WBSRocks: Scaling Growth with AI, Enterprise Software, and Digital Transformation
WBSRocks podcast features in-depth conversations on AI-enabled business models, customer experience, digital transformation, supply chain, eCommerce, industry 4.0, and enterprise software categories such as CRM, ERP, or analytics suites. The purpose of the show is to help CFOs, COOs, CEOs, and business owners with their daily commercial, operational, or financial challenges by taking a deep dive into business cases and processes, technology strategy and architecture, transformation initiatives, and business models. The show also offers an independent analysis of technology trends, various enterprise software vendors and solutions, and their mergers and acquisitions. Subscribe today to stay on top of digital transformation trends!
Episodes
810 episodes
WBSP811: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Oct 2025, Ep 35, an Objective Panel Discussion
This cluster of announcements illustrates how enterprise software vendors are converging on monetizable AI, composable ecosystems, and domain-specific depth rather than headline platform reinvention. Product expansions such as BillingPlatform’s...
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Episode 811
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1:00:16
WBSP810: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 CRM Systems In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
When evaluating the CRM category, our analysis intentionally moves beyond CRM modules embedded within ERP systems and instead focuses on best-of-breed CRM platforms and the full spectrum of capabilities that define modern customer engagement. T...
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Episode 810
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20:01
WBSP809: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Sep 2025, Ep 34, an Objective Panel Discussion
Enterprise software vendors are tightening execution around AI enablement, workflow depth, and operational recovery rather than pursuing broad platform reinvention. Acquisition activity—from Sage moving to acquire Fyle, to SYSPRO acquiring DATA...
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Episode 809
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1:01:58
WBSP808: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 ERP Systems In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Before reviewing the top ERP systems for 2026, it is essential to align on how ERP systems are defined in this analysis: the focus is on individual ERP products, not the vendors that own them. This distinction matters because products within th...
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Episode 808
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19:59
WBSP807: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Sep 2025, Ep 33, an Objective Panel Discussion
ERP and adjacent platform vendors are simultaneously deepening vertical specialization, expanding AI distribution, and accelerating ecosystem-led growth. M&A activity from Advantive acquiring PINPoint, SYSPRO acquiring DATASCOPE, and Sage m...
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Episode 807
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1:02:19
WBSP806: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top ERP Vendors In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Before reviewing the top ERP vendors for 2026, it is critical to align on what “ERP vendors” actually represent in this analysis: companies, not individual ERP systems. This distinction is essential because most vendors operate multi-product po...
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Episode 806
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45:43
WBSP805: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Aug 2025, Ep 32, an Objective Panel Discussion
AI commercialization and regulatory scrutiny are reshaping the market. Product announcements from SAP, Unit4, Deltek, Sage Intacct, and NetSuite highlight continued investment in cloud distribution, verticalized functionality, and embedded AI—o...
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Episode 805
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1:03:15
WBSP804: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 15 Digital Transformation Trends In 2026 w/ Sam Gupta
Digital transformation trends for 2026 reflect a convergence of sustained macroeconomic pressure and meaningful shifts in enterprise-level decision-making, requiring organizations to adopt a more disciplined, systems-oriented approach to techno...
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Episode 804
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25:27
WBSP803: Grow Your Business by Learning Why Your ERP Strategy Is About to Break: AI is Rewriting the Playbook w/ Sandeep Chopra
AI-native ERP systems are rapidly reshaping the enterprise software landscape by challenging long-standing assumptions about how ERPs are selected, implemented, and evolved over time. As AI becomes embedded directly into configuration, developm...
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Episode 803
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1:00:12
WBSP802: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Aug 2025, Ep 31, an Objective Panel Discussion
A mix of product launches, acquisitions, funding rounds, and legal developments illustrates how enterprise software vendors are simultaneously accelerating innovation while navigating increasing market and regulatory complexity. Salesforce’s up...
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Episode 802
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1:02:24
WBSP801: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Public Sector CRMs w/ Sam Gupta
Public sector organizations operate under a fundamentally different set of constraints and expectations than their private-sector counterparts, making CRM selection a strategic decision rather than a purely technical one. Before reviewing our T...
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Episode 801
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12:44
WBSP800: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Aug 2025, Ep 30, an Objective Panel Discussion
A wave of funding announcements, acquisitions, and product launches highlights how quickly AI, data, and customer engagement technologies are converging across the enterprise. Significant financings for PhysicsX, Vultr, and Vellum signal strong...
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Episode 800
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1:02:37
WBSP799: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Higher Education CRMs w/ Sam Gupta
Higher education institutions operate in an environment where academic mission, financial sustainability, and long-term stakeholder relationships must coexist—placing unique demands on enterprise systems. Before reviewing our Top Higher Educati...
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Episode 799
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12:27
WBSP798: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Aug 2025, Ep 29, an Objective Panel Discussion
Recent announcements across enterprise software, AI platforms, and services point to an accelerating convergence of intelligence, automation, and scale. Product expansions from Deltek, CallMiner, and Hightouch reflect a push to embed advanced a...
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Episode 798
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1:03:27
WBSP797: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 K-12 Education CRMs w/ Sam Gupta
Selecting the right CRM in the K-12 education sector is less about sales enablement and more about orchestrating complex, long-lived relationships across an entire educational community. Before we present our Top K-12 Education CRMs in 2025, it...
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Episode 797
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16:00
WBSP796: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 28, an Objective Panel Discussion
Recent product launches, acquisitions, and funding announcements underscore how rapidly enterprise software and AI platforms are evolving across both horizontal and vertical use cases. Vendors such as Orbit Analytics, Deltek, and Advantive are ...
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Episode 796
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1:01:15
WBSP795: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 CRMs for Innovation Districts w/ Sam Gupta
Innovation districts sit at the intersection of real estate, research, community building, and economic development—making them fundamentally different from most commercial enterprises. Unlike traditional organizations with a single revenue eng...
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Episode 795
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25:07
WBSP794: Grow Your Business by Learning the Ultimate ERP Playbook for Electronics & Wire Harness Companies w/ Tanner Rogers
Manufacturing ERP systems may appear similar on the surface, but their differences become stark once you look underneath—especially for industries where precision, engineering complexity, and compliance cannot be compromised. While many vendors...
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Episode 794
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1:00:32
WBSP793: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 27, an Objective Panel Discussion
This week’s enterprise technology updates highlight major movements across ERP support, AI automation, testing, analytics, and workflow orchestration. Rimini Street extended support for all SAP ECC 6.0 and S/4HANA releases through 2040, offerin...
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Episode 793
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1:00:14
WBSP792: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Large Non-Profit CRMs w/ Sam Gupta
When evaluating the top 10 large-company CRMs in 2025, it’s essential to ground the discussion in how we define this segment: organizations with more than 5,000 employees and over $1 billion in annual revenue, representing the true enterprise t...
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Episode 792
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16:44
WBSP791: Grow Your Business by Learning the Aerospace ERP Gap: The $2M Cost of Getting It Wrong w/ Ralph Merhi
The aerospace and defense industry operates in one of the most demanding environments, where compliance, traceability, and precision are non-negotiable—yet many manufacturers still rely on generic ERPs that were never built for aviation. As a r...
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Episode 791
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1:02:54
WBSP790: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 26, an Objective Panel Discussion
This week brought a surge of AI-driven innovation across CX, martech, enterprise software, and development tooling. Treasure Data introduced five new AI suites aimed at elevating customer experiences, while Uniphore unveiled a suite of AI marke...
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Episode 790
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1:02:35
WBSP789: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Mid-Sized Non-Profit CRMs w/ Sam Gupta
When evaluating the top 10 mid-sized CRMs in 2025, it’s important to anchor the discussion in how we define the mid-sized market: organizations with roughly 100 to 5,000 employees and annual revenues from about $100 million to $1 billion. While...
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Episode 789
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22:07
WBSP788: Grow Your Business by Learning from Enterprise Software Stories - Jul 2025, Ep 25, an Objective Panel Discussion
This week’s customer experience and marketing technology updates highlight a clear shift toward deeper intelligence, tighter collaboration, and more secure enterprise-grade platforms. CallMiner strengthened its conversational analytics footprin...
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Episode 788
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1:01:34
WBSP787: Grow Your Business by Learning the Top 10 Non-Profit Small Business CRMs in 2025 w/ Sam Gupta
When evaluating the top 10 not-for-profit CRMs for small businesses in 2025, it’s essential to understand how this market is segmented, starting with organizational size and industry context. While many assume not-for-profits operate with simpl...
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Episode 787
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