Most companies stick with their ERP system longer than people stay with their first spouse, which statistics estimate to be about eight years. Given the commitment involved, a move to an ERP cloud platform needs to be carefully planned, based not only on what your company needs today, but on a vision for the future. Brian Sommer, founder of technology advisory firm TechVentive in Carmel, Ind., pulls no punches when he talks about the problems with traditional ERP vendors' cloud offerings. He urges his clients to rethink their use of legacy ERP vendors because modern adaptations born in the cloud integrate AI and IoT capabilities and provide what businesses will need to compete in the years ahead. "Companies need to kick the tires on new vendors and think about how their competitors will use new technologies against their firm," he said.

CARMEL, Ind., March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TradeRev, a digital platform that facilitates live, dealer-to-dealer vehicle auctions, announced they will unveil H, the company's newest suite of artificial intelligence capabilities at next week's National Auto Dealers Association (NADA) Show 2018 in Las Vegas. TradeRev is a business unit of global remarketing and technology solutions provider KAR Auction Services, Inc. (NYSE:KAR). H leverages data and technology from across the KAR platform and uses TradeRev's machine learning and proprietary algorithms to deliver clear, easy, actionable intelligence to dealers. At NADA, TradeRev will demo H's AI-driven automated condition report visualization tool and several recently released data and predictive analytics capabilities.