The Cloud Wars franchise, part of the Acceleration Economy Network, 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://accelerationeconomy.com/category/cloud-wars/ for more.
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Join the conversation. This podcast provides a unique perspective on Oracle Cloud customer stories from our partner’s point of view. Through interviews with our partners, listeners get an inside look at critical details about how individual projects are initiated and successfully deployed. Each podcast is intended to uncover unique insights into the challenges of the client project, industry impacts and advice, and reasons behind the client’s choice to implement Oracle Cloud.
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Inside Rabbit’s Strategy to Automate Cloud Cost Optimization for Engineering Teams with Balazs Molnar | Cloud Wars Live
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19:57Balazs Molnar, CEO and co-founder of Rabbit, chats with Kieron Allen about the evolving challenges of cloud cost management and how engineering teams have become central to tackling them. He explains why traditional FinOps tools fall short, how Rabbit dives below the surface to uncover hidden waste (especially in platforms like BigQuery) and why au…
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Workday Leads the Future of AI Agent Management and Workforce Transformation | Cloud Wars Live
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16:47Assist, Accelerate, Transform The Big Themes: Workday’s Agent System of Record: Workday's Agent System of Record manages the emerging digital agent ecosystem. It provides structure and governance to what could otherwise become a chaotic sprawl of AI agents. By embedding agent management into existing organizational hierarchies, Workday ensures that…
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How SAP is Redefining Enterprise AI with Unified Data and Strategic Partnerships | Tinder on Customers
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20:07The Big Themes: SAP’s Flywheel Strategy: SAP introduced a compelling flywheel model that integrates applications, data, and AI to drive enterprise momentum. The idea is that integrated applications generate structured data, which then feeds a robust AI layer. As these layers build on one another, they create a self-reinforcing cycle of productivity…
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Parisa Tabriz on Google Chrome Enterprise Security and AI Innovation | Cloud Wars Live
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15:03Parisa Tabriz is vice president and general manager for Google Chrome, the world’s leading browser platform. She leads efforts to make Chrome a secure and essential enterprise workspace, integrating AI and advanced cybersecurity to meet evolving business needs. In this episode, Parisa joins Bob to explore how Chrome is redefining the browser as a p…
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How Google Cloud Is Leading the AI Revolution Through Customer-Centric Innovation
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18:57Highlights Google Cloud’s AI Revolution and Customer Success (00:10) Renner talks about how, for Google Cloud, delivering great outcomes for customers must come before achieving returns. Efforts are underway to push brainpower and expertise directly to customers, while simplifying the sales process by infusing more industry-specific knowledge. Cust…
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Workday’s Gerrit Kazmaier on Platform Power, Ecosystem Growth, and AI Trust | Cloud Wars Live
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18:01this special episode of Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans chats with Gerrit Kazmaier, president, products and technology, Workday. They explore how Workday is evolving into a platform company, the role of AI agents in reshaping enterprise workflows, and why trust, accuracy, and extensibility are key to future-ready business solutions. Kazmaier also discus…
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Google Cloud's Duncan Lennox on Transforming Customer Experience with Applied AI | Cloud Wars Live
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14:42At Google Cloud Next 2025, Google Cloud Vice President of Applied AI Duncan Lennox sits down with Bob Evans in part three of our series "Google Cloud and the AI Revolution." They discuss how Google Cloud is redefining enterprise applications through purpose-built AI agents, the shift from incremental to transformational innovation, and how business…
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Erwan Menard on Scaling Enterprise AI with Google Cloud through Governance, Intentionality, and AI Agents | Cloud Wars Minute
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19:41Erwan Menard is the director of product management for Google Cloud’s Cloud AI division, where he helps lead innovation at the intersection of AI agents, enterprise systems, and business outcomes. In part two of our series, Google Cloud and the AI Revolution, Erwan joins Bob Evans to discuss how governance, intentionality, and rapid scaling are cri…
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Google Cloud's Will Grannis on Google's Mission to Scale Innovation and Human-Centric AI | Cloud Wars Live
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21:11At Google Cloud Next 2025, Google Cloud VP and CTO Will Grannis joins Bob Evans to explore how AI is reshaping enterprise technology. Grannis shares how Google Cloud’s OCTO team works with customers on complex challenges, using DeepMind research, next-gen TPUs, and AI-native infrastructure, while noting the fading line between B2B and B2C and the c…
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SAP's Tony Harris Explores the Impact of Agentic AI on Supply Chain Efficiency | Cloud Wars Live
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23:12Inside SAP Business Network The Big Themes: New Organizational Structure: SAP reorganized its internal teams by combining Business Network and Digital Supply Chain into a new unit: Supply Chain Management. While this may sound like internal restructuring, Tony Harris explained that for customers, it signals a major innovation push. A major focus in…
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How AI Agents Are Reshaping Enterprise Tech – Insights from Oracle, SAP, and More | Tinder on Customers
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23:41Episode 50 | AI Agents in Action The Big Themes: The Rise of 'Agent Ratios': As companies roll out more AI agents, the "agent-to-human ratio" could become a useful AI maturity indicator. Currently, we’re seeing early adoption — with Oracle reporting that only 5–10% of its customers have put agents into production. These early use cases focus on low…
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How SAP's Manoj Swaminathan Is Driving Digital Transformation in Intelligent Spend Management
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15:58Intelligent Spend's Power The Big Themes: Enhancing Supply Chain Collaboration and Visibility: Traditional ERP systems, while efficient in automating internal procurement and supply chain processes, are typically confined within the organization's boundaries, leading to disconnects when interacting with suppliers, manufacturers, or carriers. SAP Bu…
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How Salesforce Is Driving the AI Revolution | Cloud Wars Live
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21:41The Big Themes: AI and Humans Working Together: Salesforce envisions a future where AI and humans collaborate rather than compete. Rather than replacing human jobs entirely, AI is seen as a tool that enhances human productivity by handling repetitive tasks, improving decision-making, and streamlining workflows. Salesforce’s AI-driven offerings, lik…
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AI-Powered Enterprise Software and Market Shifts
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24:25The Big Themes: Rapid Evolution in Enterprise AI & Cloud Technologies: The pace of AI-driven change in enterprise software is accelerating, making it essential for companies to keep up with frequent updates and enhancements. Major vendors like SAP, Workday, and Oracle are rapidly evolving their AI capabilities, offering new tools and features to me…
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Infosys and SAP: A Winning Formula for RISE with SAP | Cloud Wars Live
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17:23Validated Partner Status Enhances Client Confidence and Outcomes: Infosys' achievement of becoming an SAP-validated partner for RISE with SAP ensures that Infosys provides a predictable, standardized, and scalable approach to cloud ERP transformations. Clients gain clarity on transition strategies, enabling them to adopt clean core principles and m…
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Cloud Wars CEO Outlook 2025 with Salesforce's Marc Benioff
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26:45Salesforce's Excitement for 2025 and the Role of Agents (01:04) Benioff shares his enthusiasm for the current technological moment. He explains that agents will help businesses operate at lower costs and improve key performance indicators (KPIs). Agents are being rapidly adopted, with Salesforce deploying its agent platform at scale and significant…
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The Impact of AI on Workday, Oracle, SAP and Enterprise Strategy I Tinder on Customers
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28:14Episode 48 | Enterprise Innovation Meets AI Power The Big Themes: Workday's Strengths: Workday is carving a strong niche in HR and financial data management, two areas ripe for innovation through AI. The company has identified talent management, recruiting, and onboarding as key areas where AI can drive efficiency and improve decision-making. This …
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Cloud Wars CEO Outlook 2025 with ServiceNow's Bill McDermott
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20:39AI's Role in Business Transformation (00:59) Bill McDermott notes a shift in CEOs from mere fascination with AI to AI-led business strategies. He sees ServiceNow's role in AI transformation as being that of a "control tower." AI has impacted several business areas including customer service, supply chains, employee onboarding, and risk mitigation. …
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Cloud Wars CEO Outlook 2025 with IBM's Arvind Krishna
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29:30Top 10 CEO Outlook 2025 series. Krishna shared with Cloud Wars Founder Bob Evans the company's optimistic outlook for 2025 amid geopolitical and economic uncertainties. They also discuss IBM's shift towards software, its AWS and Palo Alto Network partnerships, and how Red Hat has flourished since joining IBM. Highlights IBM's Optimistic Outlook (01…
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Cloud Wars CEO Outlook 2025 with SAP's Christian Klein
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23:23Generative AI and Business Transformation (00:57) Klein discusses the increasing adoption of GenAI among SAP's customers. They see it as a way to improve productivity and business processes. Additionally, SAP software now integrates human language capabilities, enhancing user experience and efficiency. Customers' focus for 2025 and beyond is using …
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Cloud Wars CEO Outlook with Google Cloud’s Thomas Kurian
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19:24Customer Mindset and Priorities in 2025 (01:47) The current climate of geopolitical and economic uncertainty is driving the need for speed and agility when delivering value to customers. Google Cloud customer projects that do just that include improving logistics at UPS, enhancing search functionality, and boosting customer service at Hanesbrands a…
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Cloud Wars CEO Outlook 2025 with Workday's Carl Eschenbach
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25:38AI Adoption and Business Value Eschenbach explains that there's been a shift from experimental AI phases to practical implementation. The shift means that "customers are going to look to go to trusted partners, partners they have an existing relationship with, partners that they know have a highly curated set of data." Workday has such a curated da…
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Cloud Wars CEO Outlook 2025 With Oracle’s Safra Catz
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28:42Highlights Customer Boldness (00:21) In previous keynotes, Catz has encouraged customers to be more bold – and customers are responding to that. Oracle’s cloud business is growing at a rate of 50% a year. “More and more of our customers are willing to not only jump in with one foot but their entire bodies because they’re getting more comfortable an…
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Cloud Wars CEO Outlook 2025 with Snowflake's Sridhar Ramaswamy
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27:56The Future of AI and Data in 2025: There's a lot of excitement and prototyping around AI. "People are excited that they can ask questions and get real answers instead of getting the proverbial 10 blue links. I think people see the promise of things like that. How do you make that work at scale? How do you make that work in a reliable way, and how d…
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Mastering End-to-End Business Operations in a Complex Global Supply Chain | Sadin on Digital
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29:16The Big Themes: End-to-End Integration Is a Necessity: In today's fast-paced business environment, success requires a holistic, end-to-end understanding of operations. Organizations must break out of traditional silos. A great CIO and IT team must focus on connecting these silos, ensuring seamless workflows across the organization. This perspective…
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SAP's Tony Harris on Transforming Business Networks and Supply Chain Efficiency | Cloud Wars Live
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21:12The Big Themes: Network Benefits for Buyers and Suppliers: The SAP Business Network brings together buyers and suppliers. Buyers use the network to strengthen supply chains, meet sustainability goals, and access new markets. Suppliers use it for business growth, streamlined processes, and greater visibility. The network is free for suppliers to joi…
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The Power of Picking the Right Partner | Tinder on Customers
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28:48Episode 47 | 2024 Tech Insights & 2025 Strategies The Big Themes: Trends in Technology Implementation Success Rates: Bonnie shares insights from 742 enterprise software implementation customer reviews. Average satisfaction for implementation processes scored 3.8 out of 5, while partners involved in these projects received a higher rating of 4.7. Pr…
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Innovations That Will Redefine Business in 2025 | Sadin on Digital
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32:57Episode 55 | Tech Disruptions Ahead The Big Themes: Optimism for 2025 as a Transformative Year: Wayne and Bob express optimism about 2025, particularly for the U.S. economy and its impact on CIOs and digital transformation initiatives. Sadin talks about deregulation and efficiency measures, such as those championed by the Department of Government E…
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SAP's Val Blatt Talks Modernizing Supply Chains to Prioritize Customers
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25:23Supply Chain Insights The Big Themes: Customer-Centric Supply Chains: Customer-centric supply chains are about aligning every aspect of the supply chain to serve the ultimate consumer. Val describes this as keeping the "why" — the customer — at the forefront, rather than focusing solely on operational efficiencies. Companies that succeed here often…
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SignUp Software Expands Product Suite to Modernize the Office of the COO
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17:42Highlights Expansions Through Acquisitions (01:32) SignUp Software has been expanding its product portfolio, moving from a focus on the office of the CFO more broadly into the operations world. Through acquisitions, its product suite has evolved. In December 2023, SignUp Software acquired Axtension, a Netherlands-based company. It has been working …
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SignUp Software Insights on the Trend Toward E-Invoicing and Continuous Transaction Controls
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19:56Highlights The Significance of E-Invoicing for Modern Business (00:50) Hedin describes e-invoicing as an evolution toward an easier, more standardized way to exchange information. It can include all the documents needed during the procure-to-pay process. Electronic invoicing differs from traditional digital invoicing. E-invoicing started with a poi…
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Cloud Wars CEO of the Year Is Google Cloud's Thomas Kurian | Cloud Wars Live
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39:26Google Cloud's Innovation and Growth The Big Themes: Google Cloud's record growth and market positioning: In 2024, Google Cloud experienced five consecutive quarters of accelerating growth, including a remarkable 35% growth in Q3, up from 29% in Q2. Kurian attributes this success to the company’s ability to listen to customers, innovate with produc…
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SignUp Software CEO’s Insights on Applying Copilots to Financial Processes
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10:43Highlights Creating Opportunities for the CFO (01:50) The foundation for the CFO role is to keep customer costs under control and be compliant. With the emergence of copilot technology, it has created new opportunities for business; not only impacting tech roles but finance roles as well. It has become a great tool for making financial processes au…
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SignUp Software CEO’s Insights on Overcoming CFO Challenges, Applying AI
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17:12Highlights Current Challenges (00:48) Manny names capital allocation as a major challenge for the office of the CFO. They spend much time thinking about which technologies and industry solutions are best to invest in. They have to determine which investments take priority, such as investing in tech that benefits the company’s back office versus the…
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SignUp Software Insights on the Office of the CFO in 2025
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20:41Highlights 2025 Expectations (02:07) Ashe has had the opportunity to meet with and hear from customers about the challenges they're facing so SignUp can determine the kind of support customers need. A common theme that he has noticed is around "measuring what matters and trying to see how they can move to a predictive model because there's a lot of…
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SignUp Software CEO Defines Market Trends Impacting the Office of the CFO
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15:35Highlights Driving Adoption (02:40) At its recent financial earnings call, Microsoft reported dramatic results from its last quarter regarding Dynamics 365 (D365), Business Central (BC), and Finance and Operations (F&O), with 27% growth quarter over quarter. Some core factors are driving this pace of customer adoption in the mid-market and the ente…
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Building Strong Connections to Drive Growth | Tinder on Customers
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22:48Episode 46 | Driving Impact Through Partnership The Big Themes: Partner-centric growth: Software vendors are increasingly focusing on building strong partnerships with resellers and service providers. This shift recognizes that partners are not just intermediaries but key drivers of innovation and customer success. By investing in training, support…
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How Google Cloud's AlloyDB Empowers Bayer Crop Science to Overcome Data Challenges | Cloud Wars Live
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19:49Bayer’s Data Evolution with AlloyDB The Big Themes: Data complexity and intelligent agriculture: Bayer Crop Science is addressing agriculture's complex data challenges. The company integrates data such as satellite imagery, weather conditions, soil data, and IoT device inputs, to drive innovation in seed development and farming practices. By levera…
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Maximizing AI Value While Minimizing Risk for CIOs | Sadin on Digital
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27:51Episode 54 | AI, CIO Challenges The Big Themes: Community Summit NA: Wayne talks about attending Community Summit and how the event stands out by offering user-driven insights that focus on real-world experiences with Microsoft ecosystems, rather than vendor-led marketing. The Summit provides a platform where users share practical, firsthand knowle…
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GenAI's Real Impact on the Workforce | Cloud Wars Live
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23:33Episode 445 | Reflecting on 2 Years of Generative AI The Big Themes: GenAI's Anniversary: Reflecting on the two-year anniversary of GenAI hitting the mainstream, Bonnie notes that in reality, we still haven't seen a lot of changes yet in the sense that AI hasn't taken our jobs. The overall consensus is that many people are using it to increase prod…
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Transforming Business Integration and Automation with Joe Fanutti | Cloud Wars Live
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12:32Transforming Business with Cloud The Big Themes: Role of chief integration officer (CIO): Joe Fanutti, originally the CFO of Bill Gosling Outsourcing, transitioned into the chief integration officer role. His role exemplifies the need for businesses to integrate people, technology, and operations, particularly as companies pursue both organic and i…
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Oracle's Bold Moves: Cloud Innovation, Global Expansion, and the Multi-Cloud Era with Mahesh Thiagarajan | Cloud Wars Live
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18:18Oracle's Expanding Multi-Cloud Strategy The Big Themes: Oracle's unique cloud architecture: Oracle’s differentiated cloud architecture offers customers flexibility across different environments, whether public, private, or government. This hybrid architecture ensures that customers can deploy the same services whether they need an on-premises solut…
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Key Insights on ServiceNow, Interoperability, and the Evolving Role of CIOs | Sadin on Digital
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25:56Episode 53 | Future-Ready IT Offerings The Big Themes: ServiceNow's innovation: Wayne Sadin talks about ServiceNow, which Bob recently wrote about, as a first mover in the market, leading the way in creating intelligent solutions that facilitate interoperability between different applications and workflows. This innovation reflects a broader trend …
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Why Oracle Is Leading the Charge in Multi-Cloud Development with Karan Batta | Cloud Wars Live
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14:20The Big Themes: Oracle’s multi-cloud strategy: Karan emphasized how Oracle has been working for nearly a decade to offer customers flexibility in using Oracle’s technology across different cloud providers. It has partnerships with Microsoft, Google, and now AWS, allowing customers to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with the same performance a…
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Google Cloud's AI Revolution with Gemini and Partners Driving Business Success | Cloud Wars Live
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22:53Google Cloud's AI Edge The Big Themes: Google Cloud’s AI leadership and Gemini: Google Cloud's Gemini model demonstrates its continued innovation in the AI space. The Gemini AI family integrates advanced capabilities in natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), and large language models (LLMs) to deliver groundbreaking business offe…
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Enhancing Customer Journeys in the Cloud with Insights from Oracle's Gary
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16:23Oracle Cloud Success Strategies The Big Themes: Customer Success Services creation: Oracle established Customer Success Services to provide comprehensive support for customers using its cloud tools. This integration of various service organizations — such as education, consulting, and customer success management — aims to create a unified approach,…
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Workday Rising AI Innovation and Customer-Centric Strategies Driving Business Success | Cloud Wars Live
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17:43Episode 44 | Workday Rising AI Insights The Big Themes: The evolution of AI tools: AI tools have moved from basic task automation to more sophisticated systems like copilots and autonomous agents. Bonnie introduces the concept of "orchestrators," which monitor and optimize workflows based on real-time feedback. This evolution signifies a shift towa…
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Exploring NetSuite’s Latest AI Features with Founder Evan Goldberg | Cloud Wars Live
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8:15AI Transformation at NetSuite The Big Themes: AI integration and customization: NetSuite focused on integrating AI into its platform. Evan points out the importance of large language models and traditional AI working together to identify data patterns and enhance productivity. Features like Text Enhance and the new “Ask Oracle” tool enable business…
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Oracle's Greg Pavlik Reveals AI Strategies for Enterprise Success | Cloud Wars Live
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11:25Efficient AI Model Economics The Big Themes: GenAI and its practical application: GenAI has emerged as a major focus in enterprise settings, with organizations exploring its potential to enhance core business processes. While many have successfully integrated generative AI into their workflows, others face challenges moving beyond continuous protot…
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Oracle's Mike Sicilia Explores AI-Driven Industry Cloud Transformations
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16:39Oracle's Industry Cloud Innovations The Big Themes: AI integration in Industry Applications: AI, especially GenAI is playing a significant role in transforming industry applications. Mike explains how AI technologies are enhancing customer experiences, such as in healthcare, where they automate routine tasks and improve patient interactions. This i…
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