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Zoom Q2 results
Cloud Wars Horizon

How Zoom Is Winning in the Enterprise While Managing Cloud Costs

By Tom SmithNovember 28, 2022

Zoom’s financial results reflect strong controls over cloud costs and solid enterprise sales, but the outlook is more uncertain.

hidden brainpower suppliers
Innovation & Leadership

How to Get More Value From Your Supply Chain

By Joanna MartinezNovember 28, 2022

Are you getting the most out of your suppliers? Joanna Martinez explains why you’re likely not and how to tap into the hidden talent of vendors to accelerate your company growth.

partner ecosystem price up
Innovation & Leadership

How to Deliver Added Value Amid Price Increases — and How Partners Can Help

By Janet SchijnsNovember 22, 2022

Inflation puts pressure on businesses to raise their prices, but raising prices runs the risk of alienating customers. Janet explores how to add value so you can raise prices without customer fallout.

walmart cisco customer focus
Cloud Wars Horizon

Walmart, Cisco Show How to Buck Downturn With Tech, Customer Focus

By Tom SmithNovember 18, 2022

Walmart’s digital engagement and customer focus drive results; Cisco says it’s focused on helping customers become more agile and resilient.

CFOs startup suppliers
Innovation & Leadership

Why CFOs Need to Consider Startup Suppliers to Support Innovation

By Joanna MartinezNovember 17, 2022

Here is a tale of two former bosses and their differing styles toward the supplier community. There’s a lesson here in that the low-risk option on the surface may be hurtful in the long run.

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Cybersecurity

Why You Need to Consult a Lawyer After a Security Breach

By Frank DomizioNovember 14, 2022

From victim and media notification to legal liabilities and government considerations, the many issues that arise after a security breach are more easily addressed with the help of a lawyer. Frank explains why.

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Hyperautomation Minute

How Celonis’ Technology Leverages AI and Digital Twins

By Aaron BackNovember 11, 2022

In Ep. 73, Aaron Back explains how discussions and new product announcements at Celosphere 2022 highlighted the concept of digital twins and the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Data Modernization 3Vs
Data

How Data Modernization Has Changed Data’s ‘Three Vs’ — Volume, Velocity, and Variability

By Wayne SadinNovember 11, 2022

In this Data Modernization Battleground Moment, Wayne explains how the data landscape has dramatically shifted, specifically around volume, velocity, and variability.

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Cloud

Why CEOs Must Communicate Business Changes With Employees

By Tony UphoffNovember 8, 2022

In this Cloud Wars Expo Moment, Wayne and Tony discuss why CEOs must spearhead business transformation and be honest and forthright in communicating any resulting changes.

AWS
Cloud

AWS Manages “Highs and Lows of Inflation” for Customers: Amazon CFO

By Bob EvansNovember 2, 2022

Last week, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky further discussed the Q3 financial results of AWS and its current customer strategy.

AWS Q3 Growth
Cloud Wars Minute

AWS Q3 Focus: Help Customers Fight Inflation

By Bob EvansNovember 2, 2022

In this episode, Bob discusses AWS’ current customer strategy and its Q3 revenue growth rate, which increased by 27% from Q2, according to CFO Brian Oslavsky.

Cloud Wars Minute

Google Cloud’s Big Q3 Moment Earns It a Place as a Top Hyperscaler With AWS and Microsoft

By Bob EvansOctober 31, 2022

Google Cloud had their “big moment” as they saw a 2% growth rate increase, while Microsoft and AWS saw a decline in their growth rates for Q3. Google Cloud is an example of a cloud provider that is offering value to customers, which is being reflected in their fortunes.

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Cloud

Google Cloud Q3 Trifecta: Revenue Up, Loss Down, More Investment

By Bob EvansOctober 28, 2022

Google Cloud has three great bits of news coming out of the third quarter. Bob explains why this bodes well for its place in the Cloud Wars.

Google Cloud q3
Cloud Wars Minute

Google Cloud Q3 Revenue Up, Loss Down

By Bob EvansOctober 28, 2022

Bob reviews the company’s impressive third quarter results, noting as well the investment commitment from its parent company, Alphabet.

IBM cloud consulting
Cloud

How IBM Differentiates Itself in Cloud from Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle

By Bob EvansOctober 25, 2022

The increasingly in-demand IBM Consulting has found that its clients and prospects are finding significant value in IBM’s ability to offer not only a full portfolio of modern technology — particularly in the cloud — but also deep industry expertise built over the decades.

CXO Minute

Why the C-Suite Needs to Take a Nuanced Approach to Cybersecurity

By Wayne SadinOctober 13, 2022

In Episode 51, Wayne uses a bet he once made with a CISO as a jumping-off point to discuss how the C-suite should approach cybersecurity.

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Cloud

How Workday Helped High-Flying Match Group Break the ‘Cycle of Death’

Co-Created ContentBy Bob EvansOctober 11, 2022

Bob Evans speaks to Match Group VP and Corporate Controller Trey Henderson about using Workday to drive productivity and focus on employees during a challenging Covid environment – all while going through the merger and acquisition process. Sponsored by Workday.

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Cloud

Microsoft EVP Althoff Trashes Customers’ Shift to Onshoring

By Bob EvansOctober 7, 2022

Bob Evans explains why he thinks that Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff’s recent comments on customers’ reverse-offshoring initiatives were “ill-considered, out of place, inappropriate, and wildly naïve.”

Microsoft Customers
Cloud Wars Minute

Microsoft Executive Bashes Customers!

By Bob EvansOctober 7, 2022

In this Cloud Wars Minute, Bob reacts to the comments made by a top Microsoft executive, thrashing customers for onshoring as a way to address the supply chain crisis.

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Innovation & Leadership

Risk Mitigation With Finance Automation

By Kieron AllenOctober 5, 2022

Automated risk management is growing in importance as global finance becomes more interconnected and mobile — and therefore more complex.

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