Best ASUG Podcasts (2025)

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Equipping Veterans to Become the Next Generation of SAP Professionals 35:54

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Subscribe to ASUG Talks on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Spotify According to the 2025 ASUG Pulse of the SAP Customer Research, over one-third (35%) of respondents indicated that finding employees with the internal skills necessary to manage new technology is a top organizational challenge. As SAP S/4HANA adoption, cloud migration, and the growing …

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Good analysts, bad analysts, and yes, AI - with Hyoun Park 1:04:30

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What makes a good enterprise analyst? There is no one I'd rather ask that Hyoun Park. But then why did Park move away from his analyst firm to work for an emerging AI vendor? (Levelpath). And how will AI change the analyst profession? It's time to mark Hyoun Park's career shift with a send off like no other: an interactive discussion on everything …

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Enterprise Month in Review - AI versus professional services - and a leadership detox 1:07:44

2m ago1:07:44

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Yup, it's time folks - the Enterprise Month in Review is upon us. This time we'll bear down on the so-called AI disruption of professional services and research, with epic special guest Frank Scavo. We'll also get Frank's take on Brian's leadership research reveal, and why we may need a leadership detox - or detox from toxic leaders. As usual, brin…

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Enterprise Month in Review - AI versus professional services - and a leadership detox 1:07:43

6m ago1:07:43

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Yup, it's time folks - the Enterprise Month in Review is upon us. This time we'll bear down on the so-called AI disruption of professional services and research, with epic special guest Frank Scavo. We'll also get Frank's take on Brian's leadership research reveal, and why we may need a leadership detox - or detox from toxic leaders. As usual, brin…

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Enterprise Month in Review - AI versus professional services - and a leadership detox 1:07:43

2h ago1:07:43

1:07:43

Yup, it's time folks - the Enterprise Month in Review is upon us. This time we'll bear down on the so-called AI disruption of professional services and research, with epic special guest Frank Scavo. We'll also get Frank's take on Brian's leadership research reveal, and why we may need a leadership detox - or detox from toxic leaders. As usual, brin…

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Good analysts, bad analysts - and yes, AI 1:04:30

18m ago1:04:30

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What makes a good enterprise analyst? There is no one I'd rather ask that Hyoun Park. But then why did Park move away from his analyst firm to work for an emerging AI vendor? (Levelpath). And how will AI change the analyst profession? It's time to mark Hyoun Park's career shift with a send off like no other: an interactive discussion on everything …

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Good analysts, bad analysts, and yes, AI - with Hyoun Park 1:04:31

18m ago1:04:31

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What makes a good enterprise analyst? There is no one I'd rather ask that Hyoun Park. But then why did Park move away from his analyst firm to work for an emerging AI vendor? (Levelpath). And how will AI change the analyst profession? It's time to mark Hyoun Park's career shift with a send off like no other: an interactive discussion on everything …

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Overcoming Oil & Gas Business Transformation Challenges with SAP 30:18

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Efficiency and safety are critical components of oil and gas operations. As the SAP portfolio expands and evolves, how is the software company still arming its OGE customers with solutions and offerings that enable efficiency and safety? Ahead of their session at ASUG Best Practices (Oct. 6-8; register here) oil and gas industry leaders Justin Lest…

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Executive Interview: Clean Core, ERP Innovation, and Cloud Adoption with Jan Gilg 28:07

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As SAP encourages its customer base to undertaking innovative business transformations--including migrating to the cloud and embracing SAP S/4HANA--ASUG Talks recently sat down with Jan Gilg, Chief Revenue Officer & President for SAP Americas and the SAP Global Business Suite organization. During our conversations, Jan discussed the new "suite-firs…

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Executive Intelligence - UiPath CEO Daniel Dines gets real about agentic AI 26:44

6d ago26:44

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UiPath’s SAP transformation became a use case for automation-first ERP - achieving a 93% clean core and scaling finance 7x revenue without adding headcount. But what does “agentic ERP” really look like in practice? Can AI agents work alongside humans and robots without adding risk? And what lessons can technical founders take from scaling UiPath fr…

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ASUG Talks Special Edition: 2025 Fall Conferences Preview 26:36

8d ago26:36

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ASUG is set to kick off its fall conference season, hosting three events aimed at helping attendees make the most of their SAP investments: SAP for Utilities, Presented by ASUG; ASUG Best Practices; and ASUG Tech Connect. Ahead of these events, ASUG Talks sat down with the three ASUG programmers tasked with creating the agendas for the conferences …

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End of summer SAP blowout - what do customers need, and will fall events deliver? 53:39

23d ago53:39

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As the summer winds down, fall event season is about to heat up, with a slew of events from SAP (and SAP's biggest competitors). But what do customers need from SAP right now? And can fall events deliver on that? How do you get what your team needs from hectic events, without getting lost in the vendor narrative? It's time for another SAP-in-review…

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End of summer SAP blowout - what do customers need, and will fall events deliver? 53:38

9d ago53:38

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As the summer winds down, fall event season is about to heat up, with a slew of events from SAP (and SAP's biggest competitors). But what do customers need from SAP right now? And can fall events deliver on that? How do you get what your team needs from hectic events, without getting lost in the vendor narrative? It's time for another SAP-in-review…

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End of summer SAP blowout - what do customers need, and will fall events deliver? 53:38

13d ago53:38

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As the summer winds down, fall event season is about to heat up, with a slew of events from SAP (and SAP's biggest competitors). But what do customers need from SAP right now? And can fall events deliver on that? How do you get what your team needs from hectic events, without getting lost in the vendor narrative? It's time for another SAP-in-review…

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ASUG Talks Roundtable: Overcoming Large-Scale Supply Chain Disruptions 34:22

28d ago34:22

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Organizations have contended with several "black swan" events in recent years, severely interrupting global supply chains, including the COVID-19 pandemic, global conflicts, trade route disruptions, and now the specter of tariffs. These events have put massive strain on supply chains, increasing prices. Recently at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Confer…

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Executive Intelligence - Sage CTO Aaron Harris on how he built a different kind of AI for finance (and why SaaS is not dead!) 42:42

19d ago42:42

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Sage's 2017 purchase of SaaS finance innovator Intacct has become one of the most improbable acquisition stories in the history of enterprise software. Our hot seat guest, Sage CTO Aaron Harris, was in the middle of all of it. But bringing multi-tenant finance innovation to the rest of Sage was just the beginning. Now SaaS faces a disruptive challe…

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ASUG Talks Roundtable: Unpacking ASUG Cloud and AI Research 22:28

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ASUG recently collaborated with Intel and Microsoft to examine two of the hottest topics in the SAP ecosystem: cloud migration and AI adoption. As SAP continues spurring its customer base to embrace the cloud, citing next-generation AI solutions as a critical benefit to this shift, this research sheds light into how the cloud environments ASUG memb…

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ASUG Talks Roundtable: The Changing Role of Enterprise Architects in Utilities 34:25

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In North America, the utilities industry is contending with shifting customer expectations, growing power demands, and changing technology infrastructure. With the growing importance of AI and cloud solutions, the role of enterprise architects is altering in utility companies. Ahead of their session focused on EAs in utilities at SAP for Utilities,…

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ASUG Talks Roundtable: Inside ASUG's SAP S/4HANA Adoption Research 27:24

2M ago27:24

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SAP S/4HANA officially released 10 years ago. In that decade, SAP has not only encouraged its customer base to embrace the next-generation ERP platform, but it also spurred widespread cloud migration. The ASUG research team has monitored the adoption of both S/4HANA and cloud environments for several years. In this year's research, sponsored by Bea…

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The enterprise month in review - AI recruitment misadventures, and other picks and pans 1:10:33

1M ago1:10:33

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Get ready for another round of enterprise highs and lows, with Brian Sommer and Jon Reed issuing their top picks (and pans) of the month, and unveil another unexpected half-time segment - deconstructing AI and recruiting, with surprise guest Bonnie Tinder of Raven Intel. The three dig into the provocative prediction of the end of recruiters in six …

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The enterprise month in review - AI recruitment misadventures, and other picks and pans 1:10:32

1M ago1:10:32

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Get ready for another round of enterprise highs and lows, with Brian Sommer and Jon Reed issuing their top picks (and pans) of the month, and unveil another unexpected half-time segment - deconstructing AI and recruiting, with surprise guest Bonnie Tinder of Raven Intel. The three dig into the provocative prediction of the end of recruiters in six …

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The enterprise month in review - AI recruitment misadventures, and other picks and pans 1:10:32

1M ago1:10:32

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Get ready for another round of enterprise highs and lows, with Brian Sommer and Jon Reed issuing their top picks (and pans) of the month, and unveil another unexpected half-time segment - deconstructing AI and recruiting, with surprise guest Bonnie Tinder of Raven Intel. The three dig into the provocative prediction of the end of recruiters in six …

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Enterprise keynotes are legacy, and LinkedIn is now the business TikTok? B2B video with Brent Leary 1:01:25

1M ago1:01:25

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Is LinkedIn now the business TikTok? Are keynotes legacy artifacts? And why are Watch Parties the future of enterprise keynotes? Here's the full version of Jon Reed's talk with Brent Leary of CRM Playaz - where we learn why unscripted video content is more trusted - and builds buyer confidence. Note: you don't need the video version for this one, b…

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Enterprise keynotes are legacy, and LinkedIn is now the business TikTok? B2B video with Brent Leary 1:01:24

1M ago1:01:24

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Is LinkedIn now the business TikTok? Are keynotes legacy artifacts? And why are Watch Parties the future of enterprise keynotes? Here's the full version of Jon Reed's talk with Brent Leary of CRM Playaz - where we learn why unscripted video content is more trusted - and builds buyer confidence. Note: you don't need the video version for this one, b…

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Enterprise keynotes are legacy, and LinkedIn is now the business TikTok? B2B video with Brent Leary 1:01:24

1M ago1:01:24

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Is LinkedIn now the business TikTok? Are keynotes legacy artifacts? And why are Watch Parties the future of enterprise keynotes? Here's the full version of Jon Reed's talk with Brent Leary of CRM Playaz - where we learn why unscripted video content is more trusted - and builds buyer confidence. Note: you don't need the video version for this one, b…

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Executive Intelligence - Acumatica CEO John Case on why AI won't kill cloud ERP, if you get verticals right 38:52

2M ago38:52

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Acumatica is at a crossroads - and so is cloud ERP. Acumatica CEO John Case joins diginomica's Jon Reed to take on the tough questions facing ERP vendors: can ERP withstand AI disruptions? Is modern ERP an oxymoron? Why is ERP for industry verticals the new imperative? Case makes his case for Acumatica's differentiating approach.…

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ASUG Talks News Brief: Breaking Down the SAP Q2 2025 Financial Results 19:07

2M ago19:07

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SAP hosted its quarterly financial results call last week. The first since the litany of announcements the software company made at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference in May, the event covered SAP's continuing focus on cloud adoption and innovative AI strategies. But, in keeping with its most recent messaging, SAP also continued articulating how…

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ASUG Talks Roundtable: How Agentic AI is Reshaping the SAP Ecosystem 51:52

2M ago51:52

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AI is innovating at a rapid rate. After generative AI took the ERP ecosystem--and the larger tech industry--by storm in recent years, agentic AI is quickly capturing the attention of the community. It makes sense, as the capabilities enabled by agentic AI solutions are staggering. And SAP is introducing agentic-infused solutions, further enabling i…

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ASUG Talks Roundtable: What ASUG and SAP Research Reveals About Integration 20:10

2M ago20:10

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Dive into a recent collaborative research project conducted by ASUG and SAP focused on one of the chief focuses (and challenges) for ASUG Members: integration. Members of the ASUG Research Team, Blake Baltazar and Marissa Gilbert, join ASUG Talks host Jim Lichtenwalter to go over the second iteration of this research, specific trends they are seein…

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ASUG Talks Customer Success Story: How SA Power Networks Managed a Dual SAP S/4HANA Migration 38:38

3M ago38:38

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Conducting a single SAP S/4HANA digital transformation is complicated enough. In this episode of ASUG Talks, we sat down with Travis Smith, Principal SAP Enterprise Architect at SA Power Networks. The Australian utility company tackled TWO RISE with SAP projects at the same time. Travis walks ASUG Talks through just how. Key Insights: The reasoning…

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ASUG Talks Roundtable: Keys to Leveraging SAP BTP 35:03

3M ago35:03

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In this latest ASUG Talks roundtable, we dive deep into the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). The solution helps SAP customers tackle a variety of functions. But where should users begin? We are joined by the authors of the SAP Press publication SAP Business Technology Platform : Smitha Banda Shibaji Chandra Chun Aun Gooi They cover how enter…

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ASUG Talks Executive Interview: David Robinson, SAP 30:57

3M ago30:57

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In the final episode recorded live at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference, ASUG Talks focuses on SAP cloud offerings. David Robinson, President of Cloud ERP at SAP, sat down with Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion for a conversation around SAP's evolving cloud strategy. With over two decades of experience at SAP, Robinson has been c…

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Hot topics live at SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025 - the ASUG Hub "ask us anything" edition 32:51

3M ago32:51

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At the end of the first official day of SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025, we taped a live podcast at the ASUG Hub with questions from the audience. On the mic: Jon Reed, your host, ASUG CEO Geoff Scott and analyst Josh Greenbaum. We gave our instant keynote reactions, and discussed the topics SAP needs to address to deliver for users - at Sapphire and als…

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Hot topics live at SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025 - the ASUG Hub "ask us anything" edition 32:50

3M ago32:50

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At the end of the first official day of SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025, we taped a live podcast at the ASUG Hub with questions from the audience. On the mic: Jon Reed, your host, ASUG CEO Geoff Scott and analyst Josh Greenbaum. We gave our instant keynote reactions, and discussed the topics SAP needs to address to deliver for users - at Sapphire and als…

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Hot topics live at SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025 - the ASUG Hub "ask us anything" edition 32:50

3M ago32:50

32:50

At the end of the first official day of SAP Sapphire Orlando 2025, we taped a live podcast at the ASUG Hub with questions from the audience. On the mic: Jon Reed, your host, ASUG CEO Geoff Scott and analyst Josh Greenbaum. We gave our instant keynote reactions, and discussed the topics SAP needs to address to deliver for users - at Sapphire and als…

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Enterprise Month in Review - the Mary Meeker + Accenture trend predictions blowout 1:20:47

3M ago1:20:47

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As event season winds down, prognosticators have a lot to say about the future of the enterprise. Do Jon and Brian agree, or are these fever dreams? Let's review what we've learned this spring - and where customers go from here. As always, bring your savviest and snarkiest commentary, as you are an integral part of this show.... If you want to see …

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Enterprise Month in Review - the Mary Meeker + Accenture trend predictions blowout 1:20:58

3M ago1:20:58

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As event season winds down, prognosticators have a lot to say about the future of the enterprise. Do Jon and Brian agree, or are these fever dreams? Let's review what we've learned this spring - and where customers go from here. As always, bring your savviest and snarkiest commentary, as you are an integral part of this show.... If you want to see …

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Enterprise Month in Review - the Mary Meeker + Accenture trend predictions blowout 1:20:57

3M ago1:20:57

1:20:57

As event season winds down, prognosticators have a lot to say about the future of the enterprise. Do Jon and Brian agree, or are these fever dreams? Let's review what we've learned this spring - and where customers go from here. As always, bring your savviest and snarkiest commentary, as you are an integral part of this show....…

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ASUG Talks Roundtable: Cybersecurity in the Cloud 31:47

3M ago31:47

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As SAP customers migrate to the cloud, cybersecurity is a critical component of those transformation projects. Moving your IT ecosystem and sensitive organizational data from bare-metal, on-premises environments into the cloud requires a dedicated security approach, especially as threat actors’ efforts grow more sophisticated. In this ASUG Talks Ro…

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Salesforce Connections 2025 - the podcast review 32:35

3M ago32:35

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On the final afternoon of Salesforce Connections, I catch up with Rebecca Wettemann, CEO of Valoir, to make sense of the what we just saw. Rebecca has some instructive thoughts on Salesforce's planned acquisition of Informatica - a topic we didn't hear much about at the show, but one worth discussing. We also discussed how this show compared with V…

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Salesforce Connections 2025 - the podcast review with Rebecca Wettemann 32:34

3M ago32:34

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On the final afternoon of Salesforce Connections, I catch up with Rebecca Wettemann, CEO of Valoir, to make sense of the what we just saw. Rebecca has some instructive thoughts on Salesforce's planned acquisition of Informatica - a topic we didn't hear much about at the show, but one worth discussing. We also discussed how this show compared with V…

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Salesforce Connections 2025 - the podcast review 32:34

3M ago32:34

32:34

On the final afternoon of Salesforce Connections, I catch up with Rebecca Wettemann, CEO of Valoir, to make sense of the what we just saw. Rebecca has some instructive thoughts on Salesforce's planned acquisition of Informatica - a topic we didn't hear much about at the show, but one worth discussing. We also discussed how this show compared with V…