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WBSP852: Scale Growth by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Mar 2026, Ep 50, an Objective Panel Discussion

• Sam Gupta • Episode 852

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Recent developments across the enterprise software landscape underscore a dual narrative of rapid AI-driven innovation alongside growing skepticism around how value is measured and delivered. Critiques such as the limited practical relevance of metrics like AWU from Salesforce highlight the disconnect that can emerge between vendor messaging and CIO priorities, even as the broader ecosystem accelerates toward agentic and automated capabilities. Companies like Incubeta and Intentsify are expanding data-driven and agentic offerings, while Klaviyo integrates with ChatGPT to embed conversational intelligence into marketing workflows. Enterprise application vendors are also advancing domain-specific innovation, with Unanet targeting GovCon growth automation, Aptean enhancing routing intelligence, and Oracle and Sage introducing AI-driven enhancements across financial services and ERP platforms such as Sage X3. Meanwhile, partnerships like Cognizant with Uniphore and acquisitions such as ActiveCampaign acquiring Feedback Intelligence reinforce a broader trend: enterprise systems are increasingly converging around AI-infused automation, but buyers must remain vigilant in distinguishing substantive capabilities from surface-level innovation narratives.

In today's episode, we invited a panel of industry analysts for a live discussion on LinkedIn to analyze current enterprise software stories. We covered many grounds, including the direction and roadmaps of each enterprise software vendor. Finally, we analyzed future trends and how they might shape the enterprise software industry.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usuYQZcFrRQ

Questions for Panelists?

🔗Sam Gupta: linkedin.com/in/samguptausa/
🔗Robert Kramer: linkedin.com/in/robert-kramer-58239b22/
🔗Charles Brennan: linkedin.com/in/charles-brennan-048901132/
🔗Michael Fauscette: linkedin.com/in/mfauscette/
🔗Brian Jackson: linkedin.com/in/urbanpaddler/

Background Soundtrack: Away From You – Mauro Somm

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