Software in the news.

"Mrs Brown was one of hundreds of sub-postmasters wrongly accused of stealing or false accounting between 1999 and 2015 after a faulty IT system called Horizon made it look like money was missing from branch accounts.

"The scandal has been described as one of the widest miscarriages of justice in the British legal history."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr2dlerv0zo

#EnterpriseSoftware #computers #UK #PostOfficeScancal

King told me Post Office scandal was 'dreadful', says oldest victim

Betty Brown says she is accepting the honour on behalf of all the victims of the scandal.

Salesforce (CRM): Pricing the Agentic Enterprise and the Structural Paradigm Shift in SaaS
As Salesforce pivots to Agentforce, the monetization paradigm is shifting from human seats to autonomous agent consumption. A deep dive into $CRM, enterprise pricing, and the structural overhaul of SaaS:
https://www.theglobalgambit.com/p/salesforce-valuation-ai-agents-saaspocalypse 
$CRM #Salesforce #FinTwit #SaaS #AIAgents #EnterpriseSoftware #Investing

Enterprise apps in 2026 need more than basic functionality.
AI, automation, cloud scalability & real-time analytics are now essential for smarter, future-ready digital transformation.

https://ripenapps.com/blog/enterprise-app-features-checklist/

#EnterpriseApps #EnterpriseAppFeatures #EnterpriseSoftware #EnterpriseAppDevelopment #AppDevelopment #BusinessTechnology #EnterpriseTech

Must-Have Enterprise App Features for 2026 | AI, APIs & Cloud Scalability

Explore the must-have enterprise app features for 2026, including AI automation, enterprise security, and DevOps for modern business growth.

RipenApps Official Blog For Mobile App Design & Development

Most businesses don’t fail because of poor ideas. They fail because disconnected systems slow growth, workflows, and decisions.
From ERP and CRM systems to enterprise mobile applications and BI platforms, this guide breaks down the enterprise applications modern businesses use to scale faster and operate smarter.
If your operations are growing faster than your systems, this is the blog you should read next.

https://ripenapps.com/blog/types-of-enterprise-applications/

#EnterpriseApplications #EnterpriseSoftware #EnterpriseTech

Types of Enterprise Applications Every Business Owner Should Know

Explore the types of enterprise applications modern businesses use to improve scalability, workflows, automation, and operational efficiency.

RipenApps Official Blog For Mobile App Design & Development

A client asked for a server install for a specific CRM developed by one of Italy's biggest software houses. They’re dropping Windows Server 2022 support in a few months, even though the OS itself has a much longer lifecycle.

We looked into Linux support: Rocky Linux 9 and Ubuntu 24.04 are "certified", but only until April 2027. Since we'd rather not reinstall everything in less than a year, we asked for a path that guarantees official support beyond 2027.

The "support" team replied with a canned response, attaching a 2023 document where every single distribution is listed as EoL since 2025. 🀑

And then people ask me why these "software giants" are the primary cause of my receding hairline...

#SysAdmin #TechLife #EnterpriseSoftware #ITProblems #CRM #IT #OwnYourData

Beware the software "Lock-In" effect!

New AI agent templates from Anthropic for financial services firms are the thin edge of the wedge for establishing Lock-In by Anthropic - IMHO.

Each template is designed to be "customized" with a firm's internal standards.

This is a the same go to market used by traditional enterprise software vendors (Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Cisco, etc. etc.) Once created and deployed - these systems are next to impossible to remove/replace!

Deployment "options" complete the Lock-In by tying a company's software environment to the underlying 3rd party provided production infrastructure - which is also a risk to be carefully assessed. https://qz.com/anthropic-ai-agents-financial-services-banks-insurers-050526 #Anthropic #AIAgents #FinancialServices #LockIn #Risk #Customization #AI #Agent #Banks #Insurance #Claude #Software #EnterpriseSoftware