In Podcast Episode 67 of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. Pope Leo Brings AI to Church
2. Is Cisco’s Jeetu Patel the New Satya Nadella?
3. Salesforce AI Research Benchmarks Sales & Service
4. Salesforce Raises Prices to Embed AI More Broadly
5. Too Much ChatGPT Reduces Brain Activity
6. AI Cannot Fully Solve Productivity Issues
7. Broadcom Has Solved Its Pricing Concerns!

Sources:

Pope Leo Brings AI to Church

Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/pope-leo-ai-tech-771cca48

Is Cisco’s Jeetu Patel the New Satya Nadella?

Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rscottraynovich/2025/06/12/is-jeetu-patel-bringing-cisco-investors-a-satya-nadella-moment/

Salesforce AI Research Benchmarks Sales & Service

Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.18878

Salesforce Raises Prices to Embed AI More Broadly

Salesforce Blog: https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/pricing-update-2025/

Glen McCracken on Salesforce: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/glenmccracken_friday-vent-salesforces-agentforce-proves-activity-7341691326565908485-GNhd/

Too Much ChatGPT Reduces Brain Activity

Brain on LLM: https://www.brainonllm.com

Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

AI Cannot Fully Solve Productivity Issues

Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/55bc5876-254a-4daa-86f8-2cd0d939a866

Broadcom Has Solved Its Pricing Concerns!

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/vmware_price_hikes_excuse/

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charlie Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. FinOps X FOCUSes on AI Costs
2. Snowflake Summit: An Avalanche of Announcements
3. Snowflake Faces Enterprise Refresh Cycles
4. OpenAI’s Enterprise Push to Office Productivity
5. IBM’s One Madison is Now an Incubator

Sources:

FinOps X FOCUSes on AI Costs

FinOps Day 1 Keynote: https://www.finops.org/insights/finops-x-2025-day-1-keynote/

FinOps Day 2 Keynote: https://www.finops.org/insights/finops-x-2025-day-2-keynote/

Snowflake Summit Shares an Avalanche of Announcements

Snowflake: https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/announcements-snowflake-summit-2025/

Snowflake Faces Enterprise Refresh Cycles

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/02/snowflake_analyst_conference/

OpenAI’s Enterprise Push to Office Productivity

Runtime News: https://www.runtime.news/r/6c4b22c3?m=aa74cd61-a873-4485-9028-fedb54b96b1e

VentureBeat: https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-hits-3m-business-users-and-launches-workplace-tools-to-take-on-microsoft

IBM’s One Madison is Now An Incubator

IBM: https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-06-02-ibm-unveils-watsonx-ai-labs-the-ultimate-accelerator-for-ai-builders,-startups-and-enterprises-in-new-york-city

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charlie Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. Oracle Goes All-In on AI
2. Perplexity Labs Supports Independent Document Creation
3. Is AI a Sustainable Competitive Advantage?
4. How Many Jobs Will AI Take? Economists, AI Builders Disagree
5. Avery Dennison Leads the Way on Enterprise AI
6. This AI Approach Makes Us Concerned For Google

Sources:

Oracle Goes All-In on AI

Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/a9cd130f-f6bf-4750-98cc-19d87394e657

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/oracle_openai_40b/

Perplexity Labs Supports Independent Document Creation

Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/labs

Is AI a Sustainable Competitive Advantage?

Sloan Review: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/why-ai-will-not-provide-sustainable-competitive-advantage/

How Many Jobs Will AI Take? Economists, AI Builders Disagree

Leet Code Wizard: https://leetcodewizard.io/blog/the-state-of-tech-jobs-in-2025-layoffs-automation-and-adaptation

Axios: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic

MIT Tech Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/25/1111207/a-nobel-laureate-on-the-economics-of-artificial-intelligence/

Avery Dennison Leads the Way on Enterprise AI

CIO.com: https://www.cio.com/article/3998156/avery-dennison-takes-culture-first-approach-to-ai-transformation.html

This AI Approach Makes Us Concerned For Google

YouTube: https://youtu.be/8g7a0IWKDRE?feature=shared&t=500

Claude Opus Turns to Blackmail: https://youtu.be/wxPjB3GBg1s?si=LEICmYc3Ah5n7w5j

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charlie Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. Salesforce Acquires Informatica
2. Google IO Establishes Google’s AI Intentions
3. OpenAI Acquihires Jony Ive for $6 Billion
4. In AI, Bigger is Not Always Better
5. Broadcom Boosts EU VMware Prices up to 1500%
6. Calero Hires Eric Martorano as President and CRO
7. Are Amazon Coders the New Warehouse Workers?
8. Do Notepad and Paint Really Need AI?
9. Dave, Will You Stop? Claude Opus Turns to Blackmail

Sources:

Salesforce Acquires Informatica

Atlan founder Prukalpa: https://tinyurl.com/PrukalpaINFA
Hyoun's take: https://tinyurl.com/HyounParkINFAAcq
TWIET's April 2024 Take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZvaqjTDGxQ

Google IO Establishes Google’s AI Intentions

Google IO: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleIO2025Annc
Flow: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleFlowAIVeo
Developer Tools, including Firebase Studio: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleFirebaseStudio

OpenAI Acquihires Jony Ive for $6 Billion

CNBC: https://tinyurl.com/JonyIveAcq

In AI, Bigger is Not Always Better

Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nvidia-launch-cheaper-blackwell-ai-chip-china-after-us-export-curbs-sources-say-2025-05-24/

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/25/ai_models_are_evolving/

Broadcom Boosts EU VMware Prices up to 1500%

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/euro_cloud_body_ecco_says_broadcom_licensing_unfair/

Calero Hires Eric Martorano as President and CRO

Calero: https://www.calero.com/blog/calero-appoints-eric-martorano-as-cro-and-president

Are Amazon Coders the New Warehouse Workers?

NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/business/amazon-ai-coders.html

Do Notepad and Paint Really Need AI?

Windows: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/05/22/paint-snipping-tool-and-notepad-updates-with-new-features-begin-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/

Dave, Will You Stop? Claude Opus Turns to Blackmail

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/anthropics-new-ai-model-turns-to-blackmail-when-engineers-try-to-take-it-offline/

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charlie Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. Alteryx One Unites Analytics & LLM Governance
2. Boomi AgentStudio Tackles Holistic Agent Orchestration
3. Informatica Supports Agent Composition & Connectivity
4. Qlik Announces Agentic Discovery & Conversational Insights
5. Salesforce Acquires Convergence.ai for Complex Agents
6. Does Stack Overflow Need a Rebrand?

Sources:

Alteryx One Unites Analytics & LLM Governance

Alteryx: https://www.alteryx.com/about-us/newsroom/press-release/alteryx-introduces-a-unified-platform-for-enterprise-analytics-and-ai-orchestration

Boomi AgentStudio Tackles Holistic Agent Orchestration

Boomi: https://boomi.com/resources/resources-library/boomi-ai-driven-automation-announcements/

Informatica Supports Agent Composition & Connectivity

Informatica: https://www.informatica.com/about-us/news/news-releases/2025/05/20250514-informatica-unveils-agentic-ai-offerings-on-industrys-first-ai-powered-cloud-data-management-platform.html

Qlik Announces Agentic Discovery & Conversational Insights

Qlik: https://www.qlik.com/us/news/company/press-room/press-releases/qlik-expands-embedded-ai-capabilities-for-smarter-decisions-and-faster-intelligence

Salesforce Acquires Convergence.ai for Complex Agents

Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-convergence-ai/

Does Stack Overflow Need a Rebrand?

DevClass: https://devclass.com/2025/05/13/stack-overflow-seeks-rebrand-as-traffic-continues-to-plummet-which-is-bad-news-for-developers/

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charlie Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. ServiceNow Buys Data.World, Announces Data Network
2. ServiceNow Challenges SAP + Salesforce Data
3. ServiceNow Expands to Support CRM, HR, IT Use Cases
4. ServiceNow + Salesforce Face Off
5. IBM Think Establishes IBM’s AI Credentials
6. IBM + Amazon Validate AI Investments
7. Microsoft + OpenAI Don’t See Eye to A-Eye
8. US Tech Employment Declined By 214K Jobs in April
9. Pentagon Seeks Software Purchasing Process Overhaul
10. SAP Explained, by Hyoun Park + Charles “Dickens” Araujo

Sources:

ServiceNow Buys Data.World, Announces Data Network + ServiceNow Challenges SAP + Salesforce Data

ServiceNow: https://tinyurl.com/SNDataFabric

ServiceNow Expands To Support CRM, HR, IT Use Cases

ServiceNow:

https://tinyurl.com/SNCRMAI

https://tinyurl.com/SNUKGAI

https://tinyurl.com/SNAutonomousIT

ServiceNow + Salesforce Face Off

Reworked's Siobhan Fagan: https://tinyurl.com/SNvsSF

IBM Think Establishes IBM’s AI Credentials

watsonx Orchestrate: https://tinyurl.com/IBMwxOrch

watsonx.data https://tinyurl.com/IBMwxdata

IBM + Amazon Validate AI Investments

IBM Press Release https://tinyurl.com/IBMCEOsAI

VentureBeat's Michael Nunez: https://tinyurl.com/AWSGenAIReport

Amazon's Press Release: https://tinyurl.com/AWSAIAdoption

Microsoft + OpenAI Don’t See Eye to A-Eye

Eric Newcomer: https://tinyurl.com/OpenAIvsMS

US Tech Employment Declined by 214K Jobs in April

CompTIA: https://tinyurl.com/USTechJobs0425

Pentagon Seeks Software Purchasing Process Overhaul

USDOD: https://tinyurl.com/DODSWBuying

SAP Explained, by Hyoun Park + Charles “Dickens” Araujo

The Register's Lindsey Clark: https://tinyurl.com/SINKwithSAP

CIODive's Matt Ashare: https://tinyurl.com/SAPCEOStays

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charlie Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. RSA: North Korean Spies Hate This One Question
2. RSA: NSA Conspicuously Absent
3. RSA…I? AI Takes Over Every Security Offering
4. Microsoft Hopefully Tolls the Death Knell for Passwords
5. Is a $150 Billion Commit Enough to Be a US Tech Company?
6. Swiss Researchers Experiment on Redditors with AI
7. AI Is Not Taking Jobs Or Cutting Wages… Yet
8. When is an Agent Really an Agent?
9. Australia Replaces DJ with AI. No One Notices.

Sources:

RSA: North Korean Spies Hate This One Question

The Register: Iain Thomson: https://tinyurl.com/NKInterviewQ

Wired: Bobbie Johnson: https://tinyurl.com/NKJobSteal

RSA: NSA Conspicuously Absent

The Register: Jessical Lyons https://tinyurl.com/RSANoNSA

RSA…I? AI Takes Over Every Security Offering

Security Week: https://tinyurl.com/RSASecWeek

Microsoft Hopefully Tolls the Death Knell for Passwords

The Verge: Umar Shakir https://tinyurl.com/MSPasswordless

Is a $150 Billion Commit Enough to Be a US Tech Company?

CIODive: Matt Ashare: https://tinyurl.com/IBMMfg150B

IBM's Newsroom: https://tinyurl.com/IBM150BPR

TWIET on NVIDIA's $500 billion commitment: https://tinyurl.com/TWIET59NVIDIA

TWIET on Project Stargate: https://tinyurl.com/TWIET47Stargate

Swiss Researchers Experiment on Redditors with AI

Science.org: https://tinyurl.com/RedditAIResearch

Original research proposal: https://tinyurl.com/ChangeMyViewAI

AI Is Not Taking Jobs Or Cutting Wages… Yet

Computerworld: Taryn Plumb: https://tinyurl.com/AIProductivityNotYet

Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects: https://tinyurl.com/LLMSLME

When is an Agent Really an Agent?

CIO.com: https://tinyurl.com/RealAIAgent

Australia Replaces DJ with AI. No One Notices.

The Verge: Emma Roth: https://tinyurl.com/OzAIDJ

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

In this podcast episode of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and guest Ken “kengon” Gonzalez critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO office:

1. ServiceNow Sees Initial CRM Success
2. Dataiku Supports Agent Create and Control
3. Banks Still Investing in Digital Transformation
4. Verizon Releases 2025 Data Breach Incident Report
5. Amazon Cuts AI CapEx Commitments
6. Are Government Contracts Still Blue Chip Revenue?
7. Please, ChatGPT? Thanks a Million!
8. 51% of GenZ Thinks College Degree A Waste

Sources:

ServiceNow Sees Initial CRM Success

CXToday coverage by Charlie Mitchell: https://www.cxtoday.com/crm/servicenow-secures-9-crm-megadeals-reiterates-goal-to-lead-the-market/

Dataiku Supports Agent Create and Control

Dataiku Press Release: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/04/24/3067473/0/en/Dataiku-Brings-AI-Agent-Creation-and-Control-to-The-Universal-AI-Platform.html

Banks Still Investing in Digital Transformation

CIODive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/bank-tech-cloud-data-cyber-generative-ai-broadridge/745931/

Verizon Releases 2025 Data Breach Incident Report

Verizon: https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/#top-takeaways

Amazon Cuts AI CapEx Commitments

The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/22/aws_datacenter_leases/

Are Government Contracts Still Blue Chip Revenue?

Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-23/ibm-posts-sales-topping-estimates-says-doge-hit-15-contracts

Please, ChatGPT? Thanks a Million!

Sam Altman on X: https://x.com/sama/status/1912646035979239430

Microsoft's Kurtis Beavers weighs in: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/why-using-a-polite-tone-with-ai-matters

51% of GenZ Thinks College Degree A Waste

Indeed: https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/news/college-degree-value-generational-divide

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights