This week - Apple issues another notable research paper on AI reasoning flaws, but what does it mean for enterprises? AI agents need better definitions, and Moderna merged HR and IT - why? Dropbox's CEO blasts return to office mandates, and one busy man claims the entire whiffs section (almost).
At IFS Connect Nashville, Industrial Agents took center stage, but would they overcome my AI grouch-o-meter? And how differentiated was this AI messaging? Most important: how are customers deriving benefits from IFS - in AI and beyond? Let's dig in.
Planful AI was the talk of Planful Perform 2025 - and customers had a few things to say about it. But when I dug in, I found a session highlight from Kimball Midwest, one that shows FP&A transformation in action. Can you get to good AI without that foundation? I don't think so.
This week - Salesforce's intent to acquire Informatica is official - but why now? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei ramps up the AI jobs debate, and I have something to say about that. Event season rolls on (and on) - and, as always, your weekly whiffs.
We knew SAP Sapphire would put AI front and center. But not far behind came the discussions about ERP modernization, and getting customers in a better position to consume innovation as well. The case for the SAP ERP public cloud was in that mix - and no one made a better case than The Western Sugar Cooperative. Here's our interview.
This week - the enterprise hasn't felt a strong impact from tariff drama yet - but what are retailers saying? AI puts enterprises on notice: a different approach to data is needed. Mix in vibe coding, event reviews, and AI agents versus UX. As always, your whiffs.
SAP Sapphire 2025 found SAP in spicy rebranding mode, changing product names and issuing agentic news galore. The post-keynote press conference shed light on SAP's "best of suite" mantra and AI strategy. Here's my opinionated review.
This week - a fresh round of generative AI productivity studies are in, and the data isn't impressive. But: execs aren't giving up on AI investments. Klarna is hiring humans again, and Apple gets a double serving of whiffs.
There's no way around it: SAP is going to have some things to say about AI at SAP Sapphire. So let's sharpen our questions also, with seven hot AI topics to track in Orlando. I've also included a key AI issue from three notable SAP user groups: ASUG, DSAG, and UKISUG.
Planful Perform 2025 hit on hard truths about talent for finance teams. Can AI solve for FP&A predicaments? And how did Planful's newly announced AI assistants go over with customers, given the amount of co-pilots we've already seen on the market? That's enough for a deep dive - here we go.
This week - vibe coding is a thing, but is it an enterprise thing? Many AI projects are struggling - but why? Agentic governance keeps enterprises busy, and so do pending tariffs. Our event reviews keep rolling, and so do the whiffs.
Throw out your legacy workflow automations and all your SaaS - AI super agents are here and your processes will now be fully autonomous and intelligent/self-learning to boot! It's an alluring fantasy, but companies like Digital.ai have a different view of AI agents, and field experience to back it up.
Workday's Innovation Summit brought the issue of AI adoption front and center. But how does this line up with customer views? Are we overlooking other wins customers are achieving due to the noise inside the AI echo chamber? Here's the high points from what I heard on site.
