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Acumatica is at a crossroads - and so is cloud ERP. Acumatica CEO John Case joins diginomica's Jon Reed to take on the tough questions facing ERP vendors: can ERP withstand AI disruptions? Is modern ERP an oxymoron? Why is ERP for industry verticals the new imperative? Case makes his case for Acumatica's differentiating approach. 

AI adoption is a topic of conversation that dominates every tech agenda in 2025, with views ranging from evangelical fervor through to the ‘Robots are coming to steal your job’ Armageddon peddling. For Freshworks CEO Dennis Woodside, there’s a different way of looking at the issue. Woodside joins diginomica's Stuart Lauchlan to probe further.

There's no doubt that AI is bringing big changes to the software industry, and is likely to have a huge impact on society at large. At business software vendor Zoho, those changes have meant that, after more than 25 years as CEO, co-founder Sridhar Vembu has moved over to take on the role of Chief Scientist, leading the company's R&D efforts, particularly around AI. In this Executive Intelligence episode, Vembu and diginomica's Phil Wainewright delve into where AI is headed, and how Zoho aims to differentiate.

In this podcast, Marc Benioff discusses how he and other CEOs of today are set to become the last generation to manage a human-only workforce and the organizational implications involved. 

In our diginomica podcast channel reboot, we kick off with a couple of "best of" episodes from Jon Reed's "Busting the Omnichannel" podcast series - with a quick intro from Jon on our upcoming plans for the diginomica channel. Acumatica has been a influential vendor in the cloud ERP midmarket - but does AI change the equation? Were there surprises on the ground in Vegas? Time to make sense of an important Acumatica Summit, but with a plot twist: Jon Reed was home in his bat cave, slugging down Vitamin C, while Brian Sommer grabbed an outdoor chair prior to his takeoff from Vegas. Jon gets into why Acumatica matters and asks Brian: what stood out this year? Was the AI narrative convincing? What did Brian hear that we didn't pick up on via the news announcement? Brian reveals the pesky questions he asked Acumatica execs, and we discuss how Acumatica is contending with its growth - a good problem to have, but nonetheless something to be tackled.

In our diginomica podcast channel reboot, we kick off with a couple of "best of" episodes from Jon Reed's "Busting the Omnichannel" podcast series - with a new intro from Jon on our upcoming plans for the diginomica channel. From Jon: "At ASUG Tech Connect 2024, for the first time, I hosted a joint podcast collaboration with the ASUG Talks team - to be issued on both of our platforms. Joining me in for a live podcast taping were familiar suspects: ASUG CEO Geoff Scott and analyst Josh Greenbaum. But this time around, we had a live audience - and pulled them into the conversation. The audience had a choice of an Enterprise Architect or AI focus. They chose Enterprise Architects - and, I think, for good reason. Effective AI is probably not possible for enterprises without the right data platform and Enterprise Architect approach. I think you'll agree that hearing so many articulate real world questions from the audience made this podcast a standout, and I'll look to do that again this year where possible. And,

We don't often hear SAP talking about big impact projects but it has its hands on many projects around the world that go well beyond the ERP for which they are so well known. Check out this conversation. 

This is a fascinating conversation that runs a goo hour so buckle up and enjoy the ride as Rod explains the problem and how Santander has found a promising solution. 

A wide-ranging conversation covering the difficulties surrounding enterprise software pricing

The three of us discuss what needs to happen within the SAP community of developers - starting with developer licensing for SAP Cloud Platform but inevitably so much more. 

Den and Brian are joined by Michael Ouissi, chief customer officer at IFS for a live discussion about whether now is the time to be engaging in digital transformation projects and if so, where should the emphasis lay?

Rachel Happe has released the 11th edition of The State of Community Management. This gave us the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues impacting community in a mid-COVID19 crisis

In this conversation, extracted from a much longer one between Andy Steer, CIO iTelligence UK, and John Appleby, CEO Avantra, the thorny topic of returning to a place of work is under debate. It provides valuable insights into the way some business leaders are thinking about a post-COVID-19 workplace. 

There's been something of a sea change at SuccessFactors in recent times. Frequent critic Brandon Toombs is quietly optimistic, 

Ben Haines has 'been there, done it' in companies as diverse as Pabst, Box, and Verizon. Here's his take on what we need to do right now to thrive in difficult times. 

Francine McKenna is a long time friend who has been relentless in her holding the audit profession up to the spotlight, arguing that they often fail to do the job for which they were originally founded. In this recording, we talk about the differences between the US and UK healthcare systems, what's happening and what may happen as the COVID-19 pandemic plays out.

We discuss the HR impact of COVID-19 and expansion of Otter Advisory...just in time for smaller vendors 

Den talks to one fo the greatest community engagement people in the enterprise market about both communities and learning in a post-Coronavirus world. 

Phil and Tim discuss Xenzone and the work it is doing to help people access mental health support and treatment. Prescient at a time when many of us are facing lockdown. 

Den and Vijay discuss the future of IT services delivery in the wake of COVID-19. This follows a story Vijay penned as he was considering how to mobilize his own team at IBM.