Salesforce has launched a new ad campaign that will further obliterate the archaic models of B2C and B2B. Here’s how CMO Stephanie Buscemi explained it.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted an intriguing video on LinkedIn this week extolling the virtues of what he called a “hyperscale limitless database.”

In a new episode of Cloud Wars Live, Sean Ammirati and I discuss why a big company might fail to pursue innovation and become an entrepreneur. And more!

Last year’s acquisition of planning hotshot Adaptive Insights appears to be the catalyst for ongoing success at Workday, per CEO Aneel Bhusri.

Which cloud vendor or combination of vendors might have the tech depth, customer focus, marketing savvy, & deep pockets to beat Microsoft in the cloud?

Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri says that about 50% of the Fortune 100 have subscribed to Workday’s cloud HCM services. Of those 50, 35 are already live.

How Oracle is invigorating its Oracle Analytics business and leadership under the direction of group vice president Bruno Aziza.

The Microsoft & UBS deal is indicative of how the rapid spread of cloud-availability regions is enabling global corps to accelerate digital transformation.

This podcast is brought to you by Oracle. || Hear from Bruno Aziza, Group VP of Oracle Analytics, about expanding access to data science, workflows, & more.

Oracle and Salesforce compete head-on in the cloud, but the two couldn’t be more different in how they use earnings calls to showcase customers and wins.

This article is brought to you by Workday. || Based on new research, Workday identified 5 essential attributes for successful digital transformation.

Why Teens Value the Digital World Over the Physical || Stream the latest episode of Lochhead on Different, about AI, our addiction to screens, and more.

This article is brought to you by Cloudera. || How can CXOs create data-driven companies that out-innovate their competitors and outgrow the market?

I believe that the SAP challenge to Salesforce for CRM leadership prompted Marc Benioff to develop and/or accelerate his customer-experience vision.

Stream a new episode of “Sadin on Digital,” from Cloud Wars Live, to hear Wayne’s take on the Capital One security breach—and whether AWS is at fault.

By my projections, the world’s top 10 enterprise-cloud vendors are poised to generate $158 billion in cloud revenue in calendar 2019.

The vibrancy of the dynamic SaaS segment is on full display in new customer-centric initiatives from Cloud Wars leaders Salesforce and Workday.

Speaking at a recent investors conference, Aneel Bhusri touched on the Workday + Walmart deal, and how new people-based apps have doubled the HCM market.

This episode is brought to you by Oracle. || Stream my conversation with Craig Wilensky, CEO at JASCI software and advocate of Oracle’s autonomous database.

Betting that its $34-billion acquisition of Red Hat will trigger new growth, IBM says its two-year overhaul of its vast…

Google Cloud expanding its deal with VMware reveals Kurian’s commitment to offering customers choices, even if those customers choose competitors over GCP.

Some additional perspective on Microsoft’s monster fiscal Q4 ($11 billion in commercial-cloud revenue!), with 10 key insights from its earnings call.

Details are emerging about how Red Hat might make IBM’s $19-billion cloud business an engine of growth once again. Here are some insights into the plan.

it was fascinating to see how Microsoft, Amazon and Workday used their latest earnings calls to highlight their broad efforts with machine learning.

Stream a new episode of Ammirati on Innovation, where Sean and I discuss Microsoft + OpenAI, and ask whether AI will truly shape the trajectory of humanity.

Market leader Microsoft and #2 Amazon generated HALF of the $37 billion in Q2 cloud revenue rung up by the Cloud Wars Top 10 vendors.

Sparked by CEO Thomas Kurian’s customer-centric leadership, Google Cloud has moved up to #6 in the Cloud Wars Top 10 on the strength of its recent $2B Q.