This week, enterprise gurus Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights take on six of the most important topics that should be considered by the CIO Office.  1.  The Wall Street Journal explored how multiple companies have 10x'ed their SaaS vendor portfolios over the last decade. We discuss IT-LOB responsibility splits, key SaaS categories to watch, and adoption trends as well as some representative vendors such as Zylo, Productiv, Vendr, Bettercloud, and Torii. 2.  CNBC pointed out how Salesforce co-founder Parker Harris is more hands on with Slack, which has been both a long-standing priority for CEO Marc Benioff and a revolving door of executives as of late. We discuss the future of software UX & why Generative AI is not enough. 3.   Techcrunch noted a $25 million funding round for EMA which focuses on explicitly selling AI as a virtual employee. We discuss the need for trust and what can be learned from prior attempts over the past decade such as IBM Watson.4.  United States Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announces $10 million for a new NIST AI safety lab. How much will this affect AI standards, governance, and purchasing decisions? We take into account both the Senate's official stance as well as modern governance standards & a Washington Post article on this topic  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/06/nist-ai-safety-lab-decaying/ 5.  The Wall Street Journal explores how market darling Databricks is avoiding the IPO while seeing record sales. We compare Databricks to publicly traded Snowflake and other companies that have successfully increased valuations by prolonging the path to IPO, such as Uber. And we explore how Databricks' private status is helping with AI acquisitions Glean and Mosaic ML. 6.  The MIT Technology Review analyzes how robots are intersecting with AI and enabling humans to explore inaccessible frontiers ranging from deep sea exploration to collaborating with cockroaches. We explore how robotics affect telemedicine, field service, and the future of work as CIOs are held responsible for innovation and empowering employee productivity. This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by: Charles Araujo of The DX Report and Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights

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