Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans

The Big Themes:• Now you can put your own paint on it: That's going to be a terrific thing for the clients, the buyers into next year and the year after.• It's a mindset change: Message for the board and for the CEO is to think about whether you're really changing the nature of the business.• The secret sauce for the vertical: We have to work in the wider ecosystem of that industry, whether it's healthcare, retail, manufacturing, or financial services.The Big Quotes:“I've got an article coming out later this week or next week on Acceleration Economy where I define the term digital transformation – and the opposite.”“Downside of this you got to get on this bandwagon, or the acceleration is going to flatten you like roadkill.”“We don't have to worry about things like servers and storage and networks anymore as ITP, and neither do the vendors.”This episode is brought to by BMC Software. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:• Hyper focused on the four markets in regulated industries: Healthcare, telecommunications, financial services and government.• IBM's heritage is in the mid office and the back office: Our mainframe runs the systems of records in the back office. That essentially is the sun in our solar system.• We're an open company that provides choice: As we go through the next transformation of which IBM's been through many in its hundred plus years.• Working within the wisdom of clouds: We de-risk cloud consumption as variants, infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and also software as a service.The Big Quotes:“So actually I'll put it into the context of the three-legged stool which is what all of those three groups will think about.”“If you think about the steps to that journey, IBM has always been very active in open source.”“And that has resonated really well with the policy makers and the actual regulators as with three central banks and the European central banks last week.” Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:Public cloud operating model: Maybe there was more governance requirements, more security. We are seeing now customers becoming more thoughtful.Endless pots of gold: The one big thing on their mind is, “How can I do more with less money.”First-party data, on-premises data: But at the same time having the same self-service model, the speed, the agility, the security, the performance that you need via applications and the access.That technology is a means to an end: It’s really connecting with the people that we do business with. People are the most important – our customers, our employees, and our partners.The Big Quotes:“According to Gartner, about 75% of the people they surveyed revealed that midsize and large enterprises are moving to hybrid and multi-cloud and 81% of public cloud users are using more than two clouds.”“Our Nutanix cloud platform is built for that kind of portability across environments to begin with.”“So we are integrating with AWS, with Azure, with other cloud providers, with managed service cloud providers to deliver that functionality to our customers in a really simplified manner.” Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:• The Baby Boomers are retiring: Further accelerating the need to deal with mainframes.• FinTech as an example: Old brick and mortar banks and investment firms have had mainframes for 40 years, but those workhorses can’t handle fast-changing world of digital finance.• You’d better get that project right: We always tell our CIOs, "When you successfully move your mainframe to the cloud, you're going to end up in the CEO's office." Unfortunately, the opposite is also true!The Big Quotes:“I would think there's about 20,000 mainframes left in existence spread over 5,500 customers.”“We call them unicorns—the COBOL, CICS, DB2, deep technical experts—and they will retire before the mainframes are migrated.”“So, we want to pass that comfort level on and share it with our new customers to say, ‘Yeah, there are going to be things that'll be difficult. We'll get there together.’” Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:• The great resignation is effecting projects: What are some of the key findings or trends about these transformations? What was different in Q3?• What are the biggest reasons projects fail to deliver results? So many companies in the middle of digital transformation.• What are some of the pain points: That's actually a little bit higher than we've seen in the past.• What should customers be prepared for: Our survey results point the way forward for businesses.The Big Quotes:“So many of these digital transformations are dependent upon a third-party professional services firm.”“This is almost going contrary to this idea of working remotely. But their main complaint was the fact that they were not able to travel anymore, it was actually something that they missed.”“So the fewer integrations that you have and the less spaghetti, the less mess.”This episode is brought to you by BMC Software. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:• Facebook is evil: It’s a lot like going to work for Philip Morris 30 years ago. We should continue to invest in solving the world’s problems.• Tesla is undervalued: Tesla is a software company. Tesla is an automaker – and in five years we’ll see who’s right.• An interesting and kind of fun way: How can you make these companies more software companies over the next few years?• The faster we can get there: When we’re taking shots at social media – there’s big problems that need to be addressed.The Big Quotes:“And frankly, every time I think, okay we've hit rock bottom. It's like they figured out a way to drill further into the rock and look worse.”“And so we need to be really careful that we don't I think that we don't paint with too broad a brush there.”“Do you work digital or not? It's just like, so are you going to work or you're going to retire?”This episode is brought to you by BMC Software. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:• We just launched a new channel: Reflecting this global business phenomenon, it’s called the data revolution—and it’s turning the business world upside-down.• Mining for gold: Gathering as much customer data as possible and then using mining algorithms to gain insights and opportunities.• Aggregated, integrated, and transformed: Data transformation is the term that is used rou describes the modern digital recipe for turning to turn raw data into business data.• What can and should they do differently? Companies are interacting with their customers online and in unprecedented digital ways.The Big Quotes:“Gartner predicts that 75% of all databases will either be created in the cloud or move to the cloud by the end of next year.”“And they're like, how did they know that about me? It's a little unsettling.”This episode is brought to you by BMC Software. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:• The real story behind the supply chain: There are not enough skilled workers in manufacturing, logistics, distribution, and trucking.• Combination of technology and innovative programs: Like apprenticeships, primary school education programs, and recruiting people from other industries.• Geo-political dynamics: LinkedIn pulling out of China, recent investments by the US government to stimulate American ships manufacturing, and 5G development.• Google is an example of a broader trend: This is a deceptively simple observation and one that holds insights for business leaders.The Big Quotes:“It's clearly starting to have an impact as we get a little closer to the holiday season.”“Boy, we had that all wrong. What were we thinking? We're rethinking our strategy but trust me, they are.”“We might break that into four or five that have proximity to final assembly, proximity to customers, proximity to talent, proximity to energy grids.”This episode is brought to you by BMC Software. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:• The solution is a production database: So there’s a big period of time when I have two different data sources. And you run the report off that database.• We learned about Chesterton's fence: It didn't grow like a weed – somebody put it there. They spent time and money and energy. I say to CEOs boards and my customers ask yourself, why did we do it that way?• Very worried about shadow IT: The CEO and the CIO will come to tell you one thing: this is bad.• Keep the lemmings from running over the cliff: Traditionally, the board of directors and the business people were talking about the same thing – and so were the vendors. Giving them the benefit of our advice.The Big Quotes:“Oracle got it. IBM got it. Microsoft gets it. Some of the other vendors that were more product focused, kind of looked at their product from the wrong end of the telescope.”“They don't want to buy a vendor's product. They want to buy a process solution.”“Do analytics, look at dashboards. They've already seen it 20 times.”This episode is brought to you by BMC Software. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The Big Themes:• We're not loyal to each other: I think you've got to breathe almost our hearts back into our organizations.• Competitors are very aggressive: And they're enticing them with new programs at 20% rates. The salaries are getting kicked up just because they're paying more.• Blindingly obvious: When we’re in the four walls, we forget the simple things. It’s really a clear and present demonstration of what your values and beliefs are.• Empowerment is about decision rights: I don't feel like I'm making impact. I'm not trusted to do my job.The Big Quotes:“I'm not an Elon Musk fan boy, I think he has good qualities and bad qualities.”“This is how we're enabling you to have more fun.”“Are we so dumb as to think that people can't sense that?”This episode is brought to you by BMC Software. Visit Cloud Wars for more.