As business leaders across the globe refine their strategies and execution to keep up with today’s blistering pace of change, they are relying more heavily than ever before on the world’s top cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) vendors to provide not only the technology but also the market expertise and insights needed to thrive in these turbulent times.
To help inform and advance those conversations, we here at Cloud Wars and Acceleration Economy are delighted to bring you the CEO Outlook 2024 series in which we’ll share the one-on-one interviews I’ve recently held with the CEOs of the Cloud Wars Top 10 companies on what they’re seeing and what they expect in the coming year. These in-depth interviews and analytical articles will cover the high-level thinking from the leaders of world-shaping cloud and AI vendors Google Cloud, Oracle, SAP, ServiceNow, Workday, IBM, and Snowflake.
This exclusive CEO Outlook 2024 series will feature one CEO each day and include my full-length video interview with that CEO as well as an article in which I offer the key points made by each CEO along with my own thoughts and analysis on how that company is positioned and is aligned with the fast-changing needs and requirements of customers and prospects.
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Here’s the schedule for this dynamic CEO Outlook 2024 series:
- Tues., Jan. 16: SAP CEO Christian Klein, who last month was named Cloud Wars CEO of the Year for 2023
- Thurs., Jan. 18: Oracle CEO Safra Catz, who was the Cloud Wars CEO of the Year for 2022
- Mon., Jan. 22: Carl Eschenbach, the co-CEO and soon-to-be sole CEO of Workday (as co-CEO Aneel Bhusri moves to executive chairman)
- Tues., Jan. 23: Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman
- Thurs., Jan. 25: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna
- Mon., Jan. 29: ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott
- Mon., Feb. 5: Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian
What You Can Expect
Enterprise technology is now essential across every functional area, every department, and every process, and in many industries, new mobile tools are pulling front-line workers into the information engines that power modern enterprises. And as unprecedented levels of data are collected and managed and enhanced with AI to drive new opportunities and better business outcomes, tech strategies will finally become fully fused with business strategies, with no daylight in between.
In such an environment, the good news is that the lusty tech industry has spawned lots and lots of vendors offering every conceivable type of product, solution, and service. We believe our CEO Outlook 2024 series will give you in-depth insight into what the top leaders of these Cloud Wars Top 10 companies are seeing and how well their strategy — and their mindset — align with your vision, your culture, your needs, and your ambitions.
We look forward to your engagement with our CEO Outlook 2024 series and as always we look forward eagerly to your comments and feedback. Here’s to a fantastic 2024!
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