In contrast with Salesforce, ServiceNow and IBM, Larry Ellison and Oracle have all but banished “platform” from their public presentations.
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With a 43% revenue-growth rate that was much higher than those of its larger rivals, Google Cloud continued to be the fastest-growing major cloud vendor.
From January when his appointment was announced until April 6 when became CEO, Arvind Krishna did 5 things very well in his debut quarter.
Building on an alliance launched half a century ago, IBM and SAP are calling their new initiative “the evolution partnership.”
Will infrastructure leader Amazon acquire Zoom, in preparation for the digital future and to grab back the microphone in the Cloud Wars?
Despite COVID-19’s economic toll, Microsoft’s strong Q1 growth indicates that the 5 largest cloud vendors could generate cloud revenue of $150B+ in 2020.
During its Q1 earnings call this week, CEO Arvind Krishna outlined IBM’s COVID-19 response along with the iconic company’s key business messages.
Two weeks into his new role, Krishna used yesterday’s IBM Q1 earnings call to explain his plans for returning growth to IBM.
Highlighting moments of grace, courage, humility, innovation and compassion that we’ve observed from leading tech CEOs amid COVID-19 upheaval.
Six major vendors announce Q1 earnings soon: Microsoft, Amazon, Google, SAP, IBM, and ServiceNow. How will COVID-19 impact cloud growth?
In leading with an “architectural war,” new CEO Arvind Krishna missed a chance to showcase IBM’s true strength and differentiation in the cloud.
Arvind Krishna must not allow bureaucracy, inertia and deadwood to keep IBM forever following and chasing its competitors.
Revenue is just one of many factors we use in our weekly ranking of the world’s top cloud vendors, but the raw dollar data reveals some interesting points.
IBM Cloud resurgence will be short-lived unless CEO Ginni Rometty makes bold changes, but the company did have a Q4 growth spurt. I chose 10 examples.
IBM saw its Q4 cloud revenue jump 23%. But CEO Ginni Rometty cannot afford another post-Q4 dropoff. I’ve brainstormed 5 ways that IBM can maintain its pace.
As 2020 gets underway, and IBM prepares to release its Q4 2019 numbers, it’s perfectly clear that the #1 challenge IBM’s cloud business faces is growth.
Rejuvenated by Red Hat and fusing traditional strengths w/ powerful innovation, IBM is redefining the booming cybersecurity market with new cloud solutions.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Bank of America has slashed billions of dollars in IT infrastructure costs during as it migrates to the private cloud.
IBM is exploiting its unmatched financial-services expertise by creating that industry’s first public-cloud platform with Bank of America.
Microsoft, Amazon, Google and IBM are competing to claim leadership on AI-driven solutions that will change how the world works.