Category: Agentic AI

  • From Physical to Digital Labor: Will Salesforce’s AgentForce 2.0 replace traditional jobs and outsourcing?

    December 18, 2024 | ,

    Salesforce’s AgentForce 2.0 signals a new era of digital labor, redefining how enterprises manage productivity, outsourcing, and internal workforce models. By integrating AI-driven Digital Workforce Equivalents (DWEs) into its platform, Salesforce positions itself as a cornerstone of the agentic AI revolution, challenging traditional IT and outsourcing paradigms. We believe this release signals a clear path toward the services industry’s shift toward Services-as-Software.Read More

  • People aren’t stupid. Pretending your bots are human will make you fail

    December 14, 2024 | ,

    Humanizing bots while dehumanizing humans risks creating a soulless enterprise in which efficiency wins, but humanity loses. The meteoric rise of Agentic AI is fundamentally reshaping workplace dynamics as systems evolve from basic automation tools into autonomous digital workers that can execute complex tasks, make decisions, and even mimic human collaboration patterns.  In short, after all the noise about bots replacing workers in the workplace over the past decade-plus, we now have technology that is still being positioned by many tech vendors to do just that. This evolution poses a double-edged challenge for enterprise leaders. While Agentic AI promises to unlock massive productivity gains and operational efficiencies, it also threatens to erode the human elements that drive innovation and organizational resilience. Meanwhile, employees face growing pressures to compete with tireless digital counterparts and productivity-obsessed work environments, further straining workplace culture. Read More

  • Happy one-year birthday, Microsoft Copilot. Now, can you be more than a quick AI win for the lazy CIO?

    November 23, 2024 | ,

    It’s been exactly two years since ChatGPT 3.0 hit the streets and dramatically changed the AI conversation.  One of the key beneficiaries has been Microsoft Copilot, which, in barely one year, has generated a remarkable $1 billion in revenues and created a vehicle for CIOs to claim early “AI victory” to their corporate leaders hungry to exploit the delights of this AI revolution. So, with Microsoft positioning Copilot as the new "UI for AI," what do CIOs and their C-Suite counterparts need to do to achieve more value than a glossy AI veneer?Read More

  • Welcome to the era of Services-as-Software… where the lines between services and software are blurring

    November 10, 2024 | ,

    Two very different worlds, one based on humans and the other on technology, are becoming one blended, scalable solution we are calling Services-as-Software. In short, the line between services and software is blurring and eventually vanishing, and this progression has become more crucial than ever.Read More

  • 2030 HFS Services Technology Vision: The Future of Services is No Services

    October 10, 2024 | ,

    By 2030, we will be engaging with services primarily through technology, minimizing human intervention and maximizing efficiency.  In fact, services will barely even be services anymoreRead More