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| The Oracle AI World podcast review - with Rebecca Wettemann | 27 Oct 2026 | 00:24:57 | |
At the tail end of Oracle AI World 2026, day two, Jon sat down with Rebecca Wettemann of Valoir for an impromptu show review, in the protypical empty (but blessedly quiet) room. Did Oracle's agentic vision line up with customer realities? Was Fusion Claw an advance - if so, why? And how does Oracle's AI evolution point to the change in the value of language models - versus their surrounding architecture? How does Oracle customers' AI adoption path line up with Valoir's latest research - and where should Oracle go from here? These are some of the topics we hit on during our pre-flight show wrap. | |||
| The SAP Connect 2026 show review - with Josh Greenbaum | 10 Oct 2026 | 00:54:14 | |
Jon's familiar foil Josh Greenbaum took off on a plane before the guys could record an on-site event review. Instead, they hopped on a post-event video call to break down whether SAP Connect 2026 lived up to expectations, and delivered for customers. The two compare notes on what they dug up on the ground, including Josh's customer views and Jon's AI geek outs. The biggest topic? How did SAP fare bringing the customers along - and not just the so-called "keynote luminaries," but the rest of the attendees and customers beyond? Why was SAP positioning so hard against "generic models"? Will customers embrace the data and process discipline of ERP modernization? And is "the end of three year migrations" a real thing, or just a vision? There are just some of the topics the guys air out... before wrapping with the always-potent topic of AI pricing and how customers will assess AI investments. To keep things spicy, Jon blows a couple of small gaskets along the way on AI misconceptions. | |||
| SAP Connect watch party recap - pregame and postgame review edition | 10 Oct 2026 | 00:24:34 | |
For the SAP Connect 2026 opening keynote, Jon Reed was joined by Josh Greenbaum and Bonnie Duncan Tinder for their annual Connect watch party. Here, you can listen to the pregame and postgame reviews of a keynote that surprised all three of them. Pregame runs until 15:25; postgame runs until the end of the keynote for six more minutes of recap. You can see the full watch party including the keynote on LinkedIn at https://lnkd.in/p/g4_t-Puz. This was a high stakes keynote for SAP - did they accomplish what we thought they should? Where did they fall short? What did they get right? We recap. | |||
| Enterprise month in review - human talent versus machines, a (non) Doomsday edition | 10 Oct 2026 | 01:11:51 | |
Yep, it's that time. The Enterprise Month in Review is back and ready for your hot takes and savvy participation. As usual, Brian and Jon have our underrated stories of the month (Jon blows a bit of a gasket on autonomous agents). We'll also have a bit of AI Doomsday audience participation, and a research reveal on human talent and leadership to riff on. As always, Brian's infamous slide deck will be back. Note: if you want to check the slide deck, you see see the video replay at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Xy8MVL5gw. | |||
| Enterprise Month in Review - fall event survival - BS Detector special | 06 Sep 2026 | 01:00:08 | |
Yep, the silly season is upon us.... time to polish thos BS detectors! Get ready to decode over-the-top AI keynote messaging. Brian and Jon have your survival guide ready! Each will reveal the questions customers should be pressing, and how to get the most insights with the least event friction! We'll also be picking our top underrated stories of the month. As usual, Brian will have his infamous slide deck - bring your savviest and snarkiest commentary. Note: to check the slides or video (re)action, you can see the video replay on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/live/McdDj1G9ZUU. | |||
| Have executives lost the AI plot? 2026 trends gut check - a CRMKonvos crossover | 06 Sep 2026 | 01:04:49 | |
* note - the podcast starts 30 seconds into this file - In late August, Jon returned to the CRMKonvos hot seat for an open discussion of what's working in enterprise AI, and what's not. Top of the agenda: what about the gap between high performing enterprises, and all other AI adopters? Can it be closed? Why are enterprise CEOs often less clued into real AI success than the CIOs and CFOs that work for them? Why does the architecture around AI make such a difference? The audience had questions for Jon also - this sets up another great AI debate with Michael Wu on CRMKonvos in October. See the full CRMKonvos video collection on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@crmkonvos. | |||
| Enterprise Month in Revew - what are CIOs getting right - and wrong? With Tim Crawford | 26 Jul 2026 | 01:09:07 | |
Yep, it's that time, the enterprise month in review is upon us. Special guest Tim Crawford will give his strong take on where CIOs are going wrong - and what the best CIOs are getting right. You co-hosts, Brian Sommer and Jon Reed, will have their underrate enterprise stories of the month - and Brian's infamous slide deck will have its share of surprises. As always, the audience is a jugular part of the show so bring you savviest and smartest commentary... | |||
| Analyst Relations gut check - live feedback sessions on AI-created AR solutions | 26 Jul 2026 | 01:15:21 | |
And now for something completely different! Let's have a live look at Analyst Relations disruptions - via a feedback session on AI-generated content on how AR needs to change. I generated this content from my own research and analysis - but did AI get it right? What went wrong? How can all of us - including analysts - serve customers better when they need an open, year round dialogue like never before? Joining me will be independent analysts Bonnie Tinder and Josh Greenbaum. I'll get their unscripted reactions to this collateral, some of which is quite edgy, but does it reflect our views? Where did AI go wrong, and where can data and analytics help us make changes in our industry? Join us and let's hear your reactions also. Note: you may want to see the visuals for these slides. If so, check the YouTube replay for easy scrolling through the visuals, https://youtube.com/live/nqD9jWEF0UQ. AD FREE CONTENT REVIEW REQUEST - this may be the longest running enterprise podcast and it has never had ads or sponsors, and never will. If you're weary of podcast ads and sponsor announcements, and love the kind of unscripted/unsponsored content as much as I do, consider leaving me a positive review, it's shocking how much of a difference this makes in bringing in more listeners. Thanks - these podcasts are for the community... always will be. | |||
| Enterprise data health reality check - an interactive research dive | 26 Jul 2026 | 01:00:04 | |
We know that enterprise data quality is a problem - and the biggest obstacle to successful AI. But the truth can quickly become a static phrase. What does the data really show? What are the savvy companies doing? How deep does this organizational problem go? Recently, a monster piece of independent research, co-authored by diginomica's Alyx Macqueen and Maureen Blandford for Serendipitus, investigated this problem, and surfaced surprising insights. So let's get Blandford and Macqueen in the proverbial hot seat, and find out about their method, what they learned, and the issues that this research sparked. As always, this is a live, interactive event where your questions and commentary are part of the mix. Maureen and Alyx have prepared their top surprises and fresh views for this program, you won't want to miss this one. | |||
| Enterprise month in review - is HR tech falling short? With Meg Bear and Amy Wilson | 05 Jul 2026 | 01:03:55 | |
Yep, it's that time again. Join Jon Reed and Brian Sommer for the Enterprise Month in Review. We'll pick our underrated stories, and then, in a classic show mashup, Amy Wilson and Meg Bear of the Meg and Amy how will give their live reactions to Brian Sommer's run-down of where HR tech, AI and leadership is falling short. We'll also have some make-your-own-buzzword surprises, and of course, Brian's infamous slide deck. As always, bring your savviest and snarkiest commentary, as you help steer the show and we field your reactions in real-time. Note: for the full slide experience, catch the YouTube replay at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWtobJAsYqE | |||
| Enterprise month in review - AI sanity check event edition | 07 Jun 2026 | 01:05:13 | |
Yes, it's that time. As the spring event season winds down, we ramp up our month in review. What did vendors get right? What did they utterly miss? What underrated stories do buyers need to track? Where does AI fall short - and where is it getting results? We'll have Brian's infamous slide deck, and, as always, field all your live questions and comments in real time. End note: the audience did so bring their sharpest and snarkiest commentary - and we did your best to actually draw out some key lessons from the enterprise year to date, including our top three event highs and lows. But did we agree? Find out here... If you want to check Brian's slides, you can see our live YouTube video replay at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAP70ErRp8&t=2s | |||
| Ask us Anything - the SAP Sapphire show floor live edition | 07 Jun 2026 | 00:39:42 | |
In collaboration with ASUG Talks, we bring you another live edition of "Ask us Anything," recorded on the SAP Sapphire show floor during the ASUG annual conference as well. After the day two keynote, ASUG CEO Geoff Scott, Josh Greenbaum and Jon Reed fielded questions from the live show floor audience. As expected, there were some doozies, and some curveballs. From AI skills imperatives to outcome-based pricing, to the infamous "magic genie to change SAP" question, the seats were hot and the convo was interesting. We took as many questions as we could before running out of time - but we'll take more questions during a summer follow-on in July. Note: this podcast has already been released on ASUG Talks. You may notice a few differences in the recordings, as I tend to go with a raw file, as is the tone of my channel. | |||
| Salesforce Connections 2026 - a podcast review with Rebecca Wettemann | 05 Jun 2026 | 00:22:15 | |
Salesforce Connections 2026 had an ambitious narrative: apply agentic AI to turn marketers from bogged-down admins to "makers." But how did that narrative go over with attendees? And how do Salesforce customers achieve these changes and reduce marketing/sales pain points - even on older "heritage" releases? Does the fragmentation of enterprise data remain an obstacle? Jon Reed hashes out these questions and more with Rebecca Wettemann, who has done notable research through Valoir on CX data fragmentation. Can the two get to the bottom of the show on the clock, before their conference room time expires? We're about to find out... | |||
| Epicor Insights - is "Cognitive ERP" the way forward, and what does it mean for customers? | 20 May 2026 | 00:45:41 | |
After day one of Epicor Insights 2026, Jon Reed and usual suspect Brian Sommer hashed out what they learned in a vigorous day of keynotes, exec meetings and customer discussions. Epicor's ERP manufacturing bona fides are well known, but what is the impact of their Cognitive ERP push? Is the AI strategy differentiated? Does it line up with what customers need? An unexpected AI candor came out from the keynote stage, but how are Epicor customers faring in their own AI pursuits? Yes, it's time to dissect the "forward deployed engineers" buzzword... Did Brian managed to avoid getting through the entire podcast without bashing the Gaylord Opryland Hotel venue? You're about to find out. | |||
| The SAP Sapphire 2026 final review - with Josh Greenbaum | 17 May 2026 | 01:02:20 | |
In a time-honored tradition, on the Thursday morning after Sapphire 2026, Josh Greenbaum and I commandeered an abandoned session room at the Hilton to ask ourselves the burning questions: what the heck just happened? What we can take away? Where did SAP advance the conversation, or come up short? Given I have issued multiple podcast from the event, I issued another challenge: let's not repeat prior podcast topics as much as possible. Also, in the context of SAP's new "autonomous enterprise" all-in messaging, the clear/awkward question must be asked: has Greenbaum, one of the most vociferous agentic AI critics in the SAP ecosystem, especially in terms of ROI, changed his stance? And: what did we learn from all of our interactions with SAP execs and customers? And yes: the API data controversy is addressed here. We had an hour of hot topics to work through, and didn't even get to them all. But, a few timestamps: 4:15 - AI and "Toolchain" advancements redux 16:43 - the API controversy breakdown - what we learned at Sapphire 26:00 - has Josh's stance on agentic AI changed? 38:00 - the autonomous enterprise framing 49:00 - SAP Connect, the business case challenge, and final hot seat questions Note to listeners - if you believe in totally ad-free, totally unsponsored podcasts like my series - an increasingly rare thing - consider giving me a positive rating or share. There is intentionally no business model - these podcasts are entirely self-funded and it's your engagement with them that keeps them going (thx). | |||
| SAP Sapphire review - the UKISUG's Conor Riordan talks AI migration tools, adoption questions, and yes - APIs | 14 May 2026 | 00:38:02 | |
At the tail end of SAP Sapphire Orlando, Jon Reed sat down in a semi-empty location with UKISUG Chair Conor Riordan to get his reactions to SAP's news, AI strategy and how customer value is changing. Amongst the hot topics Riordan brought up were: business cases and SAP's new AI migration tools (and Joule for Consultants). How impactful is this on business cases and customer AI adoption? Will partners/SIs make the shift? Where are we with public versus private cloud ERP? We also discuss Riordan's take on SAP's recent API policy changes - and how user groups got involved. Some back-and-forth on agentic accuracy and consumption pricing kept things lively as the event wrapped up. Note: after this conversation, Jon Reed talked with SAP's Philipp Herzig, who clarified that the ability to compare private and public cloud ERP readiness does already exist, and can likely be enhanced further, re: industry readiness assessments. | |||
| SAP Sapphire 2026 watch party recap - the keynote review | 13 May 2026 | 00:36:24 | |
On Tuesday, SAP kicked off SAP Sapphire Orlando with a important keynote to set the tone for their enterprise vision amidst AI and SaaS upheaval. So how did they do? This audio production recaps the live Watch Party we held with Jon Reed, Josh Greenbaum and Bonnie Tinder, along with a stream of savvy/snarky audience members. In this 30 minute version, you'll hear our pre-keynote expectations and what SAP needed to accomplish. Then you'll hear our post-keynote recap - the highs and the lows, and what SAP accomplished, or not. Note: you can view the entire Watch Party replay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7458204874200186881?viewAsMember=true. SAP's keynote is also available online, check the SAP Sapphire Virtual event as a starting point. | |||
| Enterprise Month in Review - event detox and AI agent reality check edition | 03 May 2026 | 01:07:51 | |
About ready for an event detox? Need a break from agentic keynote overdose? Join us for our picks and pans of the month, and perhaps a surprise guest or two, as we valiantly push to break through the noise and boil down our top road lessons. As always, Brian's infamous slide deck will be on display. Bring your savviest and snarkiest commentary... | |||
| The state of SAP, and where should customers go from here? An opinionated (and unscripted) review | 12 Apr 2026 | 01:01:45 | |
What is the state of SAP in April 2026? The markets have one take - but is that the whole story? What if we frame this in terms of customer priorities and value instead? And how does the enterprise AI story factor in - with the "garbage in, garbage out" data issue firmly in mind? That's plenty of fodder for our first air-it-out 'State of SAP' review in six months. (Though there is also our live ASUG Talks sessions with live customer Q/As since then). This podcast begins differently - Jon Reed had an opening ventilation in store for Geoff Scott and Josh Greenbaum to riff on. From there, we follow on our unscripted way, into SAP's AI strategy - and what individuals (and customers) should do in the face of global volatility and tech disruption. Along the way, we address two of SAP's major news items as well: the Reltio acquisition, and Thomas Saueressig's move into Chief Customer Officer on the SAP Executive Board. This podcast is intended to set the stage for SAP Sapphire Orlando and the co-located ASUG Annual Conference, where will we be taping live again. | |||
| Why CX data fragmentation blocks AI progress - a live research review with Rebecca Wettemann | 12 Apr 2026 | 00:15:47 | |
When you issue research that says things like this, you have my attention: "Instead of simplifying, many organizations are doubling down on complexity in the name of AI. This is where the story takes a turn. AI has become the top priority for modernizing customer service, but it's also exposing just how broken the underlying data layer really is." Rebecca Wettemann of Valoir released fresh CX research that laid out the siloed predicaments CX (and contact center) teams are facing. But what should enterprises do about it? And why do we keep pursuing sexy AI solutions that won't get results - until we deal with the underlying data/people/silo problems? At Oracle AI World New York City, I hashed out these issues with Wettemann live during an event pit stop. (We also recorded a halftime recap of the Oracle AI event and agentic apps news, which was released as a separate podcast). Note: you can see the Valoir CX research summary/reveal on diginomica: https://diginomica.com/pursuit-customer-holy-grail-why-organisations-must-finally-tackle-cost-dis-connected-cx). | |||
| Oracle AI World NYC 2026 - the halftime recap with Rebecca Wettemann | 12 Apr 2026 | 00:07:41 | |
Halfway through Oracle's AI World Tour in New York City, Jon Reed caught up with Rebecca Wettemann of Valoir to recap the highlights of what we heard so far. After discussing Valoir's new CX research - released as a separate podcast - we dig into Oracle's enterprise AI play, which is a bit of a neglected media story, lacking the sensational appeal of the market news Oracle has been in the middle of. We also discuss where Oracle CX goes from here, and what to make of Oracle's 22 new agentic apps - news which dropped a week before this event. Note: Jon will release deeper analysis of this event on diginomica, after his 1:1 interviews were completed. | |||
| On ERP value, AI disruptions and where we go from here - hot issues from Sage Analyst Day 2026 | 27 Mar 2026 | 00:32:17 | |
After a vigorous first day at the 2026 Sage analyst event, Brian Sommer and Jon Reed hash out an ERP vendor with a provocative approach to AI for finance. Why has Sage advanced the conversation with domain-specific finance models? What did the customers on-site say about AI adoption/disruption? Is there a compelling future for ERP beyond a simplistic image of agentic prompts? What open questions does Sage need to tackle at their upcoming Sage Future user event in late April? Note: due to saving Sage's news previews for Sage Future, this podcast focused on hot issues rather than state-of-the-company details. Those will be revealed/updated in a month's time at the user event. | |||
| Hashing out a provocative enterprise AI keynote - live at CRM Playaz IRL with Esteban Kolksy | 13 Mar 2026 | 00:26:53 | |
Esteban Kolksy, Chief Distiller at Constellation Research, closed out the CRM Playas IRL (In Real Life) event in Atlanta with a provocative keynote the debunked enterprise AI myths, while making a case for where the value in AI truly lies. After Kolsky left the stage, we broke down his main points on why LLMs are becoming commodities, and why proper enterprise AI is superior to out-of-the-box frontier models. Is AI "intelligent" - or a fascimle of intelligence - and why does this matter? We argued, at times, before landing on why Kolsky hates context graphs, and why I believe the misuse of the word "grounding" holds us back. This keynote was worth hashing out: there are big takeaways for customers that want to avoid lock-in, and to accomplish something better with AI by making AI a strategic part of infrastructure, rather than a not-very-smart chatbot. | |||
| Enterprise month in review - agentic AI gut check time - with Andreas Welsch | 08 Mar 2026 | 01:06:17 | |
Yep, we're back. It's time to join us for our unscripted review of the enterprise year to date. We also have special guest Andreas Welsch on tap, for an agentic AI enterprise gut check, timed with the Wednesday, February 25th announcement of his new book, The HUMAN Agentic AI Edge. As always, the audience brought their savviest and snarkiest comments. Note: to check Brian's infamous slide deck, go to the live video replay at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yGo9a01lPA&t=3s. | |||
| ZohoDay 2026 - the impromptu recap with Thomas Wieberneit | 26 Feb 2026 | 00:24:44 | |
After two full days at ZohoDay 2026, Jon Reed and Thomas Wieberneit quickly regrouped for some first impressions on the slew of news and potent topics, such as intelligence as a commodity, the tension between custom solutions and technical debt, advances in AI coding that impact Zoho's own development teams, and reactions from customers on site. | |||
| ZohoDay 2026 - the unscripted review with Brian Sommer | 22 Feb 2026 | 00:25:08 | |
ZohoDay 2026 is in the books. But while the assembled mass of industry analysts were still in Austin, Jon Reed and Brian Sommer grabbed a quiet room for an unscripted recap. There was a flurry of news at this show to make sense of, some of it NDA but most of it not. The guys were on the clock this time, with only 25 minutes to hit on the hottest issues from customers, partners, and Zoho leadership - not to mention Zoho fleshing out the "Zoho ERP" news. Brian had his infamous hand-scrawled notepad on the state of Zoho, and Jon walked listeners through Zoho's take on the changing risks of SaaS in the AI era. (This podcast was taped prior to Jon's last AI deep dives with Zoho in Austin, but there was plenty of AI content to discuss regardless). As always, catch Jon and Brian's recaps on diginomica.com for more background as they appear... | |||
| ERP vendors versus AI agent disruptions - an information discussion gets heated | 08 Feb 2026 | 00:17:17 | |
During their Acumatica Summit podcast review, Jon Reed and Brian Sommer went off into a full-blown treatment of ERP versus AI agent disruptions. Sommer managed to expertly nudge Reed into blowing a gasket over LinkedIn AI exuberance, so we decided to release this back and forth as a separate 15 minute podcast (you can also hear the full Acumatica Summit review as a separate podcast). *** This debate is not intended as a complete coverage of this topic, just as a flavor for the issues ERP vendors and their customers are facing ***. Though this discussion references Acumatica, it's about the ERP market as a whole, and there is a contrast made between ERP vendors with legacy install bases and those with more flexible/real-time systems - without that older install base. Discussions where things run hot are fun, but for a more complete review of this topic, track Reed and Sommer's ongoing articles on diginomica.com. | |||
| Acumatica Summit 2026 - the virtual review with Brian Sommer | 01 Feb 2026 | 00:37:44 | |
An unforgiving storm kept Brian from the tarmac, but that didn't stop Jon and Brian from doing their annual Acumatica Summit review, the virtual edition. On the last afternoon of the show, Jon caught up with Brian for an online review of Acumatica's AI news and strategy... What moved the needle, and what didn't? The guys also delve into customer proof points, including the use case discussion Brian did with a customer this week. Brian also lured Jon into ripping into a major cloud ERP versus AI fanboys/girls rant, but to keep this podcast focused, that will be released next week. | |||
| Acumatica Summit 2026 - views and reactions on-site with Josh Greenbaum | 28 Jan 2026 | 00:41:53 | |
On the second full day of the Acumatica Summer 2026, Josh Greenbaum crashes the show with Jon to make sense of Acumatica's cloud ERP customer impact as the AI plot thickens. We get into our candid talks with customers, partners and Acumatica leadership, and what we found in our own session crashing also. (Brian Sommer was not able to make it in person, look out for a virtual show review with Brian soon). | |||
| Are ERP and SCM vendors ready for AI security? - the Louis Columbus interview | 25 Jan 2026 | 00:30:10 | |
In the January edition of the Enterprise month in review, we interviewed Louis Columbus with the burning question: are ERP and supply chain vendors ready for AI security, and new attack vectors like prompt injection? Louis has been nailing this on his Venture Beat AI security blog - so we put him in the hot seat to see what we could learn. This podcast is only the Columbus interview, which has been optimized for sound quality. If you want to see the full video replay with slides, check: https://youtube.com/live/-DQBB6mYJ_g. | |||
| Enterprise month in review - ERP (and supply chain) vendors aren't ready for AI security | 25 Jan 2026 | 01:04:43 | |
Are ERP and supply chain vendors ready for AI security, and new attack vectors like prompt injection? Our special guest Louis Columbus says no. Louis has been nailing this on his Venture Beat AI security blog - let's put him in the hot seat and see what we can learn. Your hosts Brian Sommer and Jon Reed will also share their underrated news stories of the month, and unleash their enterprise highs and lows via the infamous slide deck. As always, bring your savviest (and snarkiest) commentary and let's get this done. Note: this is the full show, including our first 20 minutes of underrated news stories and final whiffs. The interview with Louis Columbus is also being issued as a separate audio podcast. If you want to see the video replay with slides, check: https://youtube.com/live/-DQBB6mYJ_g. | |||
| Where do we go from here? A candid AI enterprise recap with CRMKonvos | 18 Jan 2026 | 00:59:17 | |
In this special crossover podcast, I share my hot seat appearance with CRMKonvos - as hosts Thomas Wieberneit and Ralf Korb press me on the lessons we learned - if any - from enterprise AI and 2025. And how do customers prepare for 2026, given my skepticism of the tech predictions industry? Wieberneit and Korb weigh in with their field views as well, along with audience lessons. | |||
| Enterprise Month in Review - is AI changing the B2B buyer? | 07 Dec 2025 | 01:00:33 | |
Yes - it's time... Let's review the highs and lows of the enterprise month, with Jon, Brian, and the infamous slide deck like no other. Plus: we have special guest Barb Mosher Zinck in the virtual chair, to talk about her latest research on what B2B buyers care about, and how AI - or isn't - changing what they need and how they evaluate. As always, bring your snarky and savviest commentary. Note: if you appreciate enterprise content with NO commercials and no sponsors, consider sharing this content, leaving a favorable review, etc. I've funded my own podcasts since 2007 because I believe in this medium of free exchange of ideas. Your advocacy matters. To see the slide deck visuals, catch the youtube replay at: https://youtube.com/live/Mg_UKnWdeBo. To see the post on B2B buyers and AI by Barb Mosher Zinck on diginomica, check https://diginomica.com/buyers-are-engaging-vendors-sooner-not-reasons-you-may-think-heres-whats-really-driving-it | |||
| The hot seat - customers ask us anything, live from ASUG Tech Connect '25 | 07 Dec 2025 | 00:28:14 | |
At ASUG Tech Connect 2025, Jon Reed, Josh Greenbaum, and ASUG CEO/Chief Community Champion Geoff Scott took the hot seats for 30 minutes of "ask us anything" audience questions on the show floor. We kick off the podcast with reactions to the show, before turning it over to a series of very sharp audience questions from customers, including issues of data licensing/access, and SAP public cloud ERP and industry readiness. ASUG Talks Senior Producer, Jim Lichtenwalter, also had top submitted questions from attendees ready for us as well (look out for a follow-on podcast with more of those questions in the new year). Note: this on-site podcast was an ASUG-diginomica collaboration, originally released as part of the ASUG Talks podcast series. ASUG produced this podcast audio. | |||
| CCE 2025 - can we get to decision intelligence? Is AI disruptive to research? Kolksy part two | 23 Oct 2025 | 00:27:06 | |
In part two of my on-site taping at CCE 2025 with Esteban Kolsky, we get into what he's learned in the past year on curating intelligence for executives. But why is there a need for this service? How are the big analyst firms falling short? Is the AI research disruption real, BS, or some combination? Kolsky walks us through what he's learned in the last year, firming up a curated intelligence offering for executives and boards with Constellation Research. And yes, AI is involved, but with a twist. | |||
| CCE 2025 - is the AI debate becoming more intelligent? With Esteban Kolsky | 23 Oct 2025 | 00:21:45 | |
In part one of my two part podcast series with Esteban Kolksy, Chief Distiller, Constellation Research, we discuss the AI debate, and our differences with that debate, and each other. Has the AI discussion changed this year at CCE 205? What were the key issues - and is there an AI gap between vendors and customers? We also hash out AI context, and why Kolksy doesn't like the "context engineering" catchprase, and why I have an equal problem with "grounding" of LLMs. Stay tuned for part two, where we shift gears to discuss Kolsky's progress on decision intelligence for executives and boards, why analyst firms are falling short, and how he uses AI (yes, AI) to assist with that research. | |||
| The Oracle AI World 2025 podcast review - with Brian Sommer | 19 Oct 2025 | 00:45:33 | |
On the final day of Oracle AI World 2025, before their Vegas escape, Jon Reed and Brian Sommer sit down and look to make sense of what they just heard, from Oracle's AI visions to customer realities - how do the two match up? Where are the success stories coming from? What does AI readiness look like? Does Oracle have a competitive edge in AI, if so - why? We work off of Brian's trusty notebook and share views from our talks with customers and execs - along with live keynote Watch Parties and a flurry of diginomica pieces. We also review one of the most memorable/provocative enterprise keynotes of the year, via Oracle's Larry Ellison. | |||
| SAP Connect 2025 - the end-to-end podcast review | 19 Oct 2025 | 00:49:36 | |
For my final podcast in the SAP Connect series, I get the process/line of business view from analyst and series regular Josh Greenbaum. Josh has advocated for an end-to-end SAP event for a while. So was the ambitious SAP Connect a success? What worked? What didn't? Was the end-to-end potential realized? What did we hear from customers on the ground? Before hitting the tarmac, we sorted it out. Note: this podcast was made from my backup recording, but I think you'll still find it pretty solid quality. If you enjoy unscripted enterprise podcasts with no sponsors, commercials, or business models, sharing this helps a lot to keep the momentum going.... | |||
| SAP Connect 2025 in review - a cloudy BTP angle with Brian Dennett | 12 Oct 2025 | 00:39:37 | |
In the first of two SAP Connect 2025 podcast wraps, I sat down with Brian Dennett of Lemongrass, and SAP Mentor. We discussed the pros and cons of this ambitious show, and what Brian learned on the ground in pursuit of BTP and BDC clarity. We also get into the state of SAP public cloud ERP, a topic that was not front and center at the show but remains important. The state of smaller SAP partners is another notable theme in this recap, a topic we both have strong opinions about. Stay tuned for my line of business show wrap with Josh Greenbaum as well. | |||
| SAP Connect Watch Party live - opening keynote reactions recap | 12 Oct 2025 | 00:25:49 | |
In this recap of the SAP Connect opening keynote live Watch Party, you can hear the pre-game and post-game breakdowns with myself, Josh Greenbaum, Bonnie Tinder and Thomas Wieberneit, who crashed the post-game review. This was a compelling keynote to review, but as always we had our pros/cons, high points and nits. If you want to see the full video review with the entire keynote in the background, you can catch the LinkedIn replay at: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7380455623022321665/. | |||
| Enterprise Month in Review - Where is the innovation HR tech? - with Stacey Harris of Sapient Group | 12 Oct 2025 | 01:05:35 | |
It's time - to rehash the event season to date and ask: where is the actual sign of innovation? Join us - and help sort out the promising HR tech from the BS, we've got special guest and HR tech analyst par excellence Stacey Harris joining Jon Reed and Brian Sommer. Harris should also have fresh data on what matters to customers and HR leaders. Brian and Jon will pick their enterprise highs and lows, with the spiffy help of Brian's infamous slide deck. Bring your savviest and snarkiest commentary, as always.... Note: if you want to see the video version with Brian's infamous slide deck, you can catch that on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/FCOpVpjtbhU | |||
| Enterprise Month in Review - AI versus professional services - and a leadership detox | 21 Sep 2025 | 01:07:44 | |
Yup, it's time folks - the Enterprise Month in Review is upon us. This time we'll bear down on the so-called AI disruption of professional services and research, with epic special guest Frank Scavo. We'll also get Frank's take on Brian's leadership research reveal, and why we may need a leadership detox - or detox from toxic leaders. As usual, bring your savviest and snarkiest as we share our picks and pans, along with Brian's infamous slide deck. Note: to see the slides in action, you can catch the full video replay on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/t09j0chQ_Uc. | |||
| Good analysts, bad analysts, and yes, AI - with Hyoun Park | 21 Sep 2025 | 01:04:31 | |
What makes a good enterprise analyst? There is no one I'd rather ask that Hyoun Park. But then why did Park move away from his analyst firm to work for an emerging AI vendor? (Levelpath). And how will AI change the analyst profession? It's time to mark Hyoun Park's career shift with a send off like no other: an interactive discussion on everything he has learned. Join us with your sharpest questions, your tributes, and yeah, as always, your snark... | |||
| End of summer SAP blowout - what do customers need, and will fall events deliver? | 31 Aug 2025 | 00:53:39 | |
As the summer winds down, fall event season is about to heat up, with a slew of events from SAP (and SAP's biggest competitors). But what do customers need from SAP right now? And can fall events deliver on that? How do you get what your team needs from hectic events, without getting lost in the vendor narrative? It's time for another SAP-in-review podcast with Jon Reed, Josh Greenbaum, and Geoff Scott, CEO of ASUG. The podcast kicks off by assessing what we learned since SAP Sapphire, and where SAP may be headed next. Then we shift into fall event discussions, including a review of ASUG's upcoming events and a very intriguing SAP Connect event. We also get into the need for SAP business case development, particularly for technical SAP leadership, and how that has evolved into a new workshop for ASUG Tech Connect in November. This is mostly a US-centric event review, but we recommend listeners also check in with their international events and user groups, including: DSAG's Annual Conference: https://dsag-jahreskongress.plazz.net/ UKISUG Connect 2025: https://www.ukisugconnect.co.uk/ | |||
| The enterprise month in review - AI recruitment misadventures, and other picks and pans | 03 Aug 2025 | 01:10:33 | |
Get ready for another round of enterprise highs and lows, with Brian Sommer and Jon Reed issuing their top picks (and pans) of the month, and unveil another unexpected half-time segment - deconstructing AI and recruiting, with surprise guest Bonnie Tinder of Raven Intel. The three dig into the provocative prediction of the end of recruiters in six months, via Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas. Tinder also shares what she's learned from her own AI experiments, client deliverable, and her new AI show. Note: viewing the slides isn't necessary for the audio version, but if you want to see the slide deck, check the YouTube replay at https://www.youtube.com/live/RBC5ja21TO4. | |||
| Enterprise keynotes are legacy, and LinkedIn is now the business TikTok? B2B video with Brent Leary | 03 Aug 2025 | 01:01:25 | |
Is LinkedIn now the business TikTok? Are keynotes legacy artifacts? And why are Watch Parties the future of enterprise keynotes? Here's the full version of Jon Reed's talk with Brent Leary of CRM Playaz - where we learn why unscripted video content is more trusted - and builds buyer confidence. Note: you don't need the video version for this one, but if you want to see the before/after of Jon's camera test, check the YouTube replay at https://www.youtube.com/live/B-LHU1tp5Gw. If you enjoy unfiltered enterprise content with no sponsors or commercials *ever*, consider giving me a review so I can beat that algorithm... | |||
| Hot topics live at SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025 - the ASUG Hub "ask us anything" edition | 22 Jun 2025 | 00:32:51 | |
At the end of the first official day of SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025, we taped a live podcast at the ASUG Hub with questions from the audience. On the mic: Jon Reed, your host, ASUG CEO Geoff Scott and analyst Josh Greenbaum. We gave our instant keynote reactions, and discussed the topics SAP needs to address to deliver for users - at Sapphire and also beyond. Audience questions kept this one spicy, including a surprise question from Constellation analyst Holger Mueller, who was passing through the show floor. Note: this on-site podcast was a diginomica-ASUG collaboration, originally released as part of the ASUG Talks podcast series. ASUG produced this podcast audio. | |||
| Enterprise Month in Review - the Mary Meeker + Accenture trend predictions blowout | 22 Jun 2025 | 01:20:58 | |
As event season winds down, prognosticators have a lot to say about the future of the enterprise. Do Jon and Brian agree, or are these fever dreams? Let's review what we've learned this spring - and where customers go from here. As always, bring your savviest and snarkiest commentary, as you are an integral part of this show.... If you want to see the slides, you can see them on the YouTube replay at: https://youtube.com/live/DiqT53hdqXY. | |||
| Salesforce Connections 2025 - the podcast review | 15 Jun 2025 | 00:32:35 | |
On the final afternoon of Salesforce Connections, I catch up with Rebecca Wettemann, CEO of Valoir, to make sense of the what we just saw. Rebecca has some instructive thoughts on Salesforce's planned acquisition of Informatica - a topic we didn't hear much about at the show, but one worth discussing. We also discussed how this show compared with Valoir's prior research on Salesforce and customer adoption of agentic AI. And: what does the end of "no-reply marketing" mean, and are customers ready for the Agentforce transition? How has Agentforce progressed since Valoir's initial research. Time to hash it out... | |||
| Is this the end of "do-not-reply marketing"? A hot take from Liz Miller at Salesforce Connections 2025 | 13 Jun 2025 | 00:13:24 | |
At Salesforce Connections 2025, Salesforce announced the Marketing Cloud Next - as the end of "do-not-reply" marketing. Is this a realistic goal for marketers? Is Marketing Cloud ready for the challenge? Time for a quick hot take from Constellation's Liz Miller, who was up for the challenge. | |||
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