Sage analyst briefing - AI innovation progress on show
While the news shared with industry analysts had a heavy AI focus, there may have been a bigger story/theme emerging, too. Who is this Sage with all the AI chops?
Brian Sommer
Articles by Brian Sommer
Want to fail at AI? Instructive case studies & AI’s ‘last mile problem’
Ever wonder why your firm’s AI initiatives don’t seem to be going anywhere? Your firm might not have the right people, development methods, plans, controls, etc. to mount an effective rollout of AI. Your firm, in spite of decades of prior IT experience, may be winging their way through AI. Caution: some project descriptions may be disturbing to sensitive readers.
Phenom’s IAMPHENOM 2026 - quick event wrap
My summing up of an interesting event from Phenom.
What's next for NetSuite? CEO Evan Goldberg fields the questions at SuiteConnect NYC
The recent NetSuite SuiteConnect event in New York City built on themes from its late 2025 user conference, SuiteWorld, and featured their new AI capabilities.
AI shifts the apps space – time for a new Apps Leader Board?
About every decade or so, some old school application vendors find their market & technology have shifted while they didn’t. As a result, some new entrants end up on the leaderboard while a previous leader slowly, painfully fades away. We’re about to re-visit this phenomenon again as the cloud apps world will be overtaken by a new AI apps age.
A little bit of history repeating? Déjà vu lessons for AI code development
AI hype has triggered millions of people and many corporations to dabble in AI with some launching full-blown applications. Could these innovators benefit from hard lessons learned in previous ways of tech innovation? Hang on for some parallels to the rapid overreach of spreadsheet usage and how it made a mess of things. Will you heed history’s lessons?
What's a software CEO to do in the current climate? Here’s the urgent 2026 playbook
It’s time for software CEOs to adopt new postures, new strategies and new market realities. Wall Street doesn’t believe your firms have much of a future yet they still expect your revenues, customer counts, etc. to keep growing.
Can HR re-define work for the AI age? One perspective - it's going to be trickier than some suggest...
In recent more years, HR executives have been on the receiving end of endless stories about how HR teams will need to re-design work in this AI age. But does any of it amount to much in terms of practical action?
A notable development - Pegasystems taps into the Notes replacement market opportunity
Pegasystems released a new AI-powered capability last summer called Blueprint that could look at all kinds of inputs to create (or re-create anew) applications. Now it has marshalled Blueprint to help users of HCL Notes replace their Notes based apps and subsequently house the data, forms, etc. in a modern application
Monday Morning Moan - why Professional Services firm pitches on AI stink!
Saying your team and executives are AI-natives, AI-first or AI-experts doesn’t mean much in today’s services space. If all your firm is doing is adding to the AI noise/hoopla out there, cut it out! It’s time to reorient your AI efforts and narratives
The future of Industrial Operations in an AI age - here's the IFS vision
The IFS Unleashed show took the Industrial AI concept deep. In less than a day, attendees saw robots, AI tools and a glimpse of what could be commonplace in a few years’ time. IFS also promoted its Nexus Black solution. Let’s unpack the event’s content a bit and its implications for customers and prospects.
How Hirevue is bringing AI chops to tackle talent acquisition fraud
A couple of HR software vendors are starting to grapple with the consequences of AI-enabled jobseekers. But, the solutions are almost non-existent at this time owing to the newness of the problem.
How NetSuite is evolving and what that means for the ERP market
Sometimes the most insightful narrative at a vendor conference isn’t found in the deluge of press releases that accompany the event. There’s a bigger story involving NetSuite’s evolution now and what is to come.
