As chief technology and innovation officer at IT consulting and services company #Avanade, Aaron Reich sits at the intersection of #enterpriseAI adoption trends among IT vendors, especially #Microsoft, enterprise clients and internal customers. In this week's episode of the #ITOps Query vodcast, He offers his insights on why so many enterprise AI deployments get stuck in the pilot stage, his advice on #AIgovernance best practices and his predictions for how 2026 and 2027 will unfold.

In today’s episode, we’ll cover…

* Varying levels of trust in AI

* The importance of data governance, agent reusability, and cost management in enterprise AI initiatives

* The future of white-collar work in the #agenticAI age

* The best and worst case scenarios for enterprise AI in 2026 and beyond

And more! Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34nHU83ekpg&list=PL5OdmBrO1LpmxpPIyWFvn7B9EOt-Ns-Rw

Team Horizon wrapped up @Sitecore Hackathon 2026-built an LLMS.txt generator widget to make Sitecore sites AI‑ready. Not smooth, but worth it.

👉 https://tinyurl.com/SCLLM

#SitecoreHackathon2026 #SCHackathon #Sitecore #Hackathon #SitecoreAI #SitevoreMVP #AvanadeDoWhatMatters #SitecoreHackathon2026 #HackathonVibes #SitecoreCommunity #MVPBuzz #Avanade #Accenture #Microsoft #WeAreReinventors #SitecoreSYM #SUGCON #bemyfriend #whycantyoubemyfriend

Team Horizon is live for Sitecore Hackathon 2026 - Team are deep in the build, figuring things out as we go. It’s messy, fun, and very real.

Good luck to everyone joining!
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#SitecoreHackathon2026 #SCHackathon #Sitecore #Hackathon #HackathonVibes #SitecoreAI #SitecoreCommunity
#SitevoreMVP #MVPBuzz #Avanade #AvanadeDoWhatMatters #Accenture #Microsoft #WeAreReinventors #SitecoreSYM #SUGCON #bemyfriend #whycantyoubemyfriend

Honored to be recognized as a Sitecore
Technology MVP for the 8th consecutive year! https://www.amitk.net/blog/sitecore-mvp-2026-amit-kumar-8th-year-announcement

@avanade #Sitecore #SitevoreMVP #MVPBuzz #SitecoreAI #Avanade #AvanadeDoWhatMatters #Accenture #Microsoft #SitecoreSYM #SUGCON #accenture
@Accenture
#Javascript #Award #React

Avanade is scaling up its Indian operations, with CEO Satya Nadella and Managing Director Bhavya Kapoor outlining a bold AI-driven roadmap. Expect bigger cloud, automation and Microsoft partnership footprints across the sub-continent. Read how this move could reshape the market. #Avanade #IndiaAI #MicrosoftCloud #Automation

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/avanade-expands-india-ops-ceo-nadella-avanades-kapoor-discuss-ai

📣 Just Blogged: How to Migrate Your Next.js App from Sitecore JSS to Content SDK
✅ Smaller apps
✅ Auto-config
✅ Faster dev
📌 See it in action: https://tinyurl.com/content-sdk

#Sitecore #SitecoreMVP #SUGCON #SitecoreAI #SitecoreSYM #MVPBuzz #Avanade #AvanadeDoWhatMatters #Accenture #Microsoft #SitecoreLearning #LearnSitecore

📣 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱: Unlock the 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 of 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 #Sitecore 𝗫𝗠 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱!

Tired of 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰𝘀? I’ve just published a step-by-step guide to:

✅ Build 𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 for real-time automation
✅ 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 on 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 updates
✅ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗫𝗠 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 → Edge
✅ 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 samples included

🔗 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: https://tinyurl.com/XEWebhooks

#𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 #𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗖𝗠𝗦 #𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗠𝗩𝗣 #𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 #𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲 #𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 #𝗠𝗩𝗣 #𝗠𝗩𝗣𝗕𝘂𝘇𝘇 #𝗦𝗨𝗚𝗖𝗢𝗡 #𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗲 #𝗗𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 #𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 #𝗝𝗦𝗦

I'm truly 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 and 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 to receive the #sitecore 𝐌𝐕𝐏 swag!

🎉A huge thank you to Sitecore, Tamas Varga, Nicole Montero, and the entire 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 for this incredible 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 🙏

Sitecore MVP Profile 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/sitecoremvpamit
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#SitecoreMVP #CommunityFirst #SitecoreLearning #LearnSitecore #MVP #MVPBuzz #SUGCON #𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 #Avanade #Microsoft #hashnode #AvanadeDoWhatMatters #Accenture #OpenAI #GenAI #JavaScript #Digital #DXP #digitalexperience

📣 Just Blogged:🎯 Master 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in #𝗫𝗠𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 🚀

Struggling with multiple #𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 websites in 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘃? My new guide shows you how to:

✅ 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
✅ 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹
✅ 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱

🔗 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲: https://enlightenwithamit.hashnode.dev/xm-cloud-local-development-setup
#𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 #𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗖𝗠𝗦 #𝗗𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 #𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 #𝗝𝗦𝗦 #𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 #𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗠𝗩𝗣 #𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 #𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲 #𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 #𝗠𝗩𝗣 #𝗠𝗩𝗣𝗕𝘂𝘇𝘇 #𝗦𝗨𝗚𝗖𝗢𝗡 #𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗲