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From Records to Agents: The Overlooked Revolution in Enterprise Software
Why the next wave of enterprise software is less about replacing humans than giving life to the objects themselves
The actor model provides isolation and message-passing patterns Durable execution enables long-running, persistent processes State machines formalize complex lifecycles LLMs now offer the intelligence layer that makes it all viable SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel—behind their Byzantine interfaces and complex workflows, they were all essentially specialized views into databases, organized around concepts like accounts, orders, invoices, and employees. The convergence is powerful: autonomous business objects with direct access to vast data lakes, able to analyze patterns across departmental and even organizational boundaries.
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