The ninth episode of the podcast we now know and love as “We Love Ugly Data!” is out; available everywhere you get your podcasts from and, of course, in video form via YouTube (which we’ve embedded below). As always, it’s three topics in 30 minutes. Matt is chatting with Alan this time; skip to the topics you’re most interested in, or maybe sit back and enjoy the whole thing. Show notes are, as usual, included below the embedded video.In this episode,Topic 1: SharePoint Premium?In a pod that is quite Redmond-heavy, Alan’s been out and about at a few Microsoft events and gives us the details about SharePoint Premium, what it is, where it came from, and what it means for customers and partners going forward. We’ve been following this particular story for a few years….Topic 2: Copilots! Everywhere!Doing their best to sidestep the ongoing shenanigans at OpenAI, Matt and Alan discuss the army of Copilots – and related tools – that Microsoft announced at their recent Ignite conference and what that means in the real work contexts that will define their ultimate success (basically, are they useful).Topic 3: Citizen Developers?As promised a few episodes ago, Matt and Alan are back with some of the results from the “Citizen Developers” survey they asked for help on a few months back. Here they discuss a couple of interesting findings, focusing on governance. Oh, and despite what they suggest here, you’re allowed to listen even if you didn’t contribute to the survey; we’re not that mean.Show notes for Series 2, Episode 9.Topic 1: SharePoint Premium?Alan’s blog post explains everything about SharePoint Premium.Alan’s other blog post is about the Microsoft Ignite in general.Oh, and in case you missed it, here’s Alan’s other recent Microsoft conference blog, this time about Power Platform.Topic 2: Copilots! Everywhere!What are our feelings about the going on with the leadership of OpenAI and whether you should care?Here, Matt talks about the need to focus on the real and useful with AI and ignore the noise elsewhere.Support the show

The eighth episode of the podcast we now know and love as "We Love Ugly Data!" is out; available everywhere you get your podcasts from and, of course, in video form via YouTube (which we've embedded below). As ever, it's three topics in 30 minutes; Matt and Dan are in the chairs this time; skip to the topics you're most interested in, or maybe sit back and enjoy the whole thing. Show notes are, as ever, included below the embedded video.In this episode,Topic 1: Dan, is generative AI hype or hero for IDP?Using some visual aids that he borrowed from Kofax, Dan talks through the impact that generative AI has on IDP, both now and in the future. In the process, the subject turns to whether IDP could be the first real-world application of generative AI that earns its keep in the enterprise.Topic 2: Check the meter; here comes winter!It's starting to get cold and wet in the UK (yes, we can hear your "so what's new?" comments, and we're choosing to ignore them), and Matt has noticed the impact on his smart meter. At the same time, he wonders whether organizations realize too that soon their generative AI tools will hit the meters and wants to remind them to build that into their planning. There's also a brief but entirely justified bit of competition bashing.Topic 3: Dan, why do people continue to underestimate the EU?Dan has been speaking to a whole bunch of IDP vendors in the EU and has concluded that developing their product in the region has resulted in some interesting and innovative outcomes that are symptomatic of building there. He and Matt discuss what those EU-specific circumstances might be. Matt's blog post/analyst note: "Here Comes The Meter Man – A Lesson in GenAI Planning."The WSJ article (paywall, subscription required) discussed - among other things - the costs of Microsoft Copilot.Information Week and their coverage of Forrester Research's CEO's recent comments at one of their conferences.Support the show

The seventh episode of the podcast we now know and love as "We Love Ugly Data!" is out; Matt and Alan are in the chairs this time; skip to the topics you're most interested in, or maybe sit back and enjoy the whole thing. Come on, it's only 30 minutes and you deserve a break.The (magnificent) seventh episode of the podcast we now know and love as “We Love Ugly Data!” is out; available everywhere you get your podcasts from and, of course, in video form via YouTube (which we’ve embedded below). As ever, it’s three topics in 30 minutes; Matt and Alan are in the chairs this time; skip to the topics you’re most interested in, or maybe sit back and enjoy the whole thing? Come on, it’s only 30 minutes, and you deserve a break. Show notes are as ever, included below the embedded video.In this episode,Topic 1: AI & Supply ChainIn a segment that we could easily have called “Where In The World Has Alan Been?” (if we’d not done that several times before), Alan’s been speaking at Parcel Forum in Nashville, and even though 10 minutes isn’t anywhere near enough time to distill the entire keynote into a podcast, here he and Matt discuss some of the key elements of that presentation.Topic 2: Citizen Developer SurveyDeep Analysis is currently running an industry survey around current trends, adoption, and attitudes toward “Citizen Development,” and here Matt and Alan discuss why we’re doing it, why you should contribute, and some of the positive (and negative) rationales behind using this technology.Topic 3: Stop Personifying AI!Matt’s written a (slightly angry) blog post in the wake of Salesforce’s recent “Dreamforce” conference about how we should all be really careful about the language we use to describe AI, not ascribe human qualities to it (like intent) and certainly not use imagined power as a way to sell defensive features in your software. But you’d never do that, now, would you?Show notes for Series 2, Episode 6.Topic 1: AI & Supply ChainParcel ForumTopic 2: Citizen Developer SurveyYou can contribute to the Citizen Developer survey here (and your contribution will be gratefully received). As mentioned in the pod, we will be sharing the results and analysis once the survey has been concluded.Topic 3: Stop Personifying AIMatt’s recent blog “AI, building trust and selling defense.”They also mentioned a previous blog post “AI, regulation and the predictions of doom”.An introduction to the concept of “The Chinese Room” (with associated criticism).The very excellent Javvad Malik (with links to all his posts, videos etc.) can be found here.Support the show

The sixth episode of the second season of the Deep Analysis podcasts went live this week; the 4 Waves of IDP, how AI products are creating a lot of head scratching on data residency, and why can't we call everything "content"?The sixth episode of the podcast we now know and love as “We Love Ugly Data!” is out; available everywhere you get your podcasts from and, of course, in video form via YouTube (which we’ve embedded below). As ever, it’s 3 topics in 30 minutes; Matt and Alan are in the chairs this time; skip to the topics you’re most interested in, or maybe sit back and enjoy the whole thing? Come on, it’s only 30 minutes, and you deserve a break. Show notes are, as ever, included below.In this episode;Topic 1: 5 (more) Vendors to WatchWe’ve recently added 5 more Vendor Vignettes to the website for subscribers to digest, but for everyone else here, Alan and Matt do a rapid-fire summary of each (you can read it more leisurely here).Topic 2: Here comes trouble?Alan recently wrote a blog post (the device that we until recently called an “analyst note”, before we reverted to blog for the sake of simplicity) called “Industry Consolidation is Coming.” Here he and Matt discuss some of the financial and operational challenges that start-ups are facing and 4 important lessons that they should heed.Topic 3: AI Citizen DevelopersAnother topic concerns a recent blog post, this time written by Matt, about how Generative AI, vendor LLMs, and No Code. Our pair discusses why vendors would be focusing their energy here, what it means for Low and No Code platforms and….. where are all the citizen developers?Support the show

The show notes for this episode are available below if you want to follow the conversation. As ever, it's three topics in 30 minutes, this time with Matt and Dan; skip to the topics you're most interested in, or maybe sit back and enjoy the whole thing with a beverage of your choice.Topic 1: What are the “4 Waves of IDP”?Dan recently posted an Analyst Note entitled "The Fourth Wave of IDP is Here," and here he talks Matt through those 4 waves, from the original OCR of the 1960s and Forms and Templates of the 1980s and 1990s, through Machine Learning to the LLMs (or GPTs if you prefer) that have dominated release cycles this year.Topic 2: LLMs, grounding, and data residencyMatt wonders whether, among the plethora of big announcements around AI from the largest software vendors, some of the biggest challenges faced in their implementation have been overlooked in much of the commentary? Using examples from Microsoft and Salesforce (both have talked and published extensively on the subject), Matt points out that using your own data to help "ground" requests being sent to LLMs like OpenAI's GPTs creates a series of challenges around data residency regional legal frameworks and plain "my brain hurts thinking about it" allied issues.Topic 3: Documents, content, files, records, semi-structured or unstructured data: do labels matter anymore?Dan discusses his recent Analyst Note, "Documents, content, files, records, semi-structured or unstructured data: do labels really matter anymore?" and ponders why we call things the names we do. Matt wonders whether it's actually all the fault of Industry Analysts in the first place.Support the show

The show notes for this episode are available below if you want to follow the conversation. As ever, it's three topics in 30 minutes, this time with Matt and Alan; skip to the topics you're most interested in, or maybe sit back and enjoy the whole thing with an iced beverage of your choice (it's a little hot right now, treat yourself?In this episode;Topic 1: Research UpdatesA new set of Vendor Vignettes was recently added to the site - for Skan, Botminds, Hyperscience and IPwe. Matt and Alan discuss the relative significance of each in their respective markets and remind us that these will be the last published for all to read for free (future VVs will be for Deep Analysis subscribers only).Topic 2: Missing Miners?Now he's back on terra firms after his travels, Alan ponders the act that so few of the people he'd met had any knowledge of Task or Process Mining.  Having written an Analyst Note on the subject, He and Matt discuss whether this confirms the projections in the "Work Intelligence Market Analysis" and how RPA vendors are changing their go-to-market strategy - as Alan previously noted with UiPath - plays into their hands?Topic 3: Yes, More AIAs it currently appears to be international law, Matt and Alan discuss the last few weeks in AI and unstructured data. Matt published an Analyst Note imploring people not to listen to the "end of the world" AI doom grifters, and the pair discuss how best to try and be cool and circumspect in your planning for the subject while the world around shouts very loudly.Support the show

Episode 3 is here! Matt and Alan chat about Data Fabrics, AI desktop assistants, recent conferences, Ice-T, and all in just 30 minutes...Topic 1: Where in the world has Alan been?- Napoli win's first Scudetto since 1990 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65488842- AIIM Conference https://www.aiimconference.com/event/fdbca9bf-a503-49db-aaa2-c3aa0bb23030/summary- Reworked Connect Conference https://www.reworked.co/connect/Topic 2: Here come the gen AI helpers! How do you cope?- Generative AI on Your Desktop: Uninvited Guest, Welcome Coworker, or Competitor? - https://www.deep-analysis.net/generative-ai-on-your-desktop/- Google Duet AI for Workspace https://workspace.google.com/blog/product-announcements/duet-ai- Microsoft 365 CoPilot https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-your-copilot-for-work/- Salesforce Einstein for GPT https://www.salesforce.com/uk/news/press-releases/2023/03/07/einstein-generative-ai/Topic 3: Data Fabrics & Work Intelligence. A solution?- Appian Data Fabric intro video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxxf5wk8Z_4- Work Intelligence Introduction https://www.deep-analysis.net/work-intelligence-improving-processes/- Work Intelligence Market Analysis https://www.deep-analysis.net/work-intelligence-market-analysis-2023-2028/Support the show

Each month we spend 30 minutes discussing three hot topics. In this episode, Matt Mullen & Dan Lucarini look at:Topic 1: Why on earth are there 300+ IDP vendors?Dan discusses the remarkable explosion of startups in the IDP (Intelligent Document Processing) market and looks at their future chances of survival.https://www.deep-analysis.net/intelligent-document-processing-market-analysis-2022-2026/Topic 2: Europe. It's a whole different content   Startups and technology vendors come from all over the world, but their operating dynamics and funding sources differ remarkably, region by region. Dan and Matt provide some perspective and analysis.https://www.deep-analysis.net/a-nonuniform-world-lesson-two-from-building-the-work-intelligence-market-analysis/https://www.deep-analysis.net/connected-markets-lesson-one-from-compiling-work-intelligence/Topic 3: 80% of Data is Unstructured? Is it? Is it Really?Possibly the biggest myth in the industry and one that needs to be busted, our hosts ruthlessly dissect the roots and reality of the 80% fantasy.Enjoy!Support the show

We are back, after a very long break the Deep Analysis podcast returns, with a new format and new presenters. Each month we will spend 30 minutes discussing three. currently hot topics. In this episode Matt Mullen & Alan Pelz-Sharpe look at:Topic 1: Why is Alan in Brazil?https://iima.com.br/information-showTopic 2: Work IntelligenceWork Intelligence Market Analysis: https://www.deep-analysis.net/work-intelligence-market-analysis-2023-2028/Work Intelligence Intro Report: https://www.deep-analysis.net/work-intelligence-improving-processes/Topic 3: Is Google's Generative AI App Builder for the masses?Google Gen App Builder announcement https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/create-generative-apps-in-minutes-with-gen-app-builderSalesforce Einstein GPT Press Release https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2023/03/07/einstein-generative-ai/Enjoy!Support the show

In this episode, we talk to one of the founders of the Boston Blockchain Association, Peter Brooks. Peter gives is a grounded and valuable perspective on the reality of Enterprise Blockchain in 2020, its challenges and opportunities.Support the show

In this podcast, we have an extended conversation with XPAN Law Group and Seventh Samurai attorney Michael Simon. A wide range and highly informative discussion that looks at some of the legal precedents and challenges of applicable legal standards to Artificial Intelligence.Note: The interview was recorded remotely - unfortunately the sound quality is not what we would like, but the discussion is worth it :-)Support the show

Part two of my conversation with Robin Daniels (ex WeWork, Box, etc) the founder of byFounders the Nordic investment firm. In this podcast we discuss the differences in investment and startup cultures between Silicon Valley and the Nordics. With diversions into Web Content Management, Salesforce, Oracle and Blockchain!Support the show

In this episode, we talk with former WeWork CMO and Silicon Valley legend Robin Daniels (now with Matterport and founder of Nordic investment firm byFounders). Topics discussed include the changes to Silicon Valley over the last twenty years that have occurred after a crisis such as the dot.com bust and now faced with another major reset post-COVID. This is part one of a two-parter - the next episode will focus on the Nordic startup community.Learn more about our work at: www.deep-analysis.netIf you have any questions or thoughts feel free to ping us at: info@deep-analysis.netSupport the show

In this podcast, we talk to Dave Giordano the CEO of Technology Services Group. At the time of the interview, his firm was running an 11 billion file ECM benchmark test on AWS. That test has now been completed successfully.  Why a benchmark like this - well you have to listen to find out the details, but the reality is that many enterprises are regularly breaching the 1 billion file mark and have few options available to them.  This is scaling on a massive scale!Support the show

Recently I recorded a conversation with Zachary Scott Jarvinen the Product Marketing Lead for AI at OpenText. Great discussion - exploding some myths, grounding AI in the real world and touching on Ancient Greek and Vegas Magicians!Support the show

We continue our conversation and dive deeper into the future role of AI, consider whether Open Source is still a key differentiator and look at the future of ECM & BPM.Support the show

We had the opportunity to chat extensively with Bernadette about her thoughts on the the role of AI and the Cloud in ECM & BPM.  It's a fun discussion and we covered a lot of ground - hope you enjoy!Support the show

In this episode I have an extended chat with my friend and colleague Kashyap Kompella the CEO of RPA2AI. We discuss the upcoming AI World conference in Boston and look at a number of practical challenges regarding the implementation of AI & RPA in the real world.  Plus a mention of Bears in New England and a Festival that was in progress in Bangalore as we recorded the episode!Support the show

In this episode we discuss the recent Box conference and what it means for the broader ECM sector. We also talk about the challenge of moving on premise legacy systems to the Cloud.Support the show

In this episode we interviewed Maarten Boender the CEO of Dutch startup Sphereon about the future impact of Blockchain on the world of ECM. The Audio isn't great but there is a video version of this available at: https://vimeo.com/277439403Support the show