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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 EvansDynaTech Systems Delivers Enterprise-Wide Transformation for Solmax
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I break down how DynaTech Systems enabled Solmax to turn operational complexity into global efficiency with D365, Power BI, and…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans'Larry Ellison Story Hour' Ends After 40-Year Run
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I look at how Oracle's leadership transition reflects Larry Ellison's long-term succession plan. Highlights 00:05 — I wanted to…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansOracle AI/Cloud Pipeline World's Largest, Topping Microsoft's
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I compare Oracle, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and AWS through the lens of backlog growth and future demand. Highlights 00:02 — I…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSAP Autonomous Suite: Insights from Jan Gilg, Pres. for Customer Success
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, explore how SAP's Autonomous Suite could become the operating system for AI-powered enterprises Highlights 00:02 — The company…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSAP’s Jan Gilg Explains Why Trust Will Determine the Future of Enterprise AI
In this Cloud Wars Special report, Bob Evans speaks with Jan Gilg about how AI is reshaping enterprise software and why the next phase of innovation will…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansOracle Crushes Q4, Led by RPO Surge to $638B, +363%
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I dive into Oracle's remarkable Q4 earnings report, where the company delivered results that exceeded expectations across the…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansWorkday Expands Enterprise AI Strategy with New Autonomous Agents
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I analyze how Sana is helping Workday transform from a system of record into a system of action. Highlights 0:00 — Workday has…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansOracle, Google Cloud Blaze New Trails to Fund $1 Trillion in Backlog
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I analyze how a trillion dollars in cloud backlog is driving innovation beyond technology and into corporate finance. Highlights…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansVelosio Acquires Domain Six to Accelerate AI and Industry Expertise
In this special report, John Siefert, CEO, Dynamic Communities and Cloud Wars, speaks with Robbie Morrison about Velocio's acquisition of Domain Six and what…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansBill McDermott Aims 'AI-Native' ServiceNow at 5 Hypergrowth Markets
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I look at how ServiceNow's AI strategy, open platform, and workflow data fabric are driving its next phase of growth. Highlights…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansWorkday Pumps New Agentic Capabilities into Extend Platform at DevCon
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I discuss how Workday's Extend platform is helping developers build faster while maintaining governance and trust. Highlights…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Nandita Puri on How AI Is Revolutionizing Drug Discovery at Georgia Tech
In this episode of the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast, Giuseppe Ianni, podcast host and industry interviewer, is joined for a second time by Nandita Puri, PhD…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansOpenAI Enterprise Biggest, Fastest-Growing Unit By End of 2026
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore why OpenAI could soon rank among the world's biggest enterprise software companies. Highlights 00:03 — Early this year…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAI Is Rewriting the Systems Integrator Business Model | Tinder on Customers
In this Cloud Wars conversation, Bob Evans sits down with Bonnie Tinder, Founder and CEO of Raven Intelligence, to discuss how AI is reshaping the…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansHow Microsoft's Latest Copilot Studio Enhancements Improve AI Agent Governance
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I look at Microsoft's latest moves to help organizations deploy and scale AI agents without sacrificing control. Highlights 00:10…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Georgia Tech Researcher Nandita Puri Explains the Future of AI-Generated Therapeutics
In this episode of the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast, Giuseppe Ianni, AI Practice Lead and industry thought leader, is joined by Nandita Puri, PhD Candidate at…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansGoogle Cloud Strengthens #1 Ranking with 'AI Threat Defense'
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I examine how Google Cloud is using AI Threat Defense to help customers fight AI-powered cyberattacks. Highlights 00:03 — If…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSalesforce Returns to Growth Focus as Agentforce Propels Q1
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I analyze how Marc Benioff is using Agentforce to drive larger deals, stronger customer spending, and new AI metrics. Highlights…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansMicrosoft and EY Commit $1 Billion to Accelerate Enterprise AI Adoption
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I look at how Microsoft and EY are combining engineering and consulting expertise to scale AI transformation. Highlights 00:10 —…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAs Workday CEO Bhusri Touts 'AI-Native,' Q1 Comes In Strong
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I break down why Workday sees agentic AI as the key to defending its 80 million-user base. Highlights 00:02 — Workday co-founder…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansWorkday’s AI Reinvention Signals a New Enterprise Software Era | Tinder on Customers
Bonnie Tinder is the founder and CEO of Raven Intelligence, an independent B2B peer review site that amplifies the voice of the customer. She focuses on…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansWhy Salesforce’s Agentforce Operations Could Accelerate Agentic AI Adoption
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I examine why Agentforce Operations could remove one of enterprise AI’s biggest adoption barriers. Highlights 00:03 — While the…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansOpenAI Calms Nervous World: ChatGPT Is NOT a Lawyer
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I cover a recent court case leading to OpenAI having to clarify that ChatGPT is not a lawyer. Highlights 00:10 — There has been…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansMicrosoft Says AI Absorption Matters More Than AI Adoption
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I unpack Microsoft’s Work Trend Index and what it reveals about the rise of agentic AI in the workplace. Highlights 00:09 —…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansInside Palantir's 70% Q1 Surge + SAP Partnership
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I unpack why Palantir’s customer-first AI approach is outperforming much larger rivals. Highlights 00:06 — One of the drivers in…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansPalantir's Chad Wahlquist: AI Agents Are Compressing Months Into Days
In this Cloud Wars special report, Bob Evans speaks with Chad Wahlquist, Architect at Palantir, about the company’s explosive Q1 performance and the deeper…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAnthropic, Google Cloud, and the New AI Compute Arms Race
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I examine how AI demand is reshaping rivalries between Google Cloud, AWS, NVIDIA, and Anthropic. Highlights 00:03 — According to…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansGoogle Cloud Launches AI FDE's to Accelerate AI Transformation
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I look at how Google Cloud is pairing technical innovation with go-to-market execution to fuel AI growth. Highlights 00:00 — One…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansGoogle Cloud’s Matt Renner on Why Enterprise AI Demand Is Exploding
In this Cloud Wars conversation, Bob Evans speaks with Matt Renner, Chief Revenue Officer at Google Cloud, about the explosive acceleration of enterprise AI…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSAP, Palantir Ask: 'Software' Obsolete in AI Era?
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I connect SAP, Palantir, and Ford to AI’s expanding economic disruption. Highlights 00:11 — Recently, both SAP, number four on…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSAP CTO Herzig on Business AI Platform, API Policy, Innovation
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I unpack SAP CTO Philipp Herzig’s perspective on AI, APIs, and the company’s next era beyond traditional software. Highlights…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSAP CTO Philipp Herzig Explains SAP’s Enterprise AI Strategy at Sapphire
Bob Evans speaks with SAP CTO Philipp Herzig from SAP Sapphire in Orlando about SAP’s AI strategy, platform evolution, customer modernization challenges…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansInside SAP's AI Revolution: COO Steinhäuser
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how SAP’s AI Revolution could redefine enterprise software through agents, data, and industry-specific intelligence…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSebastian Steinhäuser Details SAP’s Autonomous Enterprise Push
At SAP Sapphire in Orlando, Bob Evans sat down with Sebastian Steinhäuser to discuss what may be one of the most consequential strategic shifts in SAP’s…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansOpenAI Expands AWS Partnership to Bring Frontier AI Models to Amazon Bedrock
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I examine why OpenAI bringing frontier models to AWS signals a new era of AI platform pragmatism. Highlights 00:03 — Hot on the…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSAP's AI Plan: Data, Pricing, M&A, Partnerships
Highlights 00:28 — Over the past couple of years, SAP has been the growth leader in applications, growing anywhere from 50% to 250% faster than some of its…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansWorkday CEO Aneel Bhusri Says AI Will Replace Labor, Not Software
In this Cloud Wars conversation, Bob Evans sits down with Workday Co-Founder and CEO Aneel Bhusri for a candid discussion about AI’s disruptive impact on…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansWorkday CEO: Aneel Bhusri Unplugged + Fired Up
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I unpack why Workday customers are demanding AI agents and agentic capabilities. Highlights 00:03 — I had a chance to speak with…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansHow Workday Is Using AI to Transform Employee Engagement and Retention
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how Workday and Achievers are using AI-driven behavioral intelligence to transform employee recognition and workforce…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansPalantir Q1: Extraordinary Growth Battling 'AI Slop'
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I look at how Palantir’s soaring growth reflects rising demand for disciplined, outcome-driven AI platforms. Highlights 00:03 —…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansOpenAI Gains Freedom as Microsoft Restructures Landmark AI Alliance
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I unpack how flexibility and competition are reshaping the AI ecosystem. Highlights 00:08 — One of the most important tech…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansHow Gemini Enterprise Is Driving Internal Innovation at KPMG | Cloud Wars Live
At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Cloud Wars Founder Bob Evans sat down with Managing Director for Internal Innovation, KPMG, Aaron Purcell to discuss how…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAWS's Awesome AI Acceleration: Still Falling Behind
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I compare AWS’s impressive quarter with the even faster momentum of its competitors. Highlights 00:01 — Wanted to talk today a…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansHyperscaler Backlog Hits $2 Trillion
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I break down how hyperscalers reached a staggering $2 trillion backlog and what it means for the future of AI infrastructure…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Inside Microsoft’s Vision for AI Agents and the Future of Work
In this episode of the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast, Cloud Wars Founder Bob Evans, is joined by James Lennox, Director of Product, Microsoft, who shares his…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansGoogle Cloud Blowout Q1 Proves Why It's #1, AWS #7
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I analyze the shifting balance of power between Google Cloud and AWS. Highlights 00:03 — Last week, we had three of the four…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansWhy Google Public Sector Built Commercial Cloud for Government Agencies | Cloud Wars Live
At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Bob Evans sat down with Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector, to discuss how AI, security, and open cloud strategies are…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansOracle Fusing Apps + Agents: Steve Miranda on Biz Outcomes
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how Oracle is redefining enterprise software with AI agentic applications. Highlights 00:03 — One of the biggest…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSteve Miranda Explains Oracle’s Vision for Agentic Applications
In this special episode of Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans sits down with Steve Miranda, Executive Vice President of Applications Development at Oracle, from Oracle…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Dona Sarkar of Microsoft on Why AI Won’t Replace You—But AI Power Users Will
In this episode of the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast, Cloud Wars Founder Bob Evans is joined by Dona Sarkar, Chief Troublemaker of AI Adoption at Microsoft, who…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAI Agent & Copilot Podcast: How HSO Is Embedding AI Agents into Core Business Operations
In this episode of the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast, host Giuseppe Ianni speaks with Parmesh Rajan, VP of Technology for HSO US, live from the AI Agent & Copilot…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansStellantis and Microsoft Scale Enterprise AI with 100+ Transformation Initiatives
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how Stellantis and Microsoft are launching one of the most ambitious enterprise AI collaborations yet, spanning…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansTirthankar Lahiri on Why Agentic AI Must Live Inside the Database | Cloud Wars Live
In this episode of Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans sits down with Tirthankar Lahiri, Senior Vice President for Mission-Critical Data and AI Engines. Lahiri explains…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansGoogle Cloud Bets $750M: Will Microsoft, AWS Match?
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I break down Google Cloud’s $750M partner ecosystem investment and its aggressive push to lead the agentic AI transformation race…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansSAP Excellent Q1: Blowing Past Competitors, Embarrassing Doomsayers
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I break down how SAP is outperforming Oracle, Salesforce, Workday, and Microsoft in the applications race. Highlights 00:03 — We…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansGoogle Cloud’s Karthik Narain on Why AI Success Is Now Measured by Outcomes, Not Consumption | Cloud Wars Live
ogle Cloud Next, Cloud Wars CEO and Founder Bob Evans sits down with Karthik Narain, Chief Product and Business Officer, Google Cloud, to discuss how AI is…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansGoogle Cloud and Tredence on Building the Agentic Enterprise | Cloud Wars Live
In this Cloud Wars conversation, Bob Evans sits down with Shub Bhowmick, CEO and Founder of Tredence, alongside Yasmeen Ahmad from Google Cloud to explore how…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAndi Gutmans on Why Google Cloud’s Agentic Data Cloud Changes Everything | Cloud Wars Live
In this special episode of Cloud Wars Live from Google Cloud Next, Bob Evans speaks with Andi Gutmans about Google Cloud’s newly announced Agentic Data Cloud…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansAI Agent & Copilot Podcast: Ryan Grant on Where to Start with AI Adoption
In this episode of the AI Agent & Copilot Podcast, Giuseppe Ianni sits down with Ryan Grant, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer at sa.global, who shares…
Cloud Wars Live with Bob EvansGoogle Cloud: New Gemini Enterprise Leapfrogs Competition
In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I look at why Google Cloud’s new Gemini Enterprise could reshape enterprise AI and force competitors to raise their game…