Samantha Weston

Author: Samantha Weston

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  • Samantha Weston

    With over 15 years of hands-on experience in operations roles across legal, financial, and technology sectors, Sam Weston brings deep expertise in the systems that power modern enterprises such as ERP, CRM, HCM, CX, and beyond. Her career has spanned the full spectrum of enterprise applications, from optimizing business processes and managing platforms to leading digital transformation initiatives.

    Sam has transitioned her expertise into the analyst arena, focusing on enterprise applications and the evolving role they play in business productivity and transformation. She provides independent insights that bridge technology capabilities with business outcomes, helping organizations and vendors alike navigate a changing enterprise software landscape.

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AI Hype Meets Enterprise Reality as SaaS Enters a More Disciplined Phase
AI, Machine Learning, Platform Engineering, SaaS

AI Hype Meets Enterprise Reality as SaaS Enters a More Disciplined Phase

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on AI Hype Meets Enterprise Reality as SaaS Enters a More Disciplined Phase
Enterprise AI adoption shifts from hype to results as SaaS buyers demand proven value, governance, and scalable deployment in production.... Read more.
ZEDEDA Targets the Last Mile of AI With Edge Intelligence Platform
AI, Edge Computing, Platform Engineering

ZEDEDA Targets the Last Mile of AI With Edge Intelligence Platform

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on ZEDEDA Targets the Last Mile of AI With Edge Intelligence Platform
ZEDEDA launches an edge AI platform to manage, secure, and scale physical AI across distributed environments with a unified control plane.... Read more.
Mirantis Targets Neocloud Economics With Metal-to-Model AI Infrastructure Stack
AI, Cloud, Platform Engineering

Mirantis Targets Neocloud Economics With Metal-to-Model AI Infrastructure Stack

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on Mirantis Targets Neocloud Economics With Metal-to-Model AI Infrastructure Stack
Mirantis advances AI cloud platforms with a control plane to improve GPU utilization, enable multi-tenancy, and drive neocloud economics.... Read more.
Marketing Agency Growth Masks a Growing Cash Flow Crisis
AI, Data Management, FinOps

Marketing Agency Growth Masks a Growing Cash Flow Crisis

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on Marketing Agency Growth Masks a Growing Cash Flow Crisis
Marketing agencies face rising demand but struggle with late payments, creating cash flow challenges that limit growth and AI investment.... Read more.
Data-Driven Fan Engagement Becomes a Platform Strategy, Not a Campaign
AI, Application Development, Customer Experience, Data Management

Data-Driven Fan Engagement Becomes a Platform Strategy, Not a Campaign

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on Data-Driven Fan Engagement Becomes a Platform Strategy, Not a Campaign
Fan engagement shifts from campaigns to platforms using data, AI and omnichannel experiences to build continuous customer relationships.... Read more.
PagerDuty Advances Toward Autonomous Operations With Agentic SRE and Multi-Agent Workflows
AI, Application Development, Observability

PagerDuty Advances Toward Autonomous Operations With Agentic SRE and Multi-Agent Workflows

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on PagerDuty Advances Toward Autonomous Operations With Agentic SRE and Multi-Agent Workflows
PagerDuty evolves SRE Agent into a virtual responder, enabling autonomous ops, multi-agent workflows, and shift-left incident prevention.... Read more.
AI-Assisted Development Introduces a New Class of Runtime Risk
AI, Application Development, Observability

AI-Assisted Development Introduces a New Class of Runtime Risk

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on AI-Assisted Development Introduces a New Class of Runtime Risk
AI-generated code introduces runtime risk, pushing teams toward observability and continuous validation in production environments.... Read more.
AppZen Pushes Expense Governance Upstream With AI-Native Audit Controls
AI, FinOps, Security

AppZen Pushes Expense Governance Upstream With AI-Native Audit Controls

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on AppZen Pushes Expense Governance Upstream With AI-Native Audit Controls
AppZen embeds AI expense auditing into Workday to detect fraud, enforce policy, and automate prepayment decisions.... Read more.
Cisco Pushes Secure AI Factories Toward the Enterprise Edge
AI, Network Security, Networking

Cisco Pushes Secure AI Factories Toward the Enterprise Edge

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on Cisco Pushes Secure AI Factories Toward the Enterprise Edge
Cisco advances secure AI factories with NVIDIA, enabling edge AI, agentic workflows, and scalable enterprise infrastructure.... Read more.
AI-Accelerated Engineering Stacks Change Product Development
AI, Application Development, Infrastructure

AI-Accelerated Engineering Stacks Change Product Development

by Samantha Weston 0 comments on AI-Accelerated Engineering Stacks Change Product Development
Synopsys and NVIDIA advance AI-driven engineering stacks with GPU acceleration, cutting simulation time and cost.... Read more.