ASUG Tech Connect review - Jelena Perfiljeva of Boring Enterprise Nerds
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
Release Date: 11/17/2024
Hot topics live at SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025 - the ASUG Hub "ask us anything" edition
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
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...
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Enterprise Month in Review - the Mary Meeker + Accenture trend predictions blowout
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
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: .
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Salesforce Connections 2025 - the podcast review
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
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...
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Is this the end of "do-not-reply marketing"? A hot take from Liz Miller at Salesforce Connections 2025
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
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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The SAP Sapphire 2025 podcast review - with Conor Riordan, chair UKISUG
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
In a time-honored Sapphire 2025 tradition, I located an empty hallway and commandeered a couple of chairs to debrief on what we heard in Orlando. This time, with a new guest, Conor Riordan, Chair at UKISUG. Riordan brings a fascinating perspective to this conference review, as he's had a deep career in SAP IT leadership before moving over to the business side - and that's the gap that SAP (and all of us, really) still need to fully bridge. How well did SAP do? How did SAP's AI announcements stack up with UKISUG member data and priorities? Does Riordan agree with my take on the importance of...
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SAP Sapphire 2025 - pre-game and post-game keynote review
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
For SAP Sapphire 2025 opening keynote, we took the old school retro chat backchannel, and turned it into a public watch party. I invited special guest commentators Bonnie Tinder and Josh Greenbaum, and it seemed to go pretty well. So for this podcast version, you can hear our pre-game keynote expectations, and then a post-game keynote wrap to see how it stacked up (the replay of most of the keynote commentary is also available on Jon Reed's LinkedIn stream). Many of the issues raised are ongoing topics to keep an eye on. If you haven't seen the keynote yet, you can still catch free on-demand...
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Enterprise month in review - HR tech and PR detox edition
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
Yep, it's time for another Enterprise month in review. Join us live as Jon Reed and Brian Sommer issue their enterprise picks and pans. Our special guest on the virtual couch will be HR tech PR maven Jeanne Achille, who will help us sort through vendor hype and PR gotchas and chime in on the top HR tech stories. As always, bring your snarkiest/savviest comments and questions... Note: all my podcasts are free, with no sponsors and no ads etc. If you like this unfiltered approach to enterprise content, consider giving me a nice review or rating to help others discover. Thanks.
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The SAP BDC review - and bridging the IT gap with better business cases
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
With SAP Sapphire and the ASUG Annual Conference right around the corner, Jon Reed reconvened with analyst Josh Greenbaum and ASUG CEO Geoff Scott for a two part podcast. Part one: a review of SAP's ambitious Business Data Cloud announcement, what we've learned since the launch news, and the open questions heading into Orlando. Then we shift into a discussion of why so many customers have brought up the need for cloud/modernization business cases - and ways to bridge that vexing/persistent IT/business gap. We discuss the customer feedback we've received so far, and Greenbaum and Reed share...
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Workshopping AI and human creativity - an impassioned reboot with Thomas Wieberneit
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
Yes, it's time to revisit my take on AI and human creativity, with trusted foil Thomas Wieberneit, who has plenty of insights and an ability to push my arguments. I'll have some fresh slides and fresh thinking on this topic, hot takes, and make a case for why enterprises are drastically underestimating the need for human creativity, and where AI does fit in - including pros and cons of various enterprise use cases. Bring your sharpest ideas... And note: the slides are not necessary to enjoy this audio content, but if you want to see the slides, you can catch the video replay at...
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Active Inference AI versus LLMs - the latest developments with Denise Holt
SAP and Enterprise Trends Podcasts from Jon Reed (@jonerp) of diginomica.com
Active Inference AI is not necessarily in conflict with LLMs, but Active Inference is definitely a different approach - one that challenges AI assumptions and opens up new thinking. It's been almost six months since Denise Holt shook up Constellation's Connected Enterprise event with a keynote on how Active Inference AI is changing the field. Since then, much has happened. In this audio-only podcast, Jon Reed gets the latest from Denise Holt, including upcoming Active Inference and Spatial Web milestones, and why the latter may prove crucial for grounding AI in world models. We also cover the...
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