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Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Cloud Wars analyzes the major cloud vendors from the perspective of business customers. In Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans talks with both sides about these profoundly transformative technologies, and with monthly All-Star guests from across the business community about the trends impacting how the world lives, works, plays, and dreams. Visit https://cloudwars.com for more.
Episodes
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
AWS Supply Chain Allows Customers to Define Their Own Roadmap | AWS VP of Supply Chain Solutions
Episode 28 | Supply Chains: The "Orchestrator" of Today's Business The Big Themes: Why AWS entered the supply chain space: The company has the knowledge and…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Yes, the Military Really Uses "Top Secret" Folders: Cultivating Cybersecurity Awareness | Anschuetz on Leadership
The Big Themes: Fixing human error: The biggest cybersecurity vulnerability companies have is their people, and there's no software tool or system that is more…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
The Overhype and Underhype of Generative AI Like ChatGPT | Uphoff on Industry
The Big Themes: The automation of knowledge work: This has been happening for a while now—just think of the hours of labor eliminated by search engines—but…
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Armed with AI, the Intellectual Capitalist Is Replacing the Knowledge Worker | Lochhead on Different
Episode 26 | AI and the Rise of the Intellectual Capitalist Note: this episode contains explicit language. The Big Themes: Knowledge workers are no longer at…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
The Transformative Power of Workday Adaptive, According to a CFO | Joseph James of Apex Capital
The Big Themes: Apex's culture of curiosity: While the CFO's domain is traditionally finance, JJ explains that at Apex, he is focused on business forecasting…
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Why Microsoft and Google Are Right to Take ChatGPT Seriously | Anschuetz on Leadership
The Big Themes: Don't ignore the threat of ChatGPT: Even as a company with incredibly advanced AI capabilities, Google is doing the right thing by treating…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Work Ethic: What it Looks Like and How to Cultivate it in 2023 | Fitzgerald on Talent
The Big Themes: The WFH challenge for young talent: creating a personal network and building personal credibility are incredibly important early in a career…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Comparing Sam Bankman-Fried, Native Digital, and Bernie Madoff, Native Analog | Lochhead on Different
The Big Themes: Similarities between Madoff and SBF: Both men "wrapped themselves" in celebrity, fancy parties, and politics. They were able to pull off the…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
The Future of Oracle Cloud and the Role of Alloy, With EVP Clay Magouyrk
The Big Themes: What inspired Alloy? Less than a decade ago, Clay says, companies were trying and failing to build their own private clouds, because the…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
How to Get Your Team Back in the Office, Without a Mandate | Anschuetz on Leadership
The Big Themes: Consistency: Companies that ask employees to give up the benefits of remote work and come back to the office must also require executives to do…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Big Tech Layoffs: What's Really Going On, and Can Non-Tech Companies Take Advantage? | Sadin on Digital
The Big Themes: What's really going on with layoffs? Among the six companies Wayne pulled numbers for, five of them actually have had net-positive employee…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Six HCM Implementation Insights from Oracle Cloud World | Tinder on Customers
The Big Themes:Customer stories at Cloud World 2022: Bonnie praises Oracle for including the voice of the customer in many of the keynote talks at the…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
The Mentor Myth: How Native Analogs Can Thrive in a Native Digital World | Lochhead on Different
The Big Themes: This is about adaptation, not ageism: Native digitals are not better or worse than native analogs, but they are actually a new category of…
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Job Interviews Will Look Different in 2023: Advice for Candidates and Companies | Fitzgerald on Talent
The Big Themes:Advice for early talent: Pat says that high schoolers and their parents should at least consider options other than college, like trade schools…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Why 40% of the Fortune 500 May Disappear Within 10 Years | Anschuetz on Leadership
The Big Themes:An issue of legacy: Related to the concept of "legacy" tech companies, huge companies are often held back by what Christian calls "the mindset…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
What Should the C-Suite Care About Data Modernization? | Sadin on Digital
The Big Themes:Data modernization: Wayne says that a "modern data strategy" completely changes a company's ability to compete, by helping C-suite executives…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Task Force Tribute Update: the Power of Stories and Leading by Example | Anschuetz on Leadership
The Big Themes:The Task Force Tribute journey: In September, the group arrived in Washington, D.C., having traveled 8,500 miles in 23 days, with dozens of…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
HR Market Insights From Tech Industry Event Season 2022 | Tinder on Customers
The Big Themes:Employee experience and Skills Academies: The concept of employee experience has been buzzy for many years, but the focus is shifting from perks…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
How to Scale a Business Today: Embrace Customers, Uncertainty, and a Little Friction | Uphoff on Industry
The Big Themes:The need for speed: scaling a business is more difficult than ever, because the rapid pace of change across industries requires leaders to make…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Road to Oracle CloudWorld | Changing the Game with End-to-End Automation Suites for Industries, with Mike Sicilia
The Big Themes:Balancing partnerships and full-service: Mike says that Oracle is thrilled to work with partners to fill "last-mile solutions" and…
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Road to Oracle CloudWorld 2022 | CIO Jae Evans Previews Hybrid Cloud & Multi-Cloud Customer Success Stories
The Big Themes:Customer demand for multi-cloud: Oracle has been focused recently on partnerships with Microsoft and Amazon that allow mutual customers to pick…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
AI, ML, and Bots Are Taking the "Service" Out of Customer Service | Lochhead on Different
The Big Themes:Tech's "cancel first" policy: From Amazon to Twitter and beyond, tech platforms seem to be far too quick to remove accounts, content, and…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
At Match Group, Workday Financials Is Transforming the Employee Experience | VP Trey Henderson
The Big Themes:The "fourth phase" of Match Group's business: Following the launch of Match.com in the 90's and the breakaway of Tinder in the 2010's, a new…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Road to Oracle CloudWorld 2022 Databases Preview: Exadata, 23c Release, and More with EVP Juan Loaiza
The Big Themes:Enhancing the developer experience: This is a major focus for Oracle, and many CloudWorld sessions will focus on work that's been done to help…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Road to Oracle CloudWorld 2022: Fusion Analytics, Multi-cloud, and a Keynote Preview from EVP T.K. Anand
Road to Oracle CloudWorld 2022 Oracle Cloud Analytics EVP T.K. AnandThe Big Themes:Fusion Analytics showcases what makes Oracle Cloud unique: T.K. argues that…
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Students, Staff, Professors, Parents: Smith College and Workday Reimagine the On-Campus "User" Experience
The Big Themes:Looking beyond the walls of IT: As the CIO and VP of IT, Samantha obviously fills a specialized role at Smith, but she says that her "team" is…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
A CIO's Take on the Broadcom-VMWare Deal, Cybersecurity, and Risk Mitigation Suvajit Basu Cloud Wars Live
The Big Themes:The biggest enterprise tech M&A in history: The planned $61-billion acquisition of VMWare by Broadcom has implications for Goya Foods, says CIO…
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Road to Oracle CloudWorld 2022: A Sneak Peek at Oracle's New HCM Solutions with EVP Chris Leone
The Big Themes:Investing in vertical solutions: Oracle's deep engagement in healthcare through the acquisition of Cerner has provided a strategic framework for…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Step Into the Shoes of a Startup CXO with the Cloud Wars Expo Innovation Path Finalists | Cloud Wars Live
The Big Themes:Cloud technology supercharges startups: New companies must focus on scalability, by bringing on new customers, building new features, hitting…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Summit NA Preview, and a Simple Guide to Picking a Cloud Vendor Sadin on Digital
The Big Themes:Summit NA: Community Summit North America, the largest independent gathering of the Microsoft business applications ecosystem, is taking place…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Wisy, the Cloud Wars Startup of 2022, Announces New Retail Execution Breakthrough | Cloud Wars Live
The Big Themes:"The moment of truth" in retail execution: Wisy is not focused on inventory management issues, but rather on helping brands and retailers…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
SAP and SAP Fioneer Roll Out New Vertical Solutions to Help 6,500+ Insurance Customers Transform
The Big Themes:Big announcements at recent flagship event in Amsterdam: Toni and Mitch talk about the new "vertical product strategy" SAP Fioneer unveiled at…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Tech Buying Motivations Shift, Industries Undergo Radical Change | Uphoff on Industry
The Big Themes:Speaking the Same Language: Decision-makers accelerate change by embracing industry and vertical cloud with vendors who can understand the…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Ultimate Guide to Conferences, Getting the Most Out of Events | Tinder on Customers
The Big Themes:Events evolved: As attendees adapt to hybrid shows, understanding what changed enables people to leverage both in-person and online benefits of…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
To Hire the Best in a Weak Economy, Focus on Active Recruitment and Culture Fit | Fitzgerald on Talent
The Big Themes:Three priorities for hiring: Pat says that the best hires (1) are able to do the job well, (2) help diversify the organization in terms of…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Lowering Costs and Reducing Commutes: The Board and C-Suite POV | Sadin on Digital
The Big Themes:A new POV on recent Microsoft announcements: Wayne talks us through his understanding of some key points made by CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
SAP Fioneer Is Redefining What a Financial Services Vendor Can Do | Falk Rieker & Mitch Bouchard
The Big Themes:Some background on SAP Fioneer: Falk and Mitch explain how the partnership came to be and offer details about how the two organizations work…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
The Mission to Build an Inclusive, Story-Driven Virtual War Memorial | Anschuetz on Leadership
The Big Themes:Introducing Task Force Tribute (TFT): Inspired by a group of military veterans in Chicago who walked 13 miles to honor 13 service members who…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
A Fast, Free Transformation Readiness Quiz | Tinder on Customers
The Big Themes:Project success depends on preparation: About half of enterprise software and digital transformation initiatives fail, and Raven Intelligence…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
How Oracle is Helping Telco & Banking Clients Answer Change with Innovation | EVP Jonathan Tikochinsky
The Big Themes:The buyer-seller relationship has changed: Customers are claiming more power than ever before, and Jonathan says that companies need to earn the…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Industry Clouds & the Market Shift Happening Under our Noses | Uphoff on Industry
The Big Themes:The embrace of vertical approaches is bigger than go-to-market: companies are looking to software not just to address functional problems, but…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Defining Hybrid Cloud & Co-Creation for Today's CXOs | Sadin on Digital
The Big Themes:What CXOs need to know about hybrid cloud: Wayne walks us through a number different, equally valid hybrid cloud models and explains key…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Earning "Favored Partner" Status: Seven No-Cost Strategies | Tinder on Customers
The Big Themes:Great software alone isn't enough: For success in a digital transformation project, choosing the right partner to help implement software is…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
SAP's Game-Changing RISE Program is a Journey, Not a Destination | SAP Cloud President Brian Duffy
The Big Themes:Innovation inspired by disruption: From early 2020 today, the world looks completely different. Boards of directors and other leaders are…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Mission Not-Impossible: Supply Chains & Sustainability Strategies | Sadin on Digital
The Big Themes:Retail supply chains and OODA loops: Fighter pilots are trained to Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act when engaged in fast-moving environments…
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Driving Supply Chain Mastery | Thomas Saueressig on Business Transformation
The Big Themes:Differentiate in the market: Reflect on business operations. Make decisive moves and decisions, and act in an agile fashion for the…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansYext & Redis Help Companies Wrangle Public Data Across Multiple Clouds, Third-Party Sites & Owned Experiences
The Big Themes:The Yext promise: Josh describes the platform as a place for "ingesting data, structuring it, and then delivering it as in the form of answers…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
A Swinging Pendulum of Digital Ad Fraud | Uphoff on Industry
The Big Themes:The stats, yet with so little scrutiny: Machine, also referred to as bot-related ad revenue, was $81 billion in 2022 with projections to…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Beyond Recession: Be Ready for the Next Upcycle | Sadin on Digital
The Big Themes:Three tips for the precarious present: As the coronavirus continues to evolve and spread, Wayne says that business leaders need to be realistic…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Three Honest Stories of Failure & Lessons Learned | Anschuetz on Leadership
The Big Themes:Balancing conflicting responsibilities: Christian's first story takes place during an operation by the Marine Corps when he was a young platoon…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansInfosys Builds "ERP as a Service" Alongside RISE with SAP | SAP Cloud & Digital Leader Ramesh J. Chougule
The Big Themes:ERP as a Service: In the past, business transformations and ERP transformations took years to complete. Today, customers need to get up and…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Beware of Vanity Metrics, Which Feel Good But Deliver Little | Tinder on Customers
The Big Themes:The trap of vanity metrics: certain statistics you hear all the time, like "we have 96% customer satisfaction," are not telling the full story…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
DoiT, Google Cloud's Global Reseller Partner of the Year, on Agility, Trust & Growth | ISV Program Manager Thomas Bush
The Big Themes:Massive changes to cloud marketplaces: Amazon and Google Cloud are transforming the ways that companies buy software through their cloud MPs…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
Where Recruiting Meets L&D Training, Magic Happens | Fitzgerald on Talent
The Big Themes:The "cradle to grave" approach: Pat and Pam worked together for many years to develop creative, advanced programs for talent acquisition and…
- Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans
The Netflix Stumble is a Fable About Customer Centricity | Uphoff on Industry
The Big Themes:Netflix's disruptive start: Tony had an "inside baseball view" of the early disruptions Netflix made to the entertainment industry in the early…
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Change Agility, the Secret Key to Digital Transformation Success | Tinder on Customers | Cloud Wars Live
Episode 20The Big Themes:Change management and change agility are often overlooked: Raven Intelligence research shows that customers' most frequent regret…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansPropel's New PLM Promise: Right Product, Right Market, Right Time | CEO & Co-Founder Ray Hein
The Big Themes:How silos impede product innovation: Ray describes "a chasm" that has traditionally existed between product teams and their counterparts working…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansThe Data Revolution: How Redis Helped Ulta Beauty Dazzle Customers During Lockdown
The Big Themes:How Ulta grew 40% amid Covid-19 disruptions: Omar talks about the company's innovation department and the remarkable 4-week turnaround it…
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The Real ROI of Technology in 2022 and Beyond | Uphoff on Industry
The Big Themes:An update on the sale of Thomas to Xometry: Tony describes how the two companies are fitting together and creating a new kind of on-demand…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSeizing Opportunities at the Edge with HPE | Global Field CTO Matt Maccaux
The Big Themes:Data-first modernization: the return of the Chief Data Officer in many organizations goes hand-in-hand with an increasing effort to streamline…