Aaron Levie
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But there's a lot of business logic in the layer above the database that software players have.
But there's a lot of business logic in the layer above the database that software players have.
Like if you're an ERP system,
Like if you're an ERP system,
you're way more than a database at this point because you've written a tremendous amount of business logic of how your supply chain should be automated and work and how you should do accounting.
you're way more than a database at this point because you've written a tremendous amount of business logic of how your supply chain should be automated and work and how you should do accounting.
None of that goes away.
None of that goes away.
So then the question is, what changes is the user interface that either the user or the workflow is interacting with.
So then the question is, what changes is the user interface that either the user or the workflow is interacting with.
The user interface might be now you're just chatting with an agent.
The user interface might be now you're just chatting with an agent.
I think increasingly the right way to do this is
I think increasingly the right way to do this is
there's some kind of agent in the background that's connecting multiple systems.
there's some kind of agent in the background that's connecting multiple systems.
So you're, you're not even like the users, maybe not even seeing half the value that's happening, but the agent is sort of working across an ERP system, a CRM system, an HR system, a, you know, a document repository, and then doing work across those systems, which means that the value proposition has to be how good are your APIs?
So you're, you're not even like the users, maybe not even seeing half the value that's happening, but the agent is sort of working across an ERP system, a CRM system, an HR system, a, you know, a document repository, and then doing work across those systems, which means that the value proposition has to be how good are your APIs?
How well designed are they?
How well designed are they?