Congratulations to Amazon Web Services’ Andy Jassy, my CEO of the year 2018, for a fabulous year and the recognition he and his company clearly deserve.

Qualtrics has become “the crown jewel of the company,” says SAP CEO Bill McDermott—and that the recent acqusition is driving SAP’s transformation.

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.

Within ServiceNow’s Q4 revenue growth, the most interesting story is how ServiceNow is creating a new category within SaaS by connecting siloed workflows.

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.

Microsoft has posted 2018 cloud revenue of $32.2 billion, giving it an insurmountable lead as the world’s largest cloud provider over Amazon.

Why CEOs Must Set Digital Mandate || Cloud Wars’ “Wayne Sadin on Digital Strategy” explores the roles of CEOs and boards in the Digital Age.

SAP CEO Bill McDermott vowed that his company’s $8-billion acquisition of Qualtrics will trigger “the biggest growth opportunity I’ve ever seen.”

SAP today predicted that its SAP cloud revenue will triple by 2023, thanks to its Qualtrics acquisition and the emerging “experience economy.”

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.

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

The Microsoft-Kroger partnership allows the grocery giant to morph into a technology company that develops and sells modern cloud-based retail solutions.

IBM today said it has signed a cloud deal with BNP Paribas that one analyst believes could be valued at $2 billion, setting up a big 2019 for IBM.

IBM’s new hybrid cloud megadeals show why the vendor has retained the #5 spot in the Cloud Wars Top 10 here at the outset of 2019.

As Amazon battles with retailers in the grocery-store and drug-store sectors, Microsoft locks down contracts with a number of the world’s top retail chains.

What a recent blog post reveals about how AWS is gunning for victory in the Amazon versus Oracle cloud database competition.

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd is claiming that the enterprise-apps category will at some point in the future balloon to $400 billion.

My list of the world’s top 5 cloud vendors, including both cloud-natives and “legacy” veterans, and what they’ve done to earn the lofty spots.

Dion Hinchcliffe’s 12-point CIO Predictions for 2019 column is superb reading for any person interested business strategy, and digital innovation.

A look at how 3 cloud heavyweights—Oracle, SAP and Google Cloud—are positioning themselves for the coming hybrid-cloud revolution.

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

IBM needs to show customers, partners and investors that it is turning those 9,100 patents and innovations into high-value business solutions.

Larry Ellison using Oracle Autonomous Database to redefine the cloud industry to play to Oracle’s dominant strengths instead of its Amazon-era weaknesses.

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

Hear the Cloud Wars Live Q2 interview: Lou Senko, the SVP/CIO of Q2 and a member of the Forbes Technology Council, joins Bob Evans on the podcast.

Salesforce, SAP, and Oracle’s CRM battle will continue to escalate in 2019. Read why Salesforce is in a great position to dominate the race.

Discover the 5 most-listened-to episodes from the Cloud Wars Live series, the Cloud Wars podcasts arm launched in 2018 to explore digital transformation.