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THE EXPLAINER
Irregular insights for people who buy, sell, use or otherwise care about enterprise software.


The Agentic AI Elephant In the Room
Understanding agentic AI in ERP and requirements for JSON, consistency and granularity of design.
Charles Rathmann
3 days ago5 min read


The Artificial Intelligence End User Licensing Agreement (EULA) Just Saved Civilization
Anthropic, Hegseth’s Ultimatum and Threats to Safety and U.S. Competitiveness Bucking pressure from the U.S. Department of Defense , Anthropic is refusing to revise its safeguards in its end user license agreement (EULA) and usage policies for its Claude AI model. Hegseth had issued a Friday, March 27 2026 deadline for Anthropic to enable their instance of the technology to conduct mass surveillance and autonomous kill missions. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused , leadi
Charles Rathmann
Feb 283 min read


Should You Believe What You Read About Enterprise Software?
Whether you are pulling the trigger on a multi-million dollar enterprise resource planning (ERP) project or a more modest software...
Charles Rathmann
Sep 4, 20247 min read


3 Reasons to Buy Enterprise Software From A Startup
Should you buy enterprise software from a startup? Maybe. Find out more here.
Charles Rathmann
Aug 29, 20245 min read


Can a 10-Min. Read Transform Your Software Marketing?
Can a 10 minute read vastly improve your software marketing skills? Yes and no.
Charles Rathmann
Jul 23, 20243 min read


No-Nonsense Talk about AI in ERP
Let's be clear. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been creeping into enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for a decade. Early on,...
Charles Rathmann
Jul 22, 20242 min read
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