Amazon’s #1 challenge for 2020 is whether it can convince lots and lots of AWS customers to cut over to AWS from Oracle and its Autonomous Database.

The cloud vendor’s phenomenal growth will crumble if Microsoft Azure and its reputation for reliability is anything less than superb in 2020.

Stream the latest episode of Cloud Wars Live to hear Christopher Lochhead and I explain why data is the new cash, but better.

Taken on its own, the Microsoft $50 billion cloud business would make it one of the 3 largest enterprise-tech companies in the world.

A meta-article of the year’s top stories to guide you through what happened in 2019 and where things are headed in the Cloud Wars.

Apps Associates has released a new study, in which 82% of respondents said they’re looking to partner with an MSP to help with their journey to the cloud.

Stream this episode of the Cloud Wars Live podcast to hear Wayne Sadin ‘s recommendations, warnings and ideas from his 2020 memo to boards and the C-Suite.

There’s some fresh revenue data for Oracle and Salesforce SaaS clouds, allowing us to compare how customers are responding to the top dog and a top rival.

In last week’s Q2 earnings call, Larry Ellison predicted that Oracle Autonomous Database will render all other Oracle databases obsolete.

On a fiscal Q2 earnings call last week, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison seemed to be trashing competitors to mask Oracle’s low-growth transition to the cloud.

Workday says its Financials biz will become its biggest revenue driver, underscoring the vendor’s ability to be a broad-based supplier of enterprise apps.

Stream “Ammirati on Innovation,” where Sean Ammirati and I discuss breakout products: Disney+ and its 10 million downloads in 24 hours, but also SAP’s HXM.

Watch or stream the Cloud Wars interview with our CEO of the Year for 2019, Thomas Kurian of Google Cloud: his first year on the job and what comes next.

“We can actually bring our manufacturing closer to that customer, which by definition changes the supply chain.” – Tony Uphoff on Cloud Wars Live

Two enormous achievements delivered in his first year are the primary factors why Thomas Kurian of Google Cloud is the Cloud Wars CEO of the Year for 2019.

Why Salesforce executives are lavishing praise on MuleSoft and Tableau for transforming Marc Benioff’s company into a truly strategic player.

SAP and Salesforce both held investor-day events last month, based on which I made some educated guesses as to their future cloud revenue accomplishments.

My take on three specific competitive tech battles with the greatest strategic importance for business customers in 2020 and beyond.

A list of what each of the world-changing powerhouse vendors on my Cloud Wars Top 10 should be celebrating this Thanksgiving.

Rejuvenated by Red Hat and fusing traditional strengths w/ powerful innovation, IBM is redefining the booming cybersecurity market with new cloud solutions.

Salesforce this week laid out its plans to stay far ahead of Oracle & SAP in the SaaS market and reach a staggering $35 billion in revenue by 2024.

SAP co-CEO Jen Morgan, on Qualtrics: “The traditional definition of HR has changed, and there’s a new category: Human Experience Management.” (HXM)

“We’ve always talked about predictive analytics, but they’re now a reality,” said Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri said in a recent exclusive Cloud Wars interview.

As Salesforce annual revenue surges toward $20B, this week Marc Benioff is hosting 170,000 at the Dreamforce extravaganza. Here’s what I’m watching for.

Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud will now be tightly integrated with Microsoft Teams collaboration solutions, in a stinging blow to Amazon.

Earlier this week, SAP co-CEO Christian Klein explained to analysts that SAP is #1 in ERP. Simulaneously, Larry Ellison claims that Oracle is #1.

At a special SAP Capital Markets Day presentation on Tuesday 11/12, SAP’s new co-CEOs fully committed to the company’s growth plans in the cloud and beyond.