Oracle AI World is now in high gear, with an AI news flurry on the one hand, and customer realities on the other - but where do the two intersect, and where is the value? I went behind the news with Oracle's Steve Miranda.
This week - agentic AI + real-time context versus B2B content strategy - bring on the debate. Deloitte has a (very) awkward AI moment, and OpenAI and AMD surprise markets. Fall event reviews pour in, as diginomica loads up on road miles. Your whiffs include Microsoft's grab for the One (Drive) Ring.
At SAP Connect, I pressed into the access to innovation debate, and got a different response. Meanwhile, PostNL shared lessons on early AI adoption via their Ask my Payslip project. A minor debate on LLMs revealed how enterprise AI can/should be different.
Breaking down line of business silos is not an easy job. AI agents are in the mix too, but how do customers achieve that end-to-end mindset? Heartland Dental's interview during the opening keynote set a vivid tone.
This week - AI adoption lessons are rolling in, but which path should companies (and their leadership teams) choose? Robotics is due for a fresh assessment, and the diginomica team swaps road miles for insights. Your whiffs include - shoes off at work?
Workday Rising 2025 marked a new phase in my event coverage: the reboot of my next-gen tech video series. Here's the top two demos I filmed on the show floor this year - and why I picked them.
Acumatica's 2025 R2 release came out last week - and yes, Acumatica's AI strategy is front and center. But there's a sneaky big story driving this release: a turning point into Acumatica's pursuit of ERP personalization. Here's what we learned.
This week - dealing with toxic bosses is job one - but how? HR Tech 2025 gets a grilling, and so does a new Stanford study on "AI Workslop." Enterprise AI seeks redemption, and I've got some particularly punchy strikethroughs. Let's do this.
This week - the H-1B Visa news hits enterprises (and tech vendors), but what should they do next? Is SaaS dead? Not if you examine the pros and cons of LLMs. Oracle gets TikTok, and lessons galore from Workday Rising. As always, your whiffs.
At Workday Rising 2025, the AI jobs controversy was a hot topic. Workday's stance on this issue goes back to what they've learned building AI agents. This piece takes you through my talks with Workday leadership, and into the heart of their AI (and SaaS) strategy.
The deterioration of critical thinking skills amidst AI is a hot debate at Workday Rising. That topic resonates with Wellesley College CIO Ravi Ravishanker. His views on adopting AI - and what he's pulled off with Workday Extend - are an event highlight.
As Workday Rising 25 kicked off, I found myself in the midst of some vocal customers. As in: "AI should be scary, if you're not willing to invest in yourself." Beyond the top news items, what are the hot topics? Here's what to look out for.
This week - employee monitoring/surveillance tools are going mainstream, but are there better ways to the same ends? Oracle scored some big deals, but will OpenAI be a cash cow or a exhaling bubble? And: 'vibe coding cleanup specialist' is now a real thing.
