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An honest conversation about AI: we're all learning on the job

An honest conversation about AI: we're all learning on the job

We're all still learning AI on the job: an honest take on experimentation, ERPx data contracts, governance, and why humanities degrees now matter.

Era of Reasoning

Era of Reasoning

Enterprise software is becoming a system of reasoning that weighs decisions and acts. Its limit is meaning, and the contest is who owns the reasoning layer.

From routing to reasoning - what it really takes to make AI work in enterprise software

From routing to reasoning - what it really takes to make AI work in enterprise software

Most AI in enterprise software is not reasoning, it is routing with better language. Closing the gap takes a semantic layer, guardrails and vertical depth.

When the Org Chart Stops Organizing

When the Org Chart Stops Organizing

Every company is two graphs, the org chart and the value chain. As agents absorb routing, the chain becomes the one the company runs on.

What I Got Wrong Building With AI

What I Got Wrong Building With AI

Three projects built with AI agents. One worked, one collapsed, one held. The variable was not the technology. It was the shape that existed before the code.

Interview: Composable ERP may break up monolithic systems

In this Q A, I discuss, with TechTarget, cloud-based composable ERPs, which enable companies to pick and choose the applications and vendors they want, the future.

AI and the post-modern, modern data stack

AI and the post-modern, modern data stack

of AI-powered applications and agentic AI is dramatically redefining the demands placed on data stacks. Rather than becoming irrelevant, the modern data stack is a major consideration as organisations…

Ambient ERP – breaking free of the enterprise software triad

Ambient ERP – breaking free of the enterprise software triad

Imagine a future where your back-office applications are context-aware, operating in the background, only surfacing what matters when it matters. Thanks to progress being made in artificial intelligence (AI) this is no longer a fanciful dream.

How To Make Composable ERP Work For Your Business

As IT departments look to support executives with technology that can keep up with the ever-increasing speed of business change, many are turning to composable enterprise resource planning (ERP).…

Programming won’t go away but extensibility is a worthwhile substitute for many tasks

Programming won’t go away but extensibility is a worthwhile substitute for many tasks

Programming has made more farewells than Frank Sinatra , but the difference being that “Old Blue Eyes” eventually played one final concert, whereas programming isn’t going to go away.

Data fundamentals first, automation second

Data fundamentals first, automation second

There is a lot of excitement about technology’s potential to automate tasks making our lives easier and freeing us up to do more fun things. ChatGPT is the latest in a long line of excited debates –…

Integration Isn’t Enough: The Business Case for Integration-as-a-Service

Integration Isn’t Enough: The Business Case for Integration-as-a-Service

Organizations use a variety of applications to handle business tasks, and at the center of many point solutions is the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. In an ideal state, data from various…