Entries by Niall McCarthy

Essential Human Roles in Customer Resource Management

Introduction Customer Resource Management has evolved far beyond a simple software tool – it represents a comprehensive business strategy that requires diverse human talent working in concert. The success of any CRM initiative depends fundamentally on the people who implement, manage, and use these systems to strengthen customer relationships. Understanding the critical human roles within […]

How Can Open-Source Make Agentic AI Safer?

Introduction Open-source approaches offer powerful mechanisms to enhance the safety of agentic AI systems through transparency, collective intelligence, and distributed accountability. While concerns exist about the ease of removing safety guardrails from open models, the open-source paradigm provides unique advantages that closed systems cannot match, particularly as agentic AI systems gain autonomy and decision-making power. […]

Why Does Digital Sovereignty in Social Services Matter?

Introduction Digital sovereignty has emerged as a defining concern for enterprise systems across all sectors, but its implications for social services are particularly profound. At its core, digital sovereignty encompasses the ability of organizations and governments to maintain autonomous control over their digital assets, infrastructure, data, and operations without undue external influence or dependency. This […]

Enterprise Softwares Best Suited To Agentic AI

Introduction The enterprise software landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation as agentic artificial intelligence moves from theoretical promise to practical deployment. Unlike traditional AI systems that require constant human prompting, agentic AI operates with autonomy, perceiving business conditions, making decisions, and executing multi-step processes independently. However, not all enterprise systems are equally prepared for this […]

Planet Crust releases Corteza 2024.9.6

Planet Crust, the driving force behind Corteza, has released a new update of Corteza that includes new features, changes and fixes. Release notes: 2024.9.6 Released on: 2025.11.11 Important upgrade notes: The newly added user groups requires database schema modifications that may not be backwards compatible.,The role_members table receives a new rel_resource column which is generated […]

Apache 2.0: A Nuanced View of Open-Source Licensing

Introduction The claim that Apache 2.0 is “nuanced” requires important context. While the license possesses significant strengths that make it an excellent choice for certain contexts, particularly enterprise software development, characterizing it as universally superior overlooks important trade-offs and use-case dependencies. Patent Protection and Legal Clarity Apache 2.0’s most distinguishing strength lies in its explicit […]

What Kinds of Managers Adopt Low-Code Enterprise Systems?

Introduction Low-code enterprise systems are being adopted by an increasingly diverse spectrum of managers across organizations, reflecting a fundamental shift in how business applications are conceptualized, built, and deployed. This adoption cuts across functional departments, organizational hierarchies, and technical skill levels, creating a new landscape where traditional boundaries between business and technology are being redrawn. […]

Digital Sovereignty for Aspiring Managers

Introduction Digital sovereignty has emerged as one of the most critical strategic issues facing organizations in the 2020s. At its core, digital sovereignty describes an organization’s fundamental ability to control its own digital destiny – the data it generates, the infrastructure it relies upon, and the technology platforms that drive its operations. For aspiring managers, […]

Customer Resource Management for Citizen Developers

Introduction The democratization of software development through low-code and no-code platforms has fundamentally transformed how organizations manage customer relationships. Citizen developers – non-technical professionals empowered to build applications through visual, accessible interfaces – have emerged as key players in this transformation, particularly in creating and customizing customer resource management systems. Understanding how to leverage these […]

Types Of Technologists That Promote Digital Sovereignty

Introduction Enterprise system sovereignty has emerged as a defining imperative for organizations seeking to maintain autonomous control over their digital infrastructure, data, and operations. This strategic evolution represents far more than technical implementation – it embodies a fundamental transformation in how organizations approach their technological independence, particularly in an era marked by geopolitical tensions, regulatory […]