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IBM Sales Leader: “Every Discussion Is About Cloud”

By Bob EvansJune 18, 2019

At the recent Bank of America Merril Lynch Global Technology Conference, IBM sales exec Martin Schroeter said of cloud: “everyone is thinking about it.”

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Grading the World’s Top 10 Cloud Vendors: The Cloud Wars Report Card

By Bob EvansJune 10, 2019

As the enterprise cloud becomes without question the foundation for digital business, we’ve graded the Top 10 vendors. This is the Cloud Wars report card.

Cloud

Workday’s Path to a $1-Billion Quarter: 10 Key Insights

By Bob EvansMay 31, 2019

Within the coming year, Workday will likely report its first $1 billion quarter. Read my key takeaways from the company’s recent Q1 earnings call.

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Why High-Flying Workday Is Pushing ML over M&A

By Bob EvansMay 30, 2019

As impressive as Workday Q1 earnings results are, I found CEO Aneel Bhusri’s commentary on machine learning to be even more compelling.

Cloud

Understanding the New SAP: 10 Key Insights as Sapphire 2019 Kicks Off

By Bob EvansMay 6, 2019

My Sapphire 2019 preview, part 2: 10 things to understand about where SAP stands today, where it’s headed, and why it expects to outperform its competitors.

Cloud

Google Cloud Q1 Numbers: What Alphabet Execs Said, and Didn’t Say

By Bob EvansMay 1, 2019

We didn’t get Google Cloud revenue numbers during the Alphabet Q1 earnings call, we did gain insights from Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and CFO Ruth Porat.

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Amazon CFO Touts Big AWS Wins at Volkswagen, Ford and Lyft

By Bob EvansApril 30, 2019

Toward the end of last week’s Amazon Q1 earnings call, CFO Brian Olsavsky made a point of mentioning AWS’s excellent performance. Here are my thoughts.

Cloud

IBM Goes All-In on the Cloud

By Bob EvansApril 18, 2019

What I see in IBM’s Q1 2019 earnings announcement: a smart new approach, making clear to the world that IBM intends to be a cloud-first company.

Cloud

Microsoft Exec on Cloud Market: Not Quite “Limitless” But “Lots of Runway”

By Bob EvansMarch 27, 2019

Two key points about the future of cloud, from Microsoft exec Dave O’Hara at the Morgan Stanley investors conference last month.

Cloud

Rishabh Sinha On Internal Transformation & Employee Satisfaction at Murad LLC

By Bob EvansMarch 26, 2019

Read my interview with Murad LLC Senior Director Rishabh Sinha. We discussed how internal digital transformation impacts employee and customer satisfaction.

Cloud

Microsoft Services CTO Norm Judah on AI, Human Bias, and the C-Suite

By Bob EvansMarch 7, 2019

Read the transcript of my conversation with Microsoft Services CTO Norm Judah for insight into current Microsoft projects and what comes next.

Cloud

Workday Cranks Up the Heat on Oracle and SAP in Cloud ERP Wars

By Bob EvansMarch 4, 2019

The big story: Workday Financials has become self-sustaining, putting Workday squarely up against cloud ERP competitors Oracle and SAP.

Cloud

Google Cloud Sees “Really Nice Uptick” in $100 Million Deals

By Bob EvansFebruary 7, 2019

On its recent earnings call, Alphabet did not specify Google Cloud revenue, but did confirm that Google Cloud is one of its fastest-growing businesses.

Cloud

Why Microsoft Is #1 in the Cloud: 10 Key Insights

By Bob EvansFebruary 4, 2019

I’ve extracted 10 notable comments from CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood during last week’s Microsoft 2018 earnings call, on the cloud and more.

Cloud

Oracle, Workday, SAP Get Good News: AI Adoption Can Supercharge Red-Hot Cloud ERP Market

By Bob EvansJanuary 28, 2019

What a new study of more than 700 finance leaders reveals about the future of cloud ERP and AI, especially for market leaders Oracle, Workday and SAP.

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IBM Bets Its Future on Hybrid Cloud as IBM Cloud Revenue Tops $19 Billion

By Bob EvansJanuary 25, 2019

During IBM’s quarterly earnings call this week, CFO Jim Kavanagh mentioned “hybrid” 28 times, focusing on the IBM Future Hybrid Cloud,

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The Coming Hybrid Wave: Where Do Microsoft, IBM and Amazon Stand? (Part 1 of 2)

By Bob EvansJanuary 9, 2019

What to watch for in the coming hybrid wave. Cementing its future growth and relevance, the cloud industry is warmly embracing hybrid computing.

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Inside Microsoft’s Marketing Strategy: 10 Key Insights from CMO Chris Capossela

By Bob EvansJanuary 2, 2019

Remarks from Microsoft’s EVP and CMO Chris Capossela in late 2018 shed light on Microsoft’s marketing strategy going into 2019.

Cloud

Oracle, SAP and Workday Driving Red-Hot Cloud ERP Growth Into 2019

By Bob EvansDecember 18, 2018

Cloud heavyweights Oracle, SAP and Workday continue to compete savagely in terms of mission-critical cloud ERP growth going into 2019.

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Cloud Wars Outlook 2019: The Engine of the Digital Economy

By Bob EvansDecember 13, 2018

The cloud is becoming the engine of the global digital economy. Read Cloud Wars Outlook 2019 to understand enterprise cloud trends for 2019.

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