What were the most important trends, vendor moves, and innovations for the cloud-computing industry in 2018? Read my 10 picks.
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Microsoft, IBM & SAP posted a combined $13 billion in calendar-Q2 cloud revenue, led by Microsoft’s commercial-cloud growth rate of 53% to $6.9 billion.
Walmart has commited to massive 5-year cloud deal with Microsoft that extends the two companies’ existing partnership, accelerating digital transformation.
Microsoft has unleashed an AI technology strategy that’s as complete and ambitious as any you’ll find from any company in the world.
As SAP & Salesforce compete, the biggest winners will be business customers who’ll stand to gain huge value from fruits of this bare-knuckles competition.
Satya Nadella’s cloud business, Microsoft, is growing at a stunning 58%–and the enterprise cloud hasn’t even begun to reach the fat part of the market.
Oracle is using “adaptive intelligence” capabilities for its entire NetSuite family of integrated applications aimed at small and mid-sized businesses.
SAP is taking direct aim at Salesforce.com, CEO McDermott promises to deliver “next-generation business modeling for the perfect customer experience.”
A screenless AI companion from OpenAI could redefine smart home technology by combining conversational AI with contextual awareness and adaptive personalization.
The next wave of enterprise AI will depend less on models and more on governed, connected data and operational context, according to Salesforce and Databricks.
Microsoft is accelerating its Frontier Firm vision with a new business unit that embeds 6,000 AI and industry experts directly with customers to build, optimize, and scale enterprise AI systems.
The Hyperscaler Backlog Sweepstakes defines the top AI factories, ranking Google Cloud, Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS in the top four.
Marc Benioff criticizes CEOs who scapegoat AI for layoffs, calling it a “lazy way out” and urging leaders to take accountability for business decisions during technological disruption.
Rather than replacing SaaS, AI is becoming its most powerful accelerator. Oracle’s approach embeds agentic AI across Fusion applications, enabling faster deployments, reduced operational complexity, and dramatically improved customer outcomes.
In this episode, Diego Araujo discusses the challenges enterprises face when adopting AI copilots in Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, emphasizing governance, user adoption, and selecting high-impact use cases that can demonstrate value quickly and overcome skepticism.
Product architect Nik Kale explains how bringing AI and human intelligence directly into a product ensures customers receive targeted remediation content and guidance.
Cross App Access, being added as a core part of the MCP specification, allows centralized management of user entitlements, closing a gap that currently exists with some MCP servers.
Koen Cuypers of SignUp Software shares how AI can optimize business processes and ERP functions, and details the company’s roadmap for 2026.
Oracle’s latest innovation, Database 26ai, includes support for vector data, unified data models, and embedded agentic workflows to help organizations unlock the full potential of private enterprise data with AI.
Expect the unexpected from Larry Ellison at this year’s Oracle AI World as he has made remarkable moves over the past few years.