David Essex
Senior Editor, CIO | LinkedInDavid Essex writes and edits in-depth content for TechTarget websites that include SearchERP, SearchHRSoftware and SearchSAP, focusing primarily on enterprise applications, emerging technology and market trends. He also works on strategic editorial and research initiatives for the company's Enterprise Strategy Group division and BrightTALK subsidiary. David has covered IT since 1986 as an editor at Byte and several IDG magazines as well as freelancing for Computerworld, PC World and other publications. He has a master's degree in community economic development from Southern New Hampshire University and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island.
142 articles by David Essex
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Oracle’s agentic AI outpacing customers’ ability to adopt it
Oct. 27, 2026 -
How open ERP APIs and data speed up agentic AI integration, deployment
Oct. 19, 2026 -
Vendors fortify AI in ERP to assure buyers, deter frontier AI rivals
Oct. 12, 2026 -
How to avoid data paralysis with a practical AI data strategy
Oct. 5, 2026 -
Oracle Fusion Claw the new grab for fully autonomous agentic AI in ERP
Sept. 30, 2026 -
ERP case study: How business-IT ‘dynamic duo’ sparked a transformation
Sept. 25, 2026 -
How Agile development principles can help with scaling AI deployment
Sept. 21, 2026 -
Harnessing AI to combat AI-driven candidate fraud
Sept. 7, 2026 -
SAP AI customers link scale to governance, security, operational uses
Aug. 25, 2026 -
Beyond visibility: Decision intelligence in the supply chain
Aug. 24, 2026 -
Why EY built an entire AI platform for enterprise-scale agentic AI
Aug. 14, 2026 -
Composable ERP strategy: Key benefits and steps for success
July 31, 2026 -
Find one strategic AI use case to ease pilot chaos, add business value
July 27, 2026 -
How one manufacturer blazed a smooth path to ERP cloud migration
July 13, 2026 -
How Microsoft moved an SAP ECC billing system to S/4HANA private cloud
July 10, 2026 -
Innovative reverse logistics app saves money while doing good
June 29, 2026 -
Who do you trust? HR’s conflicted role in the AI disruption
June 25, 2026 -
SHRM CEO gives HR needed pep talk amid bad rap, AI challenges
June 18, 2026 -
HR must have a say in AI policy to forestall legal risks
June 18, 2026 -
Agentic industrial AI and the indispensable connected worker
June 15, 2026 -
‘Supermanagers’ use AI to amplify human-centered leadership
June 1, 2026 -
Disrupted by AI, SAP grapples with exposing its ERP data
May 22, 2026 -
Using a citizen developer program to boost AI deployments
May 18, 2026 -
The AI technology behind SAP’s Autonomous Enterprise pitch
May 13, 2026 -
SAP unveils agentic AI tools to partially automate ERP suite
May 12, 2026
