The Enterprise Edge

The "SaaS is dead" narrative has been making the rounds - but the numbers just told a very different story. In this episode ofEdgeBytes, we cut through the drama and go straight to the data: Salesforce just closed fiscal 2026 at $41.5 billion in revenue with $72.4 billion in contracted backlog, while Workday posted 13% full-year growth and nearly 20%cash flow expansion. These aren't the metrics of a dying category - t...

What does a 116-year-old almond cooperative and cutting-edge enterprise AI have in common? More than you'd expect. In this episode of The Enterprise Edge podcast, host Mark Vigoroso sits down with Steven Birgfeld, VP of Information Technology and Services at Blue Diamond Growers - the iconic brand behind Almond Breeze and those ubiquitous snack nuts - for a rare, candid look at enterprise transformation from the practitioner...

What if your office building could read the room - literally? In this episode of The Enterprise Edge podcast, host Mark Vigoroso sits down with Bob Cicero, Cisco's Americas Future-Proofed Workplace Director and a 25-year company veteran who joined the company during the dot-com boom and never stopped taking calculated risks. Bob pulls back the curtain on how Cisco's own flagship office in Penn One, New York achieved a 5X in...

NEW EdgeBytes Episode from The Enterprise Edge: Trust is no longer a compliance checkbox. It's a strategic asset. At the recent 2026 Munich Security Conference, two announcements signal a turning point for enterprise AI, defense modernization, and digital sovereignty - and they deserve our attention and analysis.1. The Trusted Tech Alliance - 15 global tech giants (Microsoft, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Anthropic, SAP,...

EdgeBytes Episode 2 from The Enterprise Edge: The Enterprise Software Reckoning. The current enterprise software tailspin isn't what you think it is.36,165 tech jobs lost in just 6 weeks of 2026. Salesforce cutting 1,000. Workday down another 400. Amazon slashing 16,000 corporate roles.But these aren't failing companies. They're profitable enterprises making high-stakes bets. In this latest episode of EdgeBytes, I break...

5-minute POV on recent announcements from ServiceNow...First, Panasonic Avionics Corporation - the company that puts entertainment systems in your airplane seat - just ripped out legacy CRM and went all-in on ServiceNow's AI-powered platform to manage 300 airline customers. And ServiceNow and Anthropic just announced a deep partnership integrating Claude directly into the Now Platform. More evidence that Bill McDermott and team...

Paul Baier didn't just survive the dot-com crash - he learned lessons that make him uniquely qualified to cut through today's AI hype. Now CEO of GAI Insights and Harvard Business School Executive Fellow, Baier helps Fortune 500s and startups answer the question boards are finally demanding: "Show me the actual numbers." In this conversation, we go beyond the buzzwords. Baier reveals what "AI-hybrid organizat...

Forget the tired playbook of relentless growth-at-all-costs; Leanne Taylor, Chief Revenue Officer at SYSPRO, dismantles the myth that bigger is always better in this essential episode of The Enterprise Edge. With the precision of someone who's built revenue engines across continents, Taylor reveals why "growth for growth's sake is actually a recipe for disaster" and argues that the most dangerous thing leaders can...

Close out 2025 with a front-row seat to the future of enterprise AI as Workday CTO Peter Bailis reveals how one of enterprise software's most successful platforms is reimagining work itself. In this season finale of The Enterprise Edge podcast, Bailis unpacks Workday's bold "compound AI systems" architecture - a sophisticated approach that's transforming how 11,000 companies worldwide manage their most critica...

In this episode, host Mark Vigoroso sits down with Corey Spencer, General Manager and Global VP of AI at UKG, for a masterclass in enterprise AI strategy. Spencer pulls back the curtain on UKG's groundbreaking Workforce Intelligence Hub - a platform designed to turn decades of siloed HR data into actionable insights - while candidly addressing the industry'sthorniest challenges: AI hallucinations, trust deficits, and the mo...

Join The Enterprise Edge founder and CEO Mark Vigoroso as he sits down with Vignesh Subramanian, Infor's SVP of Product Management overseeing AI, analytics, automation, and platform strategy, for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from the technical to the operational to the personal. Learn why Infor has doubled down on industry-specific SaaS solutions while carefully navigating the hyperscaler game, how agentic AI is resha...

In this episode of The Enterprise Edge podcast, Informatica's EVP and Chief Product Officer Krish Vitaldevara delivers insider perspectives on the Salesforce acquisition - valued at $8 billion - and why it represents a perfect strategic alignment between two companies that share DNA around vendor neutrality and partner-first ecosystems. Fresh from joining Informatica in March after leadership roles at Microsoft, Google, and Net...

Ready to future-proof your business - or risk becoming the next Kodak? In this must-see episode of The Enterprise Edge podcast, founder & CEO Mark Vigoroso sits down with Sunil Ranka, Silicon Valley entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and founder of Predikly, to discuss the urgent reality of agentic AI and automation. Sunil pulls no punches: companies waiting on the sidelines for their competitors to adopt AI are already falling behind...

From talking teddy bears to transforming enterprise customer experiences, ⁠Philipp Heltewig⁠'s journey is nothing short of remarkable. As the newly appointed Chief AI Officer at ⁠NiCE⁠ (a $3 billion customer experience giant), following their acquisition of his company Cognigy, Phil reveals the fascinating origin story of how building AI software for a speaking teddy bear unexpectedly launched a 9-year mission to revolutionize how ...

Discover how two powerhouses are reimagining enterprise finance in the age of AI. In this episode of The Enterprise Edge podcast, recorded live from Oracle AI World 2025 in Las Vegas, host Mark Vigoroso sits down with Sam Yen, Global Head of Enterprise Application Solutions for JP Morgan Payments, to explore the cutting edge of treasury transformation. Learn how JP Morgan and Oracle are moving beyond proof-of-concepts to deliver re...

Discover how AI is revolutionizing supply chain management in this must-listen episode of The Enterprise Edge podcast, recorded live at Oracle AI World 2025. Host Mark Vigoroso sits down with Derek Gittoes, Oracle's Vice President of Supply Chain Management with 25 years of industry experience, to explore the seismic shift happening across global supply chains. Learn how AI agents are compressing multi-week analytical exercises...

Go behind the scenes of Oracle's groundbreaking new user experience in this fascinating conversation with Jenny Lam, Senior Vice President of User Experience Design at Oracle. Recording live from Oracle AI World 2025 in Las Vegas, this episode reveals how Oracle's design team spent years crafting the future of enterprise software - waiting for technology to finally catch up to their vision. Learn how the newly announced &qu...

Join us on the ground at Oracle AI World 2025 in Las Vegas for an illuminating conversation with Keith Causey, Senior Vice President of ERP Transformation and Development at Oracle. In this essential episode, Keith draws on his unique perspective as both a former Chief Accounting Officer at Caesars Entertainment and current Oracle executive to reveal how AI is fundamentally transforming enterprise finance - moving beyond simple pro...

Discover how Quest Diagnostics is revolutionizing HR through AI in this episode of The Enterprise Edge Podcast, recorded live from Oracle AI World 2025 in Las Vegas. Join host Mark Vigoroso and Hubert Winter, Senior Director of HR Technology at Quest Diagnostics, as they explore the cutting edge of workplace automation and human capital management. From piloting Oracle's new Manager Concierge AI agent to dramatically reducing h...