: IFS

Does the New ERP Platform “Signal” Get the Market Right
August 26, 2026

Does the New ERP Platform “Signal” Get the Market Right?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on how Futurum's new ERP Platform “Signal” stacks up against his own year of SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, and NetSuite...
August 26, 2026

ERP Platforms – Futurum Signal

The ERP Platforms market is undergoing its most significant architectural shift since the move to the cloud, as enterprise resource planning evolves from a static system of record into a...
Bridging the Capacity Gap: Why 66% of Enterprises Are Investing in Agentic Digital Workers
August 26, 2026

Bridging the Capacity Gap: Why 66% of Enterprises Are Investing in Agentic Digital Workers

In its latest thought leadership study, completed in partnership with IFS, Futurum Research surveys 664 enterprise decision-makers and interviews IT and operations leaders at six IFS customers running digital workers...
IFS's 25% Growth: A Sign of Industrial AI's Rising Strength?
July 30, 2026

IFS’s 25% Growth: A Sign of Industrial AI’s Rising Strength?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & Research Director at Futurum, covers IFS’s latest revenue growth announcement, and shares his insights into the steps the company must take to continue the momentum....
Fernando Montenegro
July 30, 2026

IFS’s 25% Growth: A Sign of Industrial AI’s Rising Strength?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & Research Director at Futurum, covers IFS’s latest revenue growth announcement, and shares his insights into the steps the company must take to continue the momentum....
Siemens and IFS Announce Alliance to Advance Industrial AI
July 2, 2026

Siemens and IFS Announce Alliance to Advance Industrial AI

Siemens and IFS have partnered to advance Industrial AI solutions, merging Siemens' industrial automation depth with IFS's AI-embedded ERP platform. The alliance targets asset-intensive industries as enterprise software demand accelerates....
Can IFS Digital Workers Redefine Utility Field Operations, or Will Integration Stall Ambitions?
June 8, 2026

Can IFS Digital Workers Redefine Utility Field Operations, or Will Integration Stall Ambitions?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, examines IFS Digital Workers and their potential to revolutionize utility field operations through agentic AI, while assessing...
Industrial AI Scales at IFS in FY 2025. Is Adoption Moving Beyond Pilots
February 3, 2026

Industrial AI Scales at IFS in FY 2025. Is Adoption Moving Beyond Pilots?

Futurum Research examines IFS’s FY 2025 results as Industrial AI adoption shifts from initial deployments to scaled operations, supported by 23% ARR growth, rising retention, and margin expansion....
Will IFS’ Acquisition of Softeon Help Attract New Supply Chain Customers
December 19, 2025

Will IFS’ Acquisition of Softeon Help Attract New Supply Chain Customers?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights into IFS’ acquisition of WMS provider Softeon, and provides his assessment on the impact to IFS’s market position and the overall...
IFS Industrial X: Will the Focus on Physical World Use Cases for AI Resonate?
November 19, 2025

IFS Industrial X: Will the Focus on Physical World Use Cases for AI Resonate?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, recaps IFS Industrial X Unleashed and discusses how the company is focusing on delivering AI benefits in the real world around safety, efficiency, and...
Upcoming IFS “Direct Connect” Event Preview
February 20, 2024

Upcoming IFS “Direct Connect” Event Preview

The Six Five team discusses the upcoming IFS “Direct Connect” event preview....
We are Live! Talking Cloudera, NVIDIA, IFS, Plus, Cisco, Lattice
February 20, 2024

We are Live! Talking Cloudera, NVIDIA, IFS, Plus, Cisco, Lattice

On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss NVIDIA getting into the DC AI ASIC market, preview of IFS’s "Direct Connect" event, Plus...

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