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Innovation & Leadership

The New SAP: Klein Forges Data, M&A, Pricing, Partnerships into AI Powerhouse

Bob EvansMay 12, 2026
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SAP’s AI Plan: Data, Pricing, M&A, Partnerships

Bob EvansMay 12, 2026

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Innovation & Leadership

The New SAP: Klein Forges Data, M&A, Pricing, Partnerships into AI Powerhouse

By Bob EvansMay 12, 2026

CEO Christian Klein has been aggressively forging a new SAP via acquisitions in the data field, a shift to consumption pricing, and AI-centered partnerships.

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SAP’s AI Plan: Data, Pricing, M&A, Partnerships

By Bob EvansMay 12, 2026

SAP’s AI plan includes strategic partnerships and acquisitions as well as major shifts toward consumption pricing and customer alignment.

AI and Copilots

Microsoft Extends Reach of Copilot Cowork to Mobile Devices and New Data Sources

By Tom SmithMay 11, 2026

New feature rollout includes support for tapping — or building — reusable skills that Cowork can invoke to complete a task or workflow on a user’s behalf.

AI and Copilots

Event Moment: Sachin Gandhi Says Copilot Is Becoming the New Enterprise Interface

By Kieron AllenMay 11, 2026

Sachin Gandhi explains how Copilot is evolving into the enterprise interface, enabling agentic workflows that automate processes and turn business data into real-time knowledge.

Cloud Wars Minute

Workday CEO: Aneel Bhusri Unplugged + Fired Up

By Bob EvansMay 11, 2026

Aneel Bhusri is back as Workday CEO and focused on turning the company into an AI-first, agentic enterprise software powerhouse.

AI and Copilots

Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri Says AI Will Replace Labor, Not Software

By Bob EvansMay 11, 2026

A conversation about enterprise AI readiness, governance challenges, and the next major growth opportunity in intelligent business applications.

AI and Copilots

OpenAI Moves Closer to ‘Super App’ Vision as Codex Expands Into Agentic, Cross-Platform AI System

By Kieron AllenMay 8, 2026

OpenAI’s latest Codex upgrades show the company rapidly evolving from standalone AI tools toward a unified “super app” where persistent AI agents can work across apps, retain memory, automate workflows, and increasingly act on behalf of users.

AI and Copilots

Microsoft Outlines Security, Governance, and Interoperability Features Coming to Agent 365

By Tom SmithMay 8, 2026

As initial release of ‘control plane’ becomes widely available, Microsoft is expanding agent registry, Shadow AI protections, and threat detection capabilities.

AI and Copilots

Event Moment: Microsoft’s James Oleinik Describes the Shift From Using AI to Delegating Work

By Kieron AllenMay 8, 2026

Microsoft’s James Oleinik explains how enterprise AI is shifting from a human-driven assistant to systems that independently execute work on behalf of users.

Cloud Wars Minute

How Workday Is Using AI to Transform Employee Engagement and Retention

By Kieron AllenMay 8, 2026

Workday and Achievers are bringing AI-powered behavioral intelligence into HCM, helping enterprises strengthen engagement, productivity, and employee retention through integrated recognition tools.

Cloud Wars Minute

Palantir Q1: Extraordinary Growth Battling ‘AI Slop’

By Bob EvansMay 7, 2026

Alexander Karp says Palantir is fighting “AI slop” by delivering disciplined, measurable, and outcome-focused AI solutions for enterprise customers.

Copilot Podcast

AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Why Software Design Needs to Place Agents on Par With Humans

By Tom SmithMay 7, 2026

Brent Wodicka, CTO of AIS, explains how ISVs and corporate software developers need to build ‘agent-friendly pathways’ to software platforms to enable autonomous actions.

AI and Copilots

Palantir’s 85% Q1 Growth Reshapes AI Expectations, Creates Wild AI Categories

By Bob EvansMay 7, 2026

Palantir delivered extraordinary Q1 results while arguing that enterprise AI must evolve beyond “software” into fully governed AI infrastructure capable of delivering measurable, auditable, and operational business outcomes at scale.

AI and Copilots

Oracle Advances AI Database Strategy with Near-Zero Downtime and Post-Quantum Security

By Kieron AllenMay 6, 2026

Oracle’s latest AI Database updates deliver faster failover, improved uptime, and zero data loss capabilities. With new security tools and quantum-resistant encryption, enterprises can run mission-critical AI workloads more securely and efficiently.

AI and Copilots

Event Moment: Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar Explains Why Agentic AI Is the Next Enterprise Shift

By Kieron AllenMay 6, 2026

Dona Sarkar explains how the shift from generative AI to agentic AI is redefining enterprise systems through self-correcting, multi-agent collaboration.

Cloud Wars Minute

OpenAI Gains Freedom as Microsoft Restructures Landmark AI Alliance

By Kieron AllenMay 6, 2026

Microsoft and OpenAI restructure their landmark partnership, enabling broader competition while maintaining strategic ties, signaling a major shift in how AI alliances will evolve across the global cloud ecosystem.

Cloud

AWS AI Growing 260X Faster than Early-Stage Cloud, Says Andy Jassy

By Bob EvansMay 5, 2026

AWS’s AI business has surged to a $20B run rate in just three years, vastly outpacing its early cloud growth. However, competitors like Google Cloud and Microsoft are growing faster, raising questions about AWS’s long-term dominance.

Cloud

How Gemini Enterprise Is Driving Internal Innovation at KPMG | Cloud Wars Live

By Cloud Wars LiveMay 5, 2026

Enterprise AI success depends on balancing fast innovation with strong governance, and integrated platforms make that easier to achieve.

Cloud Wars Minute

AWS’s Awesome AI Acceleration: Still Falling Behind

By Bob EvansMay 5, 2026

AWS’s AI business is scaling rapidly, yet rivals are outpacing it in both growth and future revenue pipelines.

Cloud

Hyperscaler Backlog Soars to $2 Trillion: Greatest Growth Market World Has Ever Known!

By Bob EvansMay 4, 2026

Google Cloud, Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS now hold more than $2 trillion in combined backlog and RPO, revealing massive contracted demand for AI and cloud services that will convert into future revenue.

AI and Copilots

Microsoft Accelerates Toward an Agentic Copilot Future Inspired by OpenClaw-Style AI Systems

By Kieron AllenMay 4, 2026

The rise of OpenClaw has pushed Microsoft to evolve Copilot beyond chat-based AI into a fully agentic platform, blending automation, coordination, and enterprise-grade governance within Microsoft 365.

Cloud Wars Minute

Hyperscaler Backlog Hits $2 Trillion!

By Bob EvansMay 4, 2026

Hyperscalers hit a $2 trillion backlog milestone, signaling unprecedented AI demand while exposing capacity constraints that could reshape infrastructure strategies across Microsoft, AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle.

Innovation & Leadership

Google Cloud Blows AWS Away on Q1 Backlog, Revenue Growth

By Bob EvansMay 1, 2026

Google Cloud’s explosive AI-driven growth is reshaping cloud momentum, challenging AWS’s long-held leadership despite its larger market scale.

AI and Copilots

AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: AI Boosts Compliance, Accelerates Cloud ERP Transformations

By Tom SmithMay 1, 2026

Deloitte partner says most organizations are still in the transition phase of tapping AI in their ERP environments, but the technology can improve data consistency and improve financial compliance.

Copilot Podcast

AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Inside Microsoft’s Vision for AI Agents and the Future of Work

By Bob EvansMay 1, 2026

A major barrier to AI adoption isn’t willingness but governance, as leaders seek secure, observable, and controllable systems to confidently deploy AI across enterprise environments.

Cloud Wars Minute

Google Cloud Blowout Q1 Proves Why It’s #1, AWS #7

By Bob EvansMay 1, 2026

Google Cloud’s explosive Q1 growth and backlog dominance highlight a major shift in cloud leadership, overtaking AWS as AI-driven demand reshapes competitive dynamics among hyperscalers.

Cloud

Why Google Public Sector Built Commercial Cloud for Government Agencies | Cloud Wars Live

By Cloud Wars LiveApril 30, 2026

Open cloud strategies and agentic AI are helping public sector organizations modernize faster without costly vendor lock-in.

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AI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Why Software Design Needs to Place Agents on Par With Humans

Brent Wodicka, CTO of AIS, explains how ISVs and corporate software developers need to build ‘agent-friendly pathways’ to software platforms to enable autonomous actions.

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