The Enterprise Edge

Mark Vigoroso, Founder and CEO, The Enterprise Edge | ex-CEO, CMO, CRO, CCO

Globally syndicated podcast on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and iHeart Radio with 60,000+ cross-industry business and tech leaders learning from the world’s enterprise technology innovators and pace-setters - ISVs, ERPs, GSIs, PEs, VCs and end-user CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, COOs - as they race to incorporate software, automation, services and emerging technologies like generative and agentic AI, IoT, hybrid cloud infrastructure and even quantum computing to transform business functions across all industries. Want to be a podcast guest? Email us at vigtee5ai@gmail.com and join the conversation!

  1. EdgeBytes | Enterprise AI Minus Friction: Turning Cost, Data, and Control into Value Velocity | 4.02.26

    6 H FA

    EdgeBytes | Enterprise AI Minus Friction: Turning Cost, Data, and Control into Value Velocity | 4.02.26

    Three major enterprise tech vendor moves landed within daysof each other: SAP acquiring Reltio, IBM closing an $11 billion deal for Confluent, and IFS scrapping user-based pricing entirely - and the common thread is the removal of friction en route to enterprise AI value realization. This episode of EdgeBytes breaks down what each move actually means: SAPbetting that data integrity, not the AI model itself, is the real competitive moat; IBM assembling a real-time data backbone for its watsonx stack; and IFS making a fundamental argument that in an agentic world, you price the work, notthe workers. Taken together, they point to the same conclusion: enterprise AI stalls when cost, data, or execution create friction, and the tech vendors that remove that friction fastest will lead the next era of enterprise transformation.Stream this timely episode now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT!

    11 min
  2. EdgeBytes | Enterprise Tech Org Moves Reveal AI Economics Will Beat Scientific Feats | 3.26.26

    26 MAR

    EdgeBytes | Enterprise Tech Org Moves Reveal AI Economics Will Beat Scientific Feats | 3.26.26

    In this EdgeBytes episode, host Mark Vigoroso decodes threequiet but seismic operator moves - OpenAI's new revenue leadership hire, Atlassian's bold decision to cut 10% of its workforce to self-fund AI investment, and MongoDB's strategic CRO appointment - and connects the dots toone unavoidable conclusion: enterprise AI has crossed the threshold from experimentation to economic accountability, and the tech buyers and operators that don't reposition now will be left managing the gap between what they spent and what they actually got. Backed by hard data, including a global AI investment trajectory surpassing $500 billion, Vigoroso delivers the kind of pattern recognition that turns headline noise into boardroom-ready clarity, whether you're a CEO rethinking where AI sits in your value chain, a CFObuilding governance around consumption-based models, or a CIO architecting for speed to scale. Stream it now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT!

    11 min
  3. EdgeBytes | From Apps to Agents: The Race to Own the Enterprise Operating Layer | 3.21.26

    21 MAR

    EdgeBytes | From Apps to Agents: The Race to Own the Enterprise Operating Layer | 3.21.26

    If you want to understand where enterprise software isactually heading - not the marketing narrative, but the structural reality - this EdgeBytes episode connects the dots: a $100M-valued startup redefining software as a prompt, a projected $600B M&A surge compressing the mid-market, and NVIDIA quietly positioning itself as the foundation beneath it all. The Enterprise Edge Founder & CEO, Mark Vigoroso breaks down what this convergence means for control of data, speed of execution, and the future economics of enterprise platforms - backed by real market data from McKinsey and Deloitte and grounded in how leading vendors like Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow are actually deploying AI today. If you’re a CEO, CFO, CIO - or a vendor trying to stay relevant - this isn’t optional viewing. It’s a clear, fact-based lens on who’s gaining leverage, who’s losing it, andwhat you need to do next to keep your enterprise operating at the pace the market now demands. Stream it now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT!

    10 min
  4. EdgeBytes | IBM’s Dual Bet: Scaling Enterprise AI While Rewriting the Compute Stack | 3.18.26

    18 MAR

    EdgeBytes | IBM’s Dual Bet: Scaling Enterprise AI While Rewriting the Compute Stack | 3.18.26

    Beneath IBM’s recently announced expanded NVIDIA collaboration and a quantum-centric supercomputing blueprint lies a single, disciplined strategy: own the orchestration layer of enterprise AI, where infrastructure, models, governance, and data converge, and then extend thatcontrol point into the next era of computing before competitors can follow. While hyperscalers commoditize horizontal platforms and model providers chase consumption economics, IBM is betting on a narrower but more durable position - meeting enterprises where their data actually lives, embedding AI into existing workflows rather than demanding wholesale transformation, and quietly laying quantum architecture into enterprise systems long before it becomescommercially decisive. It's a time-arbitrage play, and the executives who recognize it - CEOs reframing AI as an operating model question, CFOs demandingP&L-traceable returns, and CIOs designing for hybrid interoperability - will be far better positioned than those still debating which model to buy. Stream this EdgeBytes episode now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE and COMMENT!

    10 min
  5. EdgeBytes: Two Supply Chain Tales Reinforce Arrival of Systems of Action

    14 MAR

    EdgeBytes: Two Supply Chain Tales Reinforce Arrival of Systems of Action

    In this episode of EdgeBytes from The Enterprise Edge®,Mark Vigoroso examines two recent announcements from IFS and Blue Yonder that highlight a structural shift underway in supply chain technology. As enterprises move beyond forecasting dashboards toward AI-driven systems thatobserve, decide, and execute in real time, the center of gravity is shifting from planning to operational action. With global transportation costs often consuming 5–10% of revenue and AI spending in supply chain projected to exceed $20B by 2028, platforms that compress the time between operational signal and financial outcome are becoming strategic assets. This episode unpacks how IFS.ai Logistics and Blue Yonder’s agentic AI architecture reflect that shift, what it means for competitors like SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and Kinaxis, and why the next era of supply chain advantage will be defined by decision velocity, closed-loop execution, and economic resilience. Stream it now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE and COMMENT!

    12 min
  6. EdgeBytes from The Enterprise Edge®: Frontier and Cowork: The Rise of AI Workforces and the Next Enterprise Architecture Paradigm | 3.11.26

    11 MAR

    EdgeBytes from The Enterprise Edge®: Frontier and Cowork: The Rise of AI Workforces and the Next Enterprise Architecture Paradigm | 3.11.26

    In this episode of EdgeBytes, Mark Vigoroso breaks down two moves reshaping the enterprise AI landscape: OpenAI's Frontier - already in play at Fortune 500 giants like Intuit, Uber, and State Farm, compressing six-week manufacturing cycles down to a single day - and Anthropic's Claude Cowork, the AI that doesn't just assist, it executes. We're not talkingchatbots. We're talking a three-layer AI workforce architecture: embedded agents inside your ERP and CRM, orchestration platforms spanning your entire tech stack, and digital knowledge workers handling strategy, analysis, andreporting like a tireless analyst who never sleeps. Mark also introduces Value Physics - a sharp new framework that reframes why most AI transformations fail (spoiler: it's not the model, it's the friction). Whether you're a CIO, a strategy leader, or just trying to make sense of where enterprise software is actually headed, this is the signal you've been waiting for. Watch it. Share it. Then ask yourself: what's slowing your AI value down?

    10 min
  7. EdgeBytes: The AI Compute Land Grab: Oracle’s $553B Signal | 3.10.26

    10 MAR

    EdgeBytes: The AI Compute Land Grab: Oracle’s $553B Signal | 3.10.26

    In this EdgeBytes episode, host Mark Vigoroso breaks down Oracle's blockbuster Q3 earnings report - including a staggering $553 billion in Remaining Performance Obligations, up 325% year over year - and explains why that number is far more than a financial headline. It's a forward signal that the enterprise AI market has shifted from experimentation to industrial-scale infrastructure commitment. Mark brings his unique Revenue Physics framework to decode what Oracle's customer wins - from Argonne National Laboratory to Louis Vuitton to SoftBank - reveal about the real mechanics of AI-driven growth: sovereign infrastructure, multi-cloud architecture, and the race for GPU capacity. Whether you're a CEO evaluating your AI strategy, a CIO rethinking your cloud architecture, or a CFO measuring the ROI of technology investment, this episode delivers the kind of rigorous, signal-over-noise analysis that turns complex earnings data into actionable business intelligence. Stream it now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE and COMMENT!

    12 min
  8. EdgeBytes: How ServiceNow and SAP Are Rewiring Enterprise Value from AI Hype to Throughput | 3.09.26

    9 MAR

    EdgeBytes: How ServiceNow and SAP Are Rewiring Enterprise Value from AI Hype to Throughput | 3.09.26

    In this episode of EdgeBytes, we provide our measured analysis and recommendations based recent announcements from SAP and ServiceNow. ServiceNow is deploying autonomous agents in telecom and government with real,measurable results - Bell Canada's 25% faster customer response times and the City of Raleigh's 98% AI deflection rate - and SAP is making a bold organizational bet, creating a new Customer Value Group and appointing a Chief Customer Officer to collapse the wall between selling and delivering. But the deeper story connecting both moves can be clearly seen through the lens of Value Physics, the idea that enterprise value doesn't compound when AI is merelyinformative - it compounds when AI removes friction from the workflow itself. In Value Physics terms – encapsulated by the equation, Enterprise Value = [(Acceleration − Friction) / Mass] × Velocity - both ServiceNow and SAP are attacking the same variable: friction. We unpack what these moves reveal aboutwhere the enterprise stack is heading in 2026 - away from AI as a feature and toward AI as a governed operating model that is embedded, adopted, and economically captured. If you're a CEO, CIO, or CFO trying to turn AI investment into real operating leverage, this one's for you. Stream it now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE, and COMMENT!

    13 min
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Descrizione

Globally syndicated podcast on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and iHeart Radio with 60,000+ cross-industry business and tech leaders learning from the world’s enterprise technology innovators and pace-setters - ISVs, ERPs, GSIs, PEs, VCs and end-user CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, COOs - as they race to incorporate software, automation, services and emerging technologies like generative and agentic AI, IoT, hybrid cloud infrastructure and even quantum computing to transform business functions across all industries. Want to be a podcast guest? Email us at vigtee5ai@gmail.com and join the conversation!

Informazioni

  • Creatore
    Mark Vigoroso, Founder and CEO, The Enterprise Edge | ex-CEO, CMO, CRO, CCO
  • Anni di attività
    2025 - 2026
  • Puntate
    46
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti adatti a tutti
  • Copyright
    © Mark Vigoroso, Founder and CEO, The Enterprise Edge | ex-CEO, CMO, CRO, CCO
  • Sito web del podcast
    The Enterprise Edge