the diginomica network pulse - what CIOs actually think about AI and the SaaSpocalypse

In the early days of cloud computing, it became the vernacular that the entire enterprise IT estate would move to the cloud. What materialized was a mixed environment where the cloud is a significant element of enterprise technology, where private and public clouds co-exist alongside a decreased, but vital, on-premise estate according to the needs or regulations of the sector.

In recent months, a similar vernacular has appeared whereby the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) pillars of enterprise technology would be swept away by AI, dubbed the SaaSpocalypse. This theme has been fed by the sentiment of Wall Street traders, despite impressive returns by major vendors. So, just as with the rise of cloud computing, AI will become part of the enterprise IT landscape, but that picture will be mixed, including SaaS as well as AI. This is not my opinion, but the nuanced picture our network of CIOs and CTOs tells us ...