Salesforce, led by Marc Benioff, has a slow growth rate at 11%, prompting questions about CRM’s relevance and Salesforce’s ability to innovate across various fronts amid changing market dynamics.

Who is the Cloud Wars CEO of the Year? A call to vote for your pick for Cloud Wars CEO of the Year.

In a Celosphere 2023 discussion, PepsiCo leader Chris Knapik explains how new Celonis products including business process modeling and generative AI will deliver value.

Couchbase supported customer Marriott with its modern and distributed architectures as well as multi-dimensional scaling.

Workday’s co-CEO, Carl Eschenbach, attributes the company’s robust Q3 results to increased customer demand for talent offerings, a trend toward app supplier consolidation, and the growing emphasis on generative AI.

NetRise introduces Trace, an AI-powered feature revolutionizing software supply chain security, employing natural language processing to proactively identify and validate compromised assets and map relationships across the software supply chain.

The Eschenbach effect propels Workday’s Q3 performance with robust subscription revenue and customer priorities emphasizing talent, application consolidation, and leveraging generative AI.

President Biden’s recent executive order on AI has a pivotal role to play in fostering ethical innovation and regulation to propel innovation while striking a delicate balance between progress and oversight.

Google Cloud’s Dain Hansen explains the link between a company’s strategic application of data and AI and its profitability.

Is AI genuinely a crucial component of a cybersecurity offering? CIO Kenny Mullican explores what existing practices look like with and without the technology.

AI Index Ep 18: World governments move toward AI safety regulations; Airbnb acquires GamePlanner.AI for $200 million; and Digital Green uses AI to support farmers.

A multi-pronged AI program from Amazon aims to train two million people through new courses, a scholarship program and a generative AI curriculum created with Code.org.

Sam Altman’s recent employment shifts between OpenAI and Microsoft triggered a remarkable $100-billion surge in the Cloud Wars Cloud Confidence Index.

Chris Knapik talked about how PepsiCo has benefited from Celonis and process mining during a customer interview at Celosphere 2023.

Tom Smith and Laura Gardner interview Oliver Zeller to gain insights into the offerings of Sybmio, especially after being acquired by Celonis.

At the Workday Rising conference, Ash Noah, VP and Managing Director of Management Accounting and ESG at AICPA, explores the changing role of CFOs, emphasizing the shift from scorekeeping to value creation through embracing technology, AI, and ML.

The Cloud Confidence Index hits a record $7.2 trillion, reflecting heightened interest in AI-driven innovation, with Sam Altman’s brief move to Microsoft adding intrigue and cementing Microsoft’s dominance in the cloud market.

Co-creation is transforming companies as well as entire industries, but it works best when driven by CEOs who follow a disciplined methodology.

At Celosphere 2023, Mark Klein of ERGO Group explains how the insurer has applied Celonis process mining software over the past year in the insurance business.

NetRise’s AI-driven Trace feature transforms supply chain security, using semantic search and natural language processing to identify risks, offer context-rich insights, and create comprehensive asset graphs.

Capping an unprecedented series of executive and board moves, OpenAI reinstates CEO Sam Altman, secures Microsoft’s support for the moves, and plans a new nine-seat board.

Celonis’ Transformation Hub is a centralized platform to visualize, measure, and amplify the business impact of process mining.

Ash Noah emphasizes the critical role of human skills, such as empathy and collaboration, for CFOs.

A special Cloud Wars Thanksgiving message touching upon the importance of family and optimism.

AI Index Ep 17: Announcements from OpenAI’s DevDay; Lidl Invests in startup Aleph Alpha; and Carmax integrates a new AI feature.

After being fired from his position as CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman joins Microsoft to lead its new advanced AI research team.

While NVIDIA has been providing AI chips, the company is using its own AI models internally to continue advancing its AI product offerings.