Jon Reed has been building enterprise communities since 1995. These days, Jon is a roving blogger/analyst. He also advises vendors and startups on reaching today's informed enterprise buyer, now that the sales funnel is discredited (his new d-book on this topic, Reaching the B2B Informed Buyer - The Case for a Different Framework, is ready for your consumption). He is a diginomica co-founder, Enterprise Irregular, and a purveyor of multi-media content.

Jon is an advocate for media over marketing; he sees diginomica as a chance to disrupt tech media, with the BS-weary enterprise reader in mind. Jon's signature weekly column, Enterprise Hits and Misses, is a punchy enterprise review for readers who enjoy puncturing hype balloons.

Jon's core areas include the problem of CX, the pursuit of AI/analytics ROI, work futures/skills development, and the realities of transformation efforts. Lately, he's been documenting the art - and perils - of hybrid event design.

Articles by Jon Reed

Sapphire Orlando '23 - Hitachi Energy's logistics lessons from its global SAP Business Network project This article is sponsored by:

SAP Sapphire Orlando brought some major global projects into the spotlight. Hitachi's global S/4HANA and SAP Business Network for Logistics project is one example. But how does a multi-year initiative keep momentum? Here's what I learned.

Andrejas Jerkovic of Hitachi Energy at SAP Sapphire

Enterprise hits and misses - retailers search for their omni-channel swagger, and generative AI is everywhere as enterprise event season hits fever pitch This article is sponsored by:

This week - Walmart and Target seek that elusive omni-channel balance, but with different results. Toxic workplaces remain an impediment to talent retention. Enterprise event season hits a supersonic pace - and the diginomica team fans out to sort the substance from the AI hype festival.

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Sapphire Orlando '23 - are SAP's AI ambitions in line with customer priorities? Inside the SAP SuccessFactors generative AI news This article is sponsored by:

Didn't get enough about SAP's AI plans from the keynotes? Want more specifics on the strategy and timeframe? You've come to the right place, as I dig deeper into SAP's generative AI news for SuccessFactors with SAP's Meg Bear.

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"Zero tolerance" for hallucinations - Dr. Vishal Sikka on how Vianai builds AI applications, and the mixed emotions of the AI hype cycle This article is sponsored by:

Dr. Vishal Sikka was knee deep in AI long before generative AI was a thing. So what does he make of the vortex of AI hype and possibility? Where does he stand on the ethical implications? And what breakthroughs are Vianai, his AI company, achieving?

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Enterprise hits and misses - the modern data stack is messy, content marketing needs to change, and developers put AI to the test This article is sponsored by:

This week - the modern data stack is trending, but data quality remains a sticking point. Developers put generative AI to the hands-on test, but IT pros still need to get out more. To reach today's buyer, marketing must change. Plus: your weekly whiffs.

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Planful Perform 2023 - CEO Grant Halloran on the real impact of AI for finance - and why generative AI hype doesn't deserve a press release This article is sponsored by:

Wait - no generative AI hype festival at Planful Perform this year? No LLM-is-cool press release? As Planful Perform kicked off, I talked with CEO Grant Halloran about what really matters to customers - including Planful's own AI progress.

Planful CEO Grant Halloran

Reaching the informed B2B buyer - our new publication explains why marketers are getting it wrong, and what to do about it This article is sponsored by:

Just how informed is the typical B2B buyer? How is enterprise buying changing - and why is content marketing falling short? Those are a few of the questions that sparked our new d·book on reaching the B2B Informed Buyer. Here's why I wrote it.

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Enterprise hits and misses - AI disrupts education, tech spending gets a pulse check, and hybrid events get scorched This article is sponsored by:

This week - AI is disrupting education, but to what extent? ChatGPT takes over an enterprise blog - for one post. Tech services spending points to a slowdown, and hybrid events need a serious rethink. Oh, and diginomica is ten years old... The secrets of our longevity are revealed.

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Zoholics 2023 - Zoho unveils its generative AI news, but does it co-exist with customer data privacy? This article is sponsored by:

No surprise - Zoho made its generative AI plans known today. But given Zoho's uncompromising approach to customer data privacy, maybe we should be a little surprised. Prior to Zoholics Austin, I pressed the questions with Zoho's Raju Vegesna.

Raju Vegesna of Zoho at Zoholics

Enterprise hits and misses - Bed Bath & Beyond hits the retail wall, cloud vendors meet headwinds, and the generative AI era rolls on This article is sponsored by:

This week - it's curtains for Bed, Bath & Beyond - but why? Cloud vendors face the macro-economic headwinds, while consumer sentiment is a mixed bag. The enterprise continues to grapple with generative AI. As always, your whiffs.

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Debating the automation skills paradox - can we democraticize enterprise automation? Automation Anywhere weighs in This article is sponsored by:

What does advanced automation look like? And is the automation skills paradox a barrier to widespread organizational adoption? To get to the heart of it, I had an in-depth dialogue with Automation Anywhere, including demo evaluations. Here's what I learned.

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Enterprise hits and misses - enterprise software is legacy, and the impact of AI on jobs is overrated This article is sponsored by:

This week - is enterprise software on its last legs, with AI utilities taking over? Speaking of AI, is the job loss impact underrated, or overrated? Supply chain transformation is criticized; your whiffs include a very enthusiastic defense of the Metaverse.

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