For the audio podcast of This Week in Enterprise Technology, Hyoun Park and Charles Araujo critically assess last week's biggest tech news:

1. Agentforce: The Next BYO?
2. Microsoft Doubles Down on Copilot with Agents
3. It’s Dangerous to Build Alone: On In-House AI Agents
4. Alation and Workday Affirm Salesforce’s Data and AI Offerings
5. Zoho Analytics 6.0: Bridging Data Science + Analytics
6. KubeCost: Another Piece of the IBM FinOps Puzzle?
7. Tidelift Says Pay Your Open-Source Maintainers
8. AWS Admits Data Repatriation is On the Rise
9. Amazon: Get Back to the Office, Everyone

Sources:

Agentforce: The Next BYO?

Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/agentforce-launch-zone-announcement/

Microsoft Doubles Down on Copilot with Agents

Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/blog/copilot-studio/unveiling-copilot-agents-built-with-microsoft-copilot-studio-to-supercharge-your-business/?mod=djemCIO

It’s Dangerous to Build Alone: On In-House AI Agents

CIO.com: https://www.cio.com/article/3529740/thinking-of-building-your-own-ai-agents-dont-do-it-advisors-say.html

Alation and Workday Affirm Salesforce’s Data and AI Offerings

Alation: https://www.alation.com/blog/salesforce-connector-data-trust/

Zoho Analytics 6.0: Bridging Data Science + Analytics

Zoho: https://www.zoho.com/blog/analytics/6.0-launch.html

KubeCost: Another Piece of the IBM FinOps Puzzle?

IBM: https://newsroom.ibm.com/blog-ibm-acquires-kubecost-to-broaden-hybrid-cloud-cost-management-capabilities

Tidelift Says Pay Your Open-Source Maintainers

Tidelift: https://tidelift.com/about/press-releases/tidelift-study-reveals-paid-open-source-maintainers-do-significantly-more-critical-security-and-maintenance-work-than-unpaid-maintainers

AWS Admits Data Repatriation is On the Rise

CIO Dive: https://www.ciodive.com/news/aws-microsoft-google-uk-regulatory-hearings-cloud-wars/727571/

Amazon: Get Back to the Office, Everyone

Amazon: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/ceo-andy-jassy-latest-update-on-amazon-return-to-office-manager-team-ratio?mod=djemCIO

This Week In Enterprise Tech is hosted by:

Charles Araujo of The DX Report and

Hyoun Park of Amalgam Insights