This Week in Enterprise Tech

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:Pat Gelsinger Steps Down from IntelWorkday Hires Rob Enslin as PresidentEmergence of the Zero-Click Internet?Altera Creates A Testing Ground for AI InteractionPat Gelsinger Steps Down from IntelTech executive legend Pat Gelsinger steps down from Intel amid a cratering stock price and logistical issues. Was Gelsinger’s vision too big? Is Intel able to come back? Intel: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-ceo-news-dec-2024.html Workday Hires Rob Enslin as PresidentAnother long-time tech executive finds a new home. Rob Enslin joins Workday as the President and Chief Commercial Officer. This comes at a time when Workday is trying to get into the CFO office. Charles and Hyoun discuss what Workday needs to do to take full advantage of this hire. Workday: https://newsroom.workday.com/2024-11-26-Workday-Names-Rob-Enslin-President,-Chief-Commercial-Officer Emergence of the Zero-Click Internet?Josh Tyler brings up an interesting concept on Techspot: the Zero Click Internet. Hyoun and Charles discuss what it means when we are increasingly locked into platforms and Generative AI brings information to us. https://youtu.be/42GumPwC1AM Techspot: https://www.techspot.com/article/2908-the-zero-click-internet/ Original X thread: https://x.com/joshtyler/status/1845715487126405414 Altera Creates A Testing Ground for AI InteractionAltera pitted 1000 autonomous agents against each other in Minecraft and… they started creating rudiments of a culture. What does this mean for the future of agentic and generative AI? Charles and Hyoun explore these findings and come to some surprising realizations for enterprise It departments. MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/27/1107377/a-minecraft-town-of-ai-characters-made-friends-invented-jobs-and-spread-religion/ This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:Microsoft Ignites a New Version of Enterprise AINVIDIA Makes Massive Profits, Disappoints Irrational InvestorsAmazon Throws Another 4 Billion at AnthropicSnowflake Rides a Wild AI AvalancheNTT Data and CIOs Reinforce GenAI TrendsMenlo Ventures Rises Above in Researching Gen AIData is the New Yellowcake UraniumTrue or False? Google Answers: “Please Die”Sources:Microsoft Ignites a New Version of Enterprise AIThe Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/24300001/microsoft-ignite-2024-news-ai-announcements-copilot-windows-azure-officeVentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-quietly-assembles-the-largest-ai-agent-ecosystem-and-no-one-else-is-close/Also VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/microsofts-new-ai-agents-support-1800-models-and-counting/CIO.com: https://edt.cio.com/c/115KGPzXmkWxdqIGCi9OTRk8d4V0WrGNVIDIA Makes Massive Profits, Disappoints Irrational InvestorsNVIDIA: https://tinyurl.com/NVIDIA2024Q3FinancialsAmazon Throws Another 4 Billion at Anthropic The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/anthropic_amazon_funds/CIO Dive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/Amazon-Anthropic-AWS-partnership-expansion/733808/Snowflake Rides a Wild AI AvalancheSnowflake: https://tinyurl.com/Snowflake2024Q3FinancialsNTT Data and CIOs Reinforce GenAI TrendsNTT Data: https://tinyurl.com/NTTDataGenAI2024CIO Dive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/ChatGPT-anniversary-enterprise-strategy-evolution-generative-AI/732951/Menlo Ventures Rises Above in Researching Gen AIMenlo Ventures: https://menlovc.com/2024-the-state-of-generative-ai-in-the-enterprise/Data is the New Yellowcake UraniumThe Register: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/data_is_the_new_uranium/True or False? Google Answers “Please Die”Sky.com: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleGeminiPleaseDieThis Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:Slack & Wharton Weigh In On AI AdoptionFlexera Serves Up 2025 IT Priorities ReportIT Marketplace AppDirect to Acquire vComCloudera to Acquire Octopai for Data Lineage & DiscoveryServiceNow Sets A Standard for GenAI GovernanceAera Bridges BI & Data Discovery with WorkspacesDoes NVIDIA Deserve to Be the Biggest?Criticism of Freshworks Layoffs: Justified Or Not?Sources:Slack & Wharton Weigh In On AI AdoptionAxios: https://www.axios.com/2024/11/12/ai-adoption-slows-slack-study VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/enterprise-ai-adoption-surges-as-organizations-shift-from-experimentation-to-implementation/ Flexera Serves Up a 2025 IT Priorities ReportFlexera: https://info.flexera.com/ITV-REPORT-IT-Priorities  IT Marketplace AppDirect to Acquire vComBusinessWire: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241112277595/en/AppDirect-Announces-Upcoming-Acquisition-of-IT-Spend-Management-Leader-vCom-Solutions  Cloudera to Acquire Octopai for Data Lineage & DiscoveryCloudera: https://www.cloudera.com/about/news-and-blogs/press-releases/2024-11-14-cloudera-to-acquire-octopais-platform.html  ServiceNow Sets A Standard for GenAI GovernanceBusinessWire: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241113489335/en/ServiceNow-Advances-Autonomous-Responsible-AI-on-the-Now-Platform-With-New-GenAI-and-Governance-Innovations Aera Bridges BI & Data Discovery with WorkspacesAera: https://www.aeratechnology.com/news/aera-technology-introduces-agentic-ai-workspaces-and-control-room-to-enable-the-full-spectrum-of-enterprise-decisions Does NVIDIA Deserve to Be the Biggest?TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/nvidia-just-became-the-worlds-largest-company-amid-ai-boom/ Criticism of Freshworks Layoffs: Justified Or Not?LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/saravanamv_i-saw-sridhar-vembus-post-about-freshworks-activity-7261963800612945921-k2EU This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:What the US Election Means for TechBased on Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 Presidential Election, Charles and Hyoun preview the key issues that CIOs and tech vendors will face over the next four years and analyze the effect that Trump’s second term will have.2024 US Election: Biden’s AI Executive OrderThe clearest action that the Biden Administration took towards tech was the AI Executive Order, a far-reaching directional order to make AI more explainable and ethical. Trump has stated that he will rescind the order, but will that mean an end to this effort to clean up AI or is it a rebranding?2024 US Election: CHIPS BillThe CHIPS bill is slated to provide over $50 billion to the United States semiconductor industry. Trump called this a “bad bill” on the campaign trail, but building up American manufacturing is a bipartisan priority. What will actually happen to those forecasted jobs and chips?2024 US Election: TariffsOne of Trump’s signature promises on the campaign trail was to provide 10%-20% blanket tariffs on all imports and 60%+ tariffs on all Chinese goods. How will this affect CIO budgets?2024 US Election: Electric Power and Energy ConcernsBoth nuclear power and the energy grid have increasingly become IT-related topics. Although Trump is expected to be an energy-friendly president, Hyoun and Charles believe this advocacy will not be evenly spread throughout all energy generation and distribution environments.2024 US Election: H1B VisasThe United States talent pool for technology is increasingly dependent on the H-1B Visa. In Trump’s first term, he made employment-based visa options more restrictive and more difficult to obtain. Will this be different in a second term where tech billionaires played a significant role in Trump’s campaign? Can Peter Thiel and Elon Musk be a moderating factor on Trump in this regard?2024 US Election: What About the Cloud?Although Peter Thiel and Elon Musk are obviously big winners in this election, many of the top AI and hyperscaler owners and CEOs were muted or relatively neutral. Where do tech movers and shakers like Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, and Jeff Bezos fit into this picture? 2024 US Election: Crypto and BlockchainBitcoin, cryptocurrency, and maybe even blockchain are going to get some attention again. Hyoun and Charles acknowledge how going from an anti-crypto SEC to a presumably crypto-friendly SEC will change the role of cryptocurrency in the United States.2024 US Election: Section 230 Content ModerationSection 230 has been both a foundational pillar of the modern Internet in protecting firms from the consequences of third-party content and a thorn in Trump’s side. Even with the emergence of conservative social media platforms such as X, what are the chances that Section 230 continues to be under attack in a second Trump term and what are the repercussions for CIOs and IT teams?2024 US Election: Deportation and TechOne of Trump’s big talking points in 2024 was the promise of mass deportations. What are the roles that IT and Big Tech will play in supporting deportation?2024 US Election: Final ThoughtsThe 2024 election has undoubtedly been one of true consequence and a call for change. In that light, Charles and Hyoun provide some final perspectives on finding common ground after a tightly contested election.This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:Microsoft Grows on AI Inference WorkloadsAccenture Wins $1.6 Billion Cloud Services ContractAI Demands More Power! More Energy!Where AI Copilots and Assistants Fall ShortDelta Sues Crowdstrike for $500 MillionGoogle Fined (Almost a) Googol Rubles?!Sources:Microsoft Grows on AI Inference workloadsData Center Dynamics: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-on-track-for-10bn-in-annual-revenue-from-ai-inference/ Accenture Wins $1.6 Billion Cloud Services ContractAccenture: https://newsroom.accenture.com/news/2024/accenture-federal-services-wins-1-6-billion-u-s-air-force-cloud-one-task-order AI Demands More Power! More Energy!The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/datacenter_developer_says_power_issues/ CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/04/tech-partnerships-with-power-companies-for-ai-in-doubt-after-ferc-order.html Yahoo: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/constellation-energy-nuclear-stocks-plummet-after-regulators-block-amazon-power-deal-151109123.html Where AI Copilots and Assistants Fall ShortCIO.com: https://www.cio.com/article/3594667/why-cios-need-a-two-tier-approach-to-gen-ai.html Delta Sues Crowdstrike for $500 millionCIO Dive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/delta-crowdstrike-lawsuit-georgia-microsoft/731273/ Google Fined (Almost a) Googol Rubles?!BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxvnwkl5kgo.amp This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:Gartner Shares IT Spend Trends & the AI TaxNVIDIA Argues for AI-First CompaniesZoho Partners with NVIDIA for Midmarket AIAsana Launches No-Code AI TeammatesCelonis Brings Process Mining Logic to AIUIPath Advocates for A More Robotic AIAnthropic Wants to Automate Your Personal ComputingOpenAI Hires a Chief EconomistIs Gen AI About to Crash?Perplexed by the Terms of PerplexitySources:Gartner Shares IT Spend Trends & the AI Tax Gartner: https://tinyurl.com/GartnerITSpend24Also Gartner: https://tinyurl.com/GartnerITSpend25NVIDIA Argues for AI-First CompaniesWSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-chief-makes-case-for-ai-first-companies-1214235e?mod=djemCIO Zoho Partners with NVIDIA for Midmarket AIZoho: https://www.zoho.com/news/zoho-corporation-to-leverage-nvidia-nemo-to-build-llms.html Asana Launches No-Code AI Teammates, Microsoft Pushes Out Autonomous AI AgentsZDNet: https://www.zdnet.com/article/asana-launches-a-no-code-tool-for-designing-ai-agents-aka-your-new-teammates/ Celonis Brings Process Mining Logic to AIDiginomica: https://diginomica.com/celonis-launches-agentc-process-intelligence-essential-any-enterprise-ai-strategy UIPath Advocates for A More Robotic AIDiginomica: https://diginomica.com/uipath-forward-where-does-agentic-ai-go-here-and-rpa-still-relevant Anthropic Wants to Automate Your Personal ComputingTechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/anthropics-new-ai-can-control-your-pc/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/news/3-5-models-and-computer-use OpenAI Hires a Chief EconomistOpenAI: https://openai.com/global-affairs/openai-chief-economist-announcement/ TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/openai-hires-its-first-chief-economist/ Is Gen AI About to Crash?Intellyx: https://intellyx.com/2024/10/21/how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-inevitable-genai-crash/ Perplexed by the Terms of PerplexityLeonard Park’s LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/LeoParkPerplexity This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:OpenAI and Microsoft Quarrel on the Future of AIIBM Finds AI Divide Between Firms, ConsumersAmazon, Databricks Partner to Bridge Hardware & AI ModelsThe Era of Nuclear Powered AI Has Begun!WiPro Takes a Hybrid Work StanceCIOs Really Need More Focus on Value CreationData Center F*cked Around, The SEC (Finally) Found OutSources:OpenAI and Microsoft Quarrel on the Future of AINYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/technology/microsoft-openai-partnership-deal.html IBM Reveals Gaps Between Corporate and Consumer AI PreferencesIBM: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2024-10-16-new-ibm-study-insurance-leaders-agree-that-rapid-adoption-of-generative-ai-is-necessary-to-compete,-but-insurance-customers-express-reservations Amazon and Databricks Partner to Bring Hardware and Models TogetherWall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-databricks-strike-five-year-deal-around-ai-chips-a2a135ab?mod=djemCIO The Era of Nuclear Powered AI Has Begun!The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/amazon_nuclear_smr/Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-continues-push-to-add-more-nuclear-energy-with-2-new-deals-575c0e5e WiPro Takes a Hybrid StanceSaurabh Govil’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/saurabhgovil_hybridwork-returntooffice-wipro-activity-7251526018329391105-4JGRCIOs Really Need More Focus on Value CreationDiginomica: https://diginomica.com/ceos-switch-your-cio-focus-productivity-not-efficiency Data Center Provider F*cked Around, The SEC (Finally) Found OutNetwork World: https://www.networkworld.com/article/3567954/data-center-provider-fakes-tier-4-data-center-certificate-to-bag-11m-sec-deal.html US Department of Justice: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/data-center-company-ceo-indicted-major-fraud-and-making-false-statements-us-securities-and 2017 SEC Audit of Data Centers, including “D1”: https://www.sec.gov/files/Audit-of-the-SECs-Management-of-Its-Data-Centers.pdf This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:The IBM Mainframe Is Locked Into the EnterpriseCan SAP Joule Actually Support 80% of Business Tasks?AI Gets the Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics!When to Call It Quits With AIAI Ain’t Always The AnswerEveryday AI for Everyday PeopleWriter Beats Megavendors in AI Workflow AutomationApple Researchers Refute Claims of LLM Formal ReasoningLinkedIn Says It’s Your Fault for Trusting ThemSources:The IBM Mainframe Is Locked Into the EnterpriseCIODive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/enterprise-mainframe-workloads-grow-ai-cloud-ibm/728996/ Can SAP Joule Actually Support 80% of Business Tasks?VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/saps-joule-collaborative-ai-agent-driving-innovation-with-open-source-llms/AI Gets the Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and Physics!Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/all-nobel-prizes-2024/ When to Call It Quits With AICIO.com: https://www.cio.com/article/3555331/when-is-the-right-time-to-dump-an-ai-project.html Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-had-fun-experimenting-with-ai-now-they-have-to-show-the-returns-2a683592?mod=djemCIO AI Ain’t Always The AnswerThe Register: https://tinyurl.com/FCPI1014Everyday AI for Everyday PeopleDigital Native: https://www.digitalnative.tech/p/the-design-of-everyday-things Writer Beats Megavendors in AI Workflow AutomationVentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/writers-palmyra-x-004-takes-the-lead-in-ai-function-calling-surpassing-tech-giants/ Apple Researchers Refute Claims of LLM Formal ReasoningMarcus on AI: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/llms-dont-do-formal-reasoning-and ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229LLMs as Instant Mediocrity: https://amalgaminsights.com/2023/06/06/instant-mediocrity-a-business-guide-to-chatgpt-in-the-enterprise/ LinkedIn Says It’s Your Fault for Trusting ThemThe Register: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/linkedin_ai_misinformation_agreement/ This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:OpenAI Raises a Record $6.6 BillionMicrosoft Digs Deep on AI CapEx BlingWho Are The “True” AI Leaders in the S&P 500?Augmented Intelligence Raises $44M to Access Symbolic AIAI, You Don’t Know Tiger Woods!Two Weird Tips for Making AI WorkGartner IDs AI Challenges, Skimps on SolutionsIs This the End of Enterprise SaaS?Goodnight, Sweet HololensSources:OpenAI Raises a Record $6.6 BillionReuters: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-closes-66-billion-funding-haul-valuation-157-billion-with-investment-2024-10-02/ Microsoft Digs Deep on AI CapEx BlingWall Street Journal:https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-ai-story-is-getting-complicated-ebe63ac9?mod=tech_lead_pos1 Who Are The “True” AI Leaders in the S&P 500?Semafor: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/02/2024/americas-emerging-ai-leaders-amazon-walmart-and-wells-fargo Augmented Intelligence Raises $44M to Access Symbolic AITechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/30/augmented-intelligence-claims-its-symbolic-ai-can-make-chatbots-more-useful/ AI, You Don’t Know Tiger Woods!Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ai-doesnt-know-much-about-golf-or-farming-or-mortgages-or-ae296774?mc_cid=b6ab7c6eb8&mod=tech_lead_pos2 Two Weird Tips for Making AI WorkCIO.com:  https://www.cio.com/article/3541409/how-ai-is-transforming-business-today.html Gartner IDs AI Challenges, Skimps on SolutionsGartner: https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/cio-challenges Is This End of Enterprise SaaS?Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/josipamajic/2024/09/30/the-end-of-the-saas-era-rethinking-softwares-role-in-business/ Goodnight, Sweet HololensThe Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/1/24259369/microsoft-hololens-2-discontinuation-support?mod=djemCIOThis Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:Newsom Vetoes AI Compliance BillUS DoJ Changes Governance Guidance for AICA Requires Data Transparency for LLMsNIST Acknowledges G!8B#r|5h is a Lousy PasswordWhatFix raises $125M to Guide Digital AdoptionSmartsheet Taken Private By Blackstone, Vista EquityRabbit Loses Momentum in its AI LeapWill AI Be a Bust? Goldman Sachs Says Maybe?Has Notion Made the New Clippy or Is It Better?Sources:Newsom Vetoes AI Compliance BillThe Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/29/24232172/california-ai-safety-bill-1047-vetoed-gavin-newsom US DoJ Changes Governance Guidance for AIMcDermott blog: https://www.mwe.com/insights/doj-makes-key-revisions-to-corporate-compliance-program-guidance/ Full document:DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/page/file/937501/dl CA Requires Data Transparency for LLMsCA Legislature: Full language of bill https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2013 TechCrunch Summary article by Maxwell Zeff: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/29/here-is-whats-illegal-under-californias-18-and-counting-new-ai-laws/NIST Acknowledges G!8B#r|5h is a Lousy PasswordWired: https://www.wired.com/story/nist-password-guidance-improvements/ WhatFix raises $125M to Guide Digital AdoptionTechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/whatfix-raises-125m-to-provide-in-app-guides-to-users/ Smartsheet Taken Private By Blackstone and Vista EquityCNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/24/blackstone-and-vista-equity-partners-to-acquire-software-maker-smartsheet.html Rabbit Loses Momentum in its AI LeapThe Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/25/24254253/rabbit-r1-5000-daily-users-ai-gadget?mc_cid=fabd2e4e07 Will AI Be a Bust? Goldman Sachs Says Maybe?New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/technology/ai-jim-covello-goldman-sachs.html Has Notion Made the New Clippy or Is It Better?FastCompany: https://www.fastcompany.com/91192119/notions-new-animated-ai-assistant-looks-more-new-yorker-than-clippyThis Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights