Enterprise Software Podcast Episode 161 – Directions NA Preview and Big Tech Gets Smaller

 

Jon Rivers: Marketeery / LinkedIn / Twitter

Kate Pinyan: Lanham Associates / LinkedIn / Twitter

Directions NA: Event site / LinkedIn / Twitter / Organizing Committee

 

Microsoft, other big tech firms, cutting thousands of jobs to begin the new year

SFDC CEO Benioff joked after being late for company-wide meeting

NASA has a big Oracle overpayment problem

IBM sued by investors for alleged market deception practices

Microsoft invests heavily in OpenAI to build Azure into an AI supercomputer

Former Sage exec Nancy Teixeira takes on new role with LeaseQuery

 

Enterprise Software Podcast Episode 160 – Infor Partners and Channeling Collaboration

 

Our Infor partner team guests:

Salena Butler, SVP & General Manager

Kari Finnigan, VP Channel

Anh Profiti, VP Channel

 

Infor:  Main / Partners / 20th Anniversary / LinkedIn / Twitter / YouTube

 

LoLo American Kitchen & Craft Bar

Mancini’s Char House

Harry’s Steak House

 

Ed Allen (Infor)

Ed Lanko (Godlan, Inc.)

Tyler Church (Infor)

 

 

Enterprise Software Podcast Episode 158 – Eric Newell and the Evolution of Working Smarter

 

Eric Newell:

LinkedIn / Twitter / Stoneridge Software / 10th Anniversary blog

Mastering Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementations on Amazon

Purple Goose Eatery & Drinkery / The Pitchfork / City of Barnesville, MN

Minnesota Twins / Tampa Bay Rays

Cody Marshall

Enterprise Software Podcast Episode 157 – Community Summit Recap and Hurricane Redmond

 

Community Summit NA

John Siefert

Community Summit Legends

Microsoft’s Terry Heley blog post, July 2021

Microsoft’s Mike Morton LinkedIn statement, October 2022

Cavallo’s Mike Biwer blog post, October 2022

David Musgrave’s blog post, October 2022

ERP Software Blog post, October 2022

MSDW report on Summit kerfuffle, October 2022

 

Tweets from the week that was in Orlando:

Enterprise Software Podcast Episode 155 – Community Summit and Recession-Proof Plummet

 

Sage blog says Dynamics GP users face ‘urgent’ product transition

Forrester analysis indicates enterprise software is ‘recession-proof’

Salesforce shares drop…in a software slowdown

Intuit announces strong financial results

Lawsuit accuses Oracle of tracking 5 billion people 

 

John Siefert:  LinkedIn / Twitter 

The Acceleration Economy 

Cloud Wars Expo 

Community Summit NA

Legends of Summit / Bob Evans / Wayne Sadin

 

Enterprise Software Podcast Episode 154 – ITA and M&A

 

Microsoft Inspire Partner Awards 2022

Sage acquires Lockstep

Avalara to be acquired by Vista Partners / NYSE: AVLR

Refresh: Avalara goes public (June 2018)

 

Darcy’s mid-September 2022 event fav: Acu-Connect 2022 w/ John Case Keynote

Bob’s mid-September 2022 event fav: DynamicsCon LIVE 2022

 

Shawn Slavin:  LinkedIn / Twitter / Information Technology Alliance (ITA)

ITA Meetings Calendar: https://www.italliance.com/events/meeting-calendar/

Enterprise Software Podcast Episode 153 – Conference Slowdowns and Orlando Showdowns

 

Cloud Wars Expo

Solve My ERP Problems

Acu-Connect 2022

Community Summit NA

Sage Transform

Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center

PowerGP Online Party at #SummitNA 2022

Microsoft names a new Chief Partner Officer

New Azure Data Conference debuting this December

Enterprise Software Podcast Episode 152 – SYSPRO CEO Scott Hebert and Dispelling ERP Myths

Scott Hebert, CEO | SYSPRO USA

LinkedIn / Twitter (personal) / Twitter (corporate) / SYSPRO profile

https://us.syspro.com

Scott’s Top 5 ERP myths:

  1. My company is too small for an ERP
  2. An ERP should fit your existing processes
  3. ERP projects are owned by IT departments  
  4. An ERP will eliminate departmental silos
  5. It’s hard to get insight from ERP data

 

The Beachcomber | Mutt Lynch’s

Joe Satriani | Chickenfoot

Dawn Gorey | Gavin Verreyne

 

Many thanks to Todd Perlman for connecting us with Scott!