This Week in Enterprise Tech
Welcome to "This Week in Enterprise Tech" where we discuss the latest enterprise technology announcements and how they will affect your business and your bosses' expectations. Join TWIET as we guide CIOs and technical managers through the strategic ramifications behind the vendor hype, product innovation, and the avalanches of money going in and out of enterprise tech.
This Week in Enterprise Tech
Week 16 - This Week in Enterprise Tech
AI interfaces, vendor dependencies, C-suite changeups, addressing common security breaches even at cutting-edge AI companies, and CIO strategies for business growth - all on this week’s This Week in Enterprise Tech, brought to you by Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights and Charles Araujo of The DX Report.
The “Egg Theory” of AI
Can AI be too simple? Hyoun and Charles discuss Rex Woodbury’s assertion that “just add water” agentic AI may be dissatisfactory to its users. Particularly with the concept of AI agents as “co-pilots,” what is the correct balance of AI assistance and human agency?
Digital Native: https://www.digitalnative.tech/p/the-egg-theory-of-ai-agents
PluralSight: The Risks of Private Equity-Backed Vendors
What do enterprise IT buyers need to be prepared for when a private equity firm acquires a vendor you depend on? Charles and Hyoun discuss what happened to PluralSight, a technology learning platform, after Vista Equity Partners bought it three years ago.
Axios: https://www.axios.com/2024/05/31/vista-equity-pluralsight
UiPath and CEO vs. Board Challenges
Daniel Dines is back in as CEO at UiPath, cutting short Rob Enslin’s brief tenure. What does that say about UiPath and the broader RPA market?
UiPath: https://www.uipath.com/newsroom/uipath-ceo-transition-daniel-dines
Security Breaches in Cutting Edge AI Companies
Recent security breaches at Snowflake and Hugging Face underscore the need for broader adoption of more effective security measures. But even tech companies struggle with sufficient compliance from internal end users.
Hugging Face - https://huggingface.co/blog/space-secrets-disclosure
Structuring Tech in a High-Growth Situation
A profile of Nutanix CEO Rami Mazid prompts Hyoun and Charles to consider CIO strategies for business growth.
Mark Chillingworth for Diginomica - https://diginomica.com/next-2024-nutanix-cio-optimizes-estate-growth-opportunities
This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:
Charles Araujo of The DX Report and
Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights