This Week in Enterprise Tech

In this podcast episode, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess the biggest tech news for the CIO:

1. Salesforce Hypes AI Success But Agentic Demand Still Lags
2. IDC Launches AI-Based TechMatch for Software Selection
3. IBM Plans to Acquire DataStax, Finishes Acquiring HashiCorp
4. Take This Open Source Tech and Fork It
5. RIP Skype: August 29, 2003 - May 5, 2025
6. Overcommit and Don’t Invest: Microsoft Cuts Data Center Leases
7. Wasabi Reports Data Center Costs Out Of Control
8. Pew: Only 12% of Workers are Trained on AI
9. Sergey Brin Wants Googlers In the Office Five Days a Week
10. DOGE Shuts Down 18F, An Agency that Cut Software Costs

Sources:

Salesforce Hypes AI Success But Agentic Demand Still Lags

Roberto Torres of CIO Dive: https://tinyurl.com/AgentforceQ425

Tom Krazit of Runtime News: https://tinyurl.com/SlowAIDemand

IDC Launches AI-Based TechMatch for Software Selection

CIO.com: https://tinyurl.com/TechMatchLaunch

IBM Plans to Acquire DataStax, Finishes Acquiring HashiCorp

Datastax: https://tinyurl.com/DatastaxAcq

LinkedIn Response: https://tinyurl.com/ProdAIAccel

Take This Open Source Tech and Fork It

The Register: https://tinyurl.com/OSSForkIt

RIP Skype: August 29, 2003 - May 5, 2025

Microsoft: https://tinyurl.com/ByeSkype

Overcommit and Don’t Invest: Microsoft Cuts Data Center Leases

Morningstar: https://tinyurl.com/MSDCLeases2

Wasabi Reports Data Center Costs Out Of Control

Wasabi: https://tinyurl.com/WasabiDCCost

Pew: Only 12% of Workers are Trained on AI

CIO Dive: https://tinyurl.com/AIWorkerTraining

Sergey Brin Wants Google Workers In the Office Five Days a Week

https://tinyurl.com/BrinRTO

DOGE Shuts Down 18F, an Agency That Cut Software Costs

Wired: https://tinyurl.com/Wired18F

Silicon Angle: https://tinyurl.com/SA18F

Mark Cuban’s take: https://tinyurl.com/MarkCuban18F

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights