Oracle has just unlocked new bragging rights after seemingly taking the crown as the leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) provider in the industry, ousting SAP from its longtime top spot.

According to recent data from technology market-research company Apps Run the World (ARTW), Oracle’s ERP business brought in $8.77 billion in revenue in 2024 and accounted for 6.63% of the ERP industry market share. Just a hair behind was SAP, which brought in $8.68 billion in revenue for the year with a market share of 6.57%. The market-research company calculates revenue by considering the following revenue types: licenses, support and maintenance, and software-as-a-service.

Gathering steam. Albert Pang, president of ARTW, told IT Brew that Oracle’s growth in the ERP space has been primarily driven by its 2016 acquisition of NetSuite and the strength of its Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP offering.

“These two are currently the twin pillars for the cloud ERP solutions from Oracle,” Pang said.

Here’s what Oracle is doing to stay ahead.—BM

Cloud marketplaces are increasingly becoming a moneymaking sales channel for software-as-a-service companies as buyers turn to the medium to reap benefits like an efficient procurement process.

An April Clazar report found that 62% software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies bring in net-new revenue through cloud marketplaces. More than one-fifth (22%) revealed they are generating over 20% of their revenue from the medium.

The report surveyed more than 100 “emerging and established software companies.”

The force behind the shift. Clazar co-founder and CEO Trunal Bhanse told IT Brew that part of the momentum for B2B software companies to sell on cloud marketplaces comes from the incentives offered by cloud providers to sellers on their platforms.

“All the three big hyperscalers are very incentivized to have this be the default motion in the next decade of buying and selling, because it aligns extremely well with their own consumption goals,” he said.

How cloud marketplaces are changing SaaS sales.—BM

Workers are blazing ahead with AI tools, whether or not their employers are on board—and that could cause headaches for companies.

That’s one takeaway from a new AI and trust report from KPMG, for which the accounting firm and consultancy surveyed 48,000 people around the world with help from University of Melbourne researchers.

Half of US respondents said they tapped AI at work, despite not knowing whether it’s allowed, and 44% said they’re “knowingly using it improperly.” That includes uploading sensitive information or intellectual property to public AI platforms, which 46% of those in the US admitted to doing.

The survey also pointed to the potential for slipping quality due to AI use. Around three in five (64%) of Americans surveyed “admit to putting less effort into their work, knowing they can rely on AI”; 58% said they don’t thoroughly vet outputs; and 57% have made mistakes at work as a result.

Read about the risks at Tech Brew.—PK