Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans

The Big Themes:The citizen developer: Those low-code, no-code tools are giving the power back to their employees, and that’s creating a new environment that’s having a reorganization in that area.Some of the innovations from Microsoft Teams: It was just like a basic tool that I use with Teams. Some of the innovations that they developed so rapidly in the times of COVID to adapt to a new remote workforce.There’s always new things to soak in there: We also have a number of events that take place, and live on demand – one of them is our binge programs.Industry solutions: Trying to compare their challenges with other challenges – and try to see what matches and what’s worth their time and investment. The Big Quotes:“Most of my day job is reading, reviewing, producing content that's relevant in the business tech world, and helping others have a voice in that conversation as well.” “A huge feature about mydacfeed.com is the ability to personalize your feed and get connected with relevant topics and find like-minded voices.” “I think we saw something similar when Microsoft acquired Nuance, which was their second-largest acquisition behind LinkedIn.” This episode is brought to you by BMC Software. 

The Big Themes:I’ve got 99 problems and tech ain’t one of them: It’s almost never a technology issue. It’s usually a people problem.The technologists out there: Many technologists can be overly focused on technology, which limits their ability to see the bigger business issues. What are you really going to be focused on?This is a journey: We need to embrace one another and lock arms and move forward together in a secular fashion. The Big Quotes:“But the only thing that surprises me by that is that most companies are going to go, oh, that's not me. That's somebody else. That's that other 40%.” “Motivate your workforce to aspire to be different, aspire to be better, and understand that they're a part of that future that is different and better.” “And so we're all going to be on board to do this, and we're not going to do a hundred things.” This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.

The Big Themes:Declare dominion over your work: Agency is working for something greater than a paycheck. When you love what you do, you have nothing to “balance.”Who is your Archimedes: “If you give me a lever and a place to stand, I can move the world.”YOLO, “You Only Live Once”: Originally made popular by the Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. For many, a good job, a nice car, and a steady paycheck are no longer enough.Sometimes you need an auctioneer: Your auctioneer is probably a friend, a mentor, a family member, or former coworker who pushes you to do things you don’t think you can do. The Big Quotes:“So we're now seeing reasonably credible research being done by major organizations saying a huge percentage of people are considering changing jobs.” “And so what the vast majority of people fail to understand about personal freedom and career agency is that you don't need everybody to agree with what you're doing.” “I think we're at a time where it behooves all of us to care about our lives and our work and the intertwining of the two.” This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.

The Big Themes:According to the Association for Manufacturing Technology: In order to reshore 25% of the manufactured goods currently imported from China, US manufacturers will need to invest $400-$600 billion in manufacturing technology.Why isn’t “Big Data” yielding “Big Insights"? It might be because as business leaders we are still confusing causation and correlation.The “Streaming Wars”: Have changed the way that we all watch filmed entertainment. What can the rest of us learn from the battles between Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max?These are incredibly exciting times: I think there’s a tremendous opportunity in the tech markets, and the manufacturing markets – and we are watching what’s happening in other parts of the world. The Big Quotes:“On Wall Street, they use the phrase, ‘Make the trend your friend’—and this is an irrefutable trend.” “I guarantee you, Tim Cook and the team are tracking those data elements.” This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.  

The Big Themes:A wealth of riches that we are so privileged to have: They serve as a kind of innovation pipeline in addition to our R&D teams.The default data was your data: I think the concept of data protection, data privacy, and now terms that people are using around confidential computing are really where the heart of our differentiation lies.IBM has worked in these industries for decades: Because we have worked with financial services, telco, healthcare, etc., IBM has brought together the different pieces of their applications.Could a quantum computer ever crack what I’m doing: Our researchers have invented algorithms that are secure against future quantum computers. The Big Quotes:“When we talk about IBM Cloud Satellite, it is about a consistent distributed cloud.” “So I got to come into our cloud business several years ago and I now serve as our chief technology officer. And I'm also an IBM Fellow.” “And so we're very closely partnering with our research organization on the topics of future programming models and deploying those kinds of capabilities through code engine and other services in our cloud.” 

The Big Themes:The Colonial Pipleline hack: Wake-up call for boards and C-Suites. I’ve worked in utilities industry several times, and a hack in your OT system can kill people.Industry networks are not new: Banks have been ‘clearing’ checks and ‘settling’ securities trades for hundreds of years. Remember “Bank Americard.” But these new industry clouds take industry networks to completely new levels.Sadin’s Law of industry differentiation (80-10-10 Rule): It’s about process, not system application. 80% horizontal process, 10% industry jargon, 10% organizational culture and practice.Channel conflict looming: For every dollar spent on software you spend three dollars implementing it. VARs/ISVs have been valuable channel partners for decades. The Big Quotes:“It’s been a great time to be in this business. And it’s a wonderful time to be a consumer of all this stuff.” This episode is brought to you by BMC Software. 

The Big Themes:A lot of exciting things happening: Gartner is estimating that 75% of databases will be migrated to the cloud or be launched in the cloud by the end of next year.Big Data startup Ocient: Just raised $40 million in Series B to fund work on ingesting data on exabyte scale.IDC forecast: What they call the “Enterprise Datasphere” is growing 2X faster than the “Consumer Datasphere.”Putting databases into outer space: If you’re storing your digital assets in satellites, maybe then physical space for storage units becomes less of an issue here on planet Earth.The Big Quotes:“So we went from terabytes, petabytes, exabytes, and now when you look at it globally, you're talking yottabytes?”“So you can see that just tremendous amount of data being created but much of it is ephemeral, and short lived, it's cached and it's gone.”This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.

The Big Themes:·      I’m in the midst of writing a book: Everybody does it, but what’s exciting are the insights I’ll get to share from some remarkable people I’ve talked to.·      Purpose and culture often go hand-in-hand: We have to be students. We have to constantly study. We have to constantly come up with those new thoughts.·      “Customer-obsessed”? Most of us are not. What percentage of your meetings are directly focused specifically on a customer’s need, versus meandering discussions about internal issues?  ·      Pet peeve for the week: Are you marking time? And candidly, most meetings are marking time. The Big Quotes:“The role of the leader is to force-multiply the organization that they lead. That is our job.”“That's my opportunity. That's my opportunity to learn.”This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.

The Big Themes:Old-school/new school: The big search firms have some really good assessment programs, but tie a formalized assessment program into succession planning.The CEO sets the tenor of the company: I think a lot of times these CEOs don’t fully appreciate the components that they’re asking for.The recruiter’s role: Knowing the company culture, management style, succession planning, and weaknesses for the future market intelligence, that recruiter becomes a more qualified candidate to get to final interview.We both love this marketplace: We are consulting with a lot of clients on this exact topic, and we’re certainly seeing a lot more interest. The Big Quotes:“Now's the time to really go out and become a brand, a Glassdoor premiere company that really allows for talent to continue to develop that.” This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.  

The Big Themes:Servicing large enterprises for 100 years: So it’s just a natural motion to actually have this form factor there.Reimagining what you do: Everything has entropy, and they calcify and atrophy, so you forever have got to refresh this. But to do that, you’ve actually got to then deconstruct it.De-risking digital supply chains: Don’t just think about the cloud capabilities. Think about the compliance controls that we have built over the past two and half years.Living in the future: I was going through our quantum computing capability with them, because we’re going to put that onto our cloud at the end of the year. The Big Quotes:“You're liberating my ability to get to all of my data, irrespective as to where it may be, whether it's on premise in the IBM Cloud or in another cloud as well – which again is unique to us.” “And I guess imitation is the best form of flattery, but the ability to actually write once and run anywhere, again, is uniquely differentiated to us.” “If you're a technologist, it's kind of like a candy store with the best assets you could ever imagine.” This episode is brought to you by BMC Software.