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Welcome to “Sourcing Enterprise AI,” the podcast where we unravel the intricacies of AI sourcing and explore the latest news in Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on the market.

In this week’s episode, co-hosts John Belden and Kylie Chisholm discuss some of the most pressing AI news as of late. From Oracle's push of "free" AI capabilities to the US government's ban of Microsoft Copilot and the EU's updated AI laws, we help IT and Procurement professionals understand how these news events could impact their AI strategy moving forward.

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Welcome to “Sourcing Enterprise AI,” the podcast where we unravel the intricacies of AI sourcing and explore the latest news in Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on the market.

In this week’s episode, co-hosts John Belden and Kylie Chisholm sit down with UpperEdge's Salesforce Practice Leader, Adam Mansfield, to discuss Salesforce's recent AI offering - Einstein Copilot. They discuss what Einstein Copilot is, how much Einstein Copilot costs, and the leverage customers have if they want to adopt Einstein Copilot.

For a more tailored conversation that considers your organization's unique needs, reach out to Adam (amansfield@upperedge.com) or explore our Salesforce Advisory Services to learn more about how we can help.




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Welcome to “Sourcing Enterprise AI,” the podcast where we unravel the intricacies of AI sourcing and explore the latest news in Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on the market.

In this week’s episode, co-hosts John Belden and Kylie Chisholm are discussing how executives can better capture and communicate the value of AI. AI will be an inevitable part of enterprise organizations' roadmaps moving forward, but executives are challenged with articulating the value to drive AI adoption and use. John talks through the four channels of AI value that IT execs need to understand and gives next steps on communicating the value of AI to their teams.

For a more tailored conversation that considers your organization's unique needs, reach out to one of our expert advisors to book a discussion:


SAP - Chip Hanna (channa@upperedge.com)
Phase 0 / SI - Justin Parker (jparker@upperedge.com) and Sam Bayaa (sbayaa@upperedge.com)
Oracle & Workday - Jeff Lazarto (jlazarto@upperedge.com)
Microsoft, Salesforce, & ServiceNow - Adam Mansfield (amansfield@upperedge.com)
It Cost Optimization - Greg Hall (ghall@upperedge.com)

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Welcome to “Sourcing Enterprise AI,” the podcast where we unravel the intricacies of AI sourcing and explore the latest news in Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on the market.

In this week’s episode, co-hosts John Belden and Kylie Chisholm are discussing the trends we are anticipating in 2024 for Generative AI's role in ERP implementations. From advising against sole source evaluations to unexpected delays in the implementation process, John gives specific customer recommendations for those navigating an ERP implementation with Generative AI technology.

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Welcome to “Sourcing Enterprise AI,” the podcast where we unravel the intricacies of AI sourcing and explore the latest news in Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on the market.

In this week’s episode, co-hosts John Belden and Kylie Chisholm are discussing the recent lawsuit The New York Times brought against OpenAI and Microsoft. John lays out the circumstances that led to the lawsuit, what The Times is claiming in their legal documents, and how this lawsuit differs from the other legal issues we have seen in the Generative AI industry.

Read the full lawsuit here – ⁠https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf

Read OpenAI's response here - https://openai.com/blog/openai-and-journalism

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Welcome to “Sourcing Enterprise AI,” the podcast where we unravel the intricacies of AI sourcing and explore the latest news in Artificial Intelligence and its potential impact on the market.

In this week’s episode, co-hosts John Belden and Kylie Chisholm are joined by UpperEdge's Microsoft Practice Leader, Adam Mansfield, to discuss the recent launch of Copilot for Microsoft 365. Adam discusses Microsoft's go-forward AI strategy, how they will push this Copilot on customers, and what MSFT customers need to do to prepare for their upcoming negotiations in light of all this.


UpperEdge’s team of Microsoft experts is staying at the forefront of new products like Microsoft 365 Copilot while working with customers to ensure they negotiate the right deal with Microsoft whether in-term or as part of a larger EA renewal. Learn more about how we can help you achieve a Best-In-Class deal by exploring our Microsoft Advisory Services.

Check out Adam's blog post for more on Copilot for Microsoft365 -
Microsoft 365 Copilot: What Enterprise Customers Need to Know

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