Winter event highlight - how Tech Electronics turned cloud ERP into a force for organizational change (and AI readiness). An Acumatica story

I've been hitting back on the so-called SaaSpocalypse. That doesn't mean SaaS vendors don't need to change. Market wake-up calls are a customer-value-reality-check... Not all vendors will pass.

My case for SaaS longevity:

• modern (multi-tenant) SaaS imposes a data discipline that supports AI readiness (and better AI results, period).
• most SaaS vendors are not sleeping on AI investments themselves, Acumatica included.
• building agentic AI on top of deterministic workflows is a much bigger edge that agentic AI enthusiasts grasp at this point in time.

But then again, not all SaaS vendors are created equal. Answer me this: if your SaaS platform is flexible enough to build out new business models while managing risk, is third-party AI truly a disruption? Especially if your ERP pricing is already very close to consumption-based? As I argued in Acumatica Summit 2026 - taking the pulse of cloud ERP, AI, and customer realities ...