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Cloud Wars Minute

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Welcome to the Cloud Wars Minute!

I am your host, Bob Evans. Here you will see a full library of our daily news and commentary show from Cloud Wars that shares insights and perspective around the “re-imagination machine” that is the Cloud!

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Microsoft Cloud Q4: Growth Slips from Q3, RPO Surges 84%

By Bob EvansJuly 30, 2026

Microsoft’s consistency contrasts sharply with Google’s accelerating growth, revealing two very different momentum stories in today’s cloud infrastructure market.

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Microsoft’s AI Sovereignty Model Could Shape the Future of Government AI

By Kieron AllenJuly 29, 2026

Microsoft says AI sovereignty is about maintaining national control while embracing the world’s best AI technologies, rather than isolating countries from global innovation.

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Dear Andy Jassy: Don’t Try to Spin Google Cloud Outgrowing AWS By 2X or 2.5X

By Bob EvansJuly 28, 2026

Google Cloud’s 82% growth highlights a dramatic shift in customer demand as Microsoft and AWS prepare to report earnings in a rapidly evolving AI market.

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Google Cloud 390% Backlog Growth: Playing to Win Means Blazing New Trails

By Bob EvansJuly 27, 2026

Alphabet is embracing massive AI infrastructure investments despite investor backlash, betting that today’s spending will secure tomorrow’s cloud leadership.

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Salesforce Launches MCP Servers to Turn Slack Into an AI Workspace

By Kieron AllenJuly 24, 2026

Salesforce is deepening Slack’s role in enterprise AI by allowing users to orchestrate multiple AI agents while maintaining centralized authentication and security.

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Google Cloud Q2: Revenue +82%, $24.8B, Backlog +390%, $514B

By Bob EvansJuly 23, 2026

Explosive Q2 results suggest Google Cloud is outperforming rivals where it matters most—winning new AI business and accelerating faster than Microsoft Cloud and AWS.

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Microsoft AI in Education Report: Why Responsible AI Is the Next Big Challenge

By Kieron AllenJuly 22, 2026

Microsoft’s latest education findings reveal that AI access is no longer the hurdle—effective implementation and structured training are.

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Google Cloud + Palantir Growth Rates Show What Enterprises Want from AI

By Bob EvansJuly 21, 2026

Google Cloud and Palantir are entering Q2 earnings with industry-leading growth, driven by AI-native strategies, customer trust, and differentiated execution.

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Hottest Vendors: #1 Palantir, #2 Google Cloud, #3 Oracle

By Bob EvansJuly 20, 2026

Palantir leads the latest Cloud Wars rankings as Bob Evans previews Q2 earnings and explains why cloud and AI remain the world’s fastest-growing technology market.

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Salesforce Agentforce Help Agent Introduces Pay-for-Resolution AI Model

By Kieron AllenJuly 17, 2026

Salesforce’s latest AI announcement combines autonomous customer support, responsible AI governance, and a pricing model built around delivering successful business outcomes.

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Race for AI Future: Google, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS Try to Meet Insatiable Demand

By Bob EvansJuly 16, 2026

Hyperscalers are embracing unprecedented financing strategies and partnerships as AI demand forces massive investments in next-generation data center infrastructure.

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SAP and Giotto.ai Launch Pilot Projects for Smarter Joule Agents

By Kieron AllenJuly 15, 2026

SAP is partnering with Giotto.ai to evaluate reasoning-focused AI models that could make Joule agents more reliable, secure, and effective in complex enterprise decision-making.

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Microsoft vs AWS: AI-Deployment Names Show Different AI Visions

By Bob EvansJuly 14, 2026

AWS and Microsoft are taking radically different branding approaches to AI deployment, raising questions about which strategy enterprise customers will embrace.

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Google Cloud All-in w/Ecosystem for Agentic Transformation as Others Launch Deployment Co.’s

By Bob EvansJuly 13, 2026

Google Cloud is separating itself from Microsoft and AWS by relying entirely on partners to deliver enterprise AI deployments and agentic transformation.

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Salesforce-Databricks Alliance Strengthens Enterprise AI with Trusted Data

By Kieron AllenJuly 10, 2026

The next wave of enterprise AI will depend less on models and more on governed, connected data and operational context, according to Salesforce and Databricks.

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Data Workflows Rank Highest in AI Confidence; AI and Security Processes Lag Behind

By Tom SmithJuly 9, 2026

Customers are reporting high confidence levels in AI agents managing data workflows, but the numbers drop when tasks apply to AI workflows such as coding functions.

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AI Deployment Wars Heat Up: AWS, MSFT Push War Chest to $10B

By Bob EvansJuly 9, 2026

The world’s leading AI companies are investing nearly $10 billion to ensure AI deployments generate measurable business outcomes rather than simply impressive technology.

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Microsoft Frontier Company Signals New Era of Enterprise AI Transformation

By Kieron AllenJuly 8, 2026

Microsoft’s new Frontier Company represents the company’s biggest step yet toward making its frontier firm vision a reality for enterprise customers.

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Palantir: Traditional ERP Contains Some Deadly Ingredients

By Bob EvansJuly 7, 2026

Palantir challenges traditional ERP and standardization, suggesting an alternate approach in the current economy and age of AI.

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Event Moment: Why Customer Outcomes Matter More Than Products

By Maya RockJuly 6, 2026

The companies that survive disruption are the ones focused on solving problems, not protecting products.

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