🧠 The Modern ERP Digest – Edition 24
Curated by Aaron Engelsrud | Published on PeopleSoftCloud.com
Aaron • Jan 2026
🎉 Welcome to 2026
Happy New Year—and welcome to Edition 24, the first Modern ERP Digest of 2026. If you’re new here, this is the perfect time to subscribe to www.PeopleSoftCloud.com. Each week, I curate the most relevant ERP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft stories, add context that matters to practitioners, and connect strategy to execution.
2026 starts with renewed momentum: market sentiment is shifting, Oracle is doubling down on infrastructure and platforms, and PeopleSoft teams are pushing modular architectures, better observability, and cleaner delivery models. Let’s get into it.
⚙️ Oracle, Market Signals & Infrastructure
🔗 Beaten-Down Tech Giant Could Roar Back (AOL)
https://www.aol.com/articles/beaten-down-tech-giant-roar-193000624.html
A market reset may be setting the stage for a rebound. The article points to fundamentals, including cash flow, infrastructure investments, and enterprise positioning, as reasons Oracle could regain momentum. A useful lens as we move from hype to execution in 2026.
🔗 Launch Exadata Database Service Faster Using OCI Landing Zones (Oracle Database Blog)
https://blogs.oracle.com/database/launch-exadata-database-service-faster-using-oci-landing-zones
Oracle outlines how standardized OCI Landing Zones accelerate Exadata Database Service deployments with built-in security, networking, and governance. For ERP teams, this is about repeatability and speed without sacrificing controls.
🔗 Quarterly Updates Made Easy (Oracle Fusion Insider)
https://blogs.oracle.com/fusioninsider/quarterly-updates-made-easy
A practical guide to managing quarterly updates with less disruption. The emphasis is on planning, automation, and communication.
📊 ERP Strategy, Architecture & Delivery
🔗 From Idea Labs to Implementation Access (JSMPros)
https://blog.jsmpros.com/2025/12/from-idea-labs-to-implementation-access.html
This piece bridges experimentation and production, showing how teams can move ideas into controlled, supported delivery paths. It’s a reminder that innovation needs a runway and guardrails to scale.
🔗 From Menus to Meaning: How OpenSearch Modernizes PeopleSoft (LinkedIn)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-menus-meaning-how-opensearch-modernizes-selvakumar-ramasamy-4zm5c
A clear explanation of how OpenSearch shifts PeopleSoft from static navigation to insight-driven experiences. Observability, search, and analytics become first-class capabilities, not bolt-ons.
🔗 Why Modular PeopleSoft Architectures Matter (PeopleSoft Insider)
A strong case for modularization: decouple where possible, standardize interfaces, and evolve components independently. This is foundational thinking for hybrid ERP and long-term sustainability.
👩💻 PeopleSoft Community & Practice
🔗 PeopleSoft Now! – 2026 Product Roadmap (Video)
A forward-looking overview of the PeopleSoft 2026 product roadmap. The session focuses on continued investment across HCM, FSCM, Campus Solutions, and tools. Emphasizing UX refinement, analytics, and platform stability. It’s a solid orientation for planning the year ahead.
🔗 The 12 Week Challenge (PeopleSoftCloud)
https://www.peoplesoftcloud.com/p/the-12-week-challenge?r=z6fpj
A fictional story outlining a structured way to start 2026 with intent. This includes short cycles, clear outcomes, and steady progress. This challenge aligns perfectly with how successful PeopleSoft teams modernize: focused, measurable, and disciplined.
💬 Aaron’s Take
The tone of 2026 already feels different. Less noise. More intent.
Market narratives are settling, platforms are maturing, and ERP teams are shifting attention from chasing trends to building durable capability. Oracle’s infrastructure focus, the push for modular PeopleSoft architectures, and the growing role of OpenSearch all point to the same direction: clarity through structure.
If 2025 was about sorting signal from hype, 2026 is about execution. This is the year to standardize, modularize, automate, and measure. Not because it’s flashy, but because it works.
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Welcome to 2026.
This resonates Aaron. You are capturing the real shift toward discipline and long-term thinking. The focus on modular PeopleSoft, infrastructure, and OpenSearch reflects teams choosing systems that last and not just trends that fade. This kind of clarity signals maturity across the ERP space.