Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans

In this episode of "Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights," Harish Grama, General Manager, IBM Public Cloud, and I discuss how IBM’s Hybrid Cloud is transforming customer strategies. Harish has worked with thousands of developers, and managed a budget of hundreds of millions to build out IBM’s Hybrid Cloud strategy – including SoftLayer, Bluemix, Cloud Managed Services, and OpenStack in public, dedicated, and local deployment models. He left IBM briefly for a two-year stint at JPMorgan Chase but returned in 2018. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

In this episode of Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights, Arpan Shah and I discuss how over 95% of the Fortune 500 are on Microsoft Cloud, how customers are now asking not why should I move to the cloud — but how should I move to the cloud, and how a hybrid model is what customers want today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

Cloud Wars caught up with Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith during SAP’s big Sapphire 2019 event in Orlando. About 6 months after agreeing to an acquisition by SAP and about 3 months after the deal was completed, the Qualtrics co-founder and Chief Executive had some compelling insights and stories to share.We discussed how SAP’s global presence is helping Qualtrics scale at a pace that would have otherwise been impossible. Ryan shared his unique expertise and insight into why experience management is the solution that businesses need today and will need even more tomorrow. And I got a look at how Ryan sees Qualtrics fitting into and strengthening the SAP cloud. Watch to get a look behind the curtain of a deal that has sparked transformation and innovation at one of the world’s top enterprise tech vendors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

In this episode of Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights, Will Grannis and I discuss how Google Cloud is helping drive innovation and growth for businesses and breakthrough experiences for customers – and, how to unlock the transformative power of the cloud with data analytics and machine learning. We also explore how the cloud can enable data-driven business models that would never have been feasible before. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

In this episode of "Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights," Larry Socher and I discuss what Accenture's learned in 20,000 tech projects with clients, and how he manages to remain a trusted partner to hyperscalers AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud -- as well as to all the major SaaS vendors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

In this second episode of "Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights," Larry Socher and I discuss what Accenture's learned in 20,000 tech projects with clients, and how he manages to remain a trusted partner to hyperscalers AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud -- as well as to all the major SaaS vendors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

In this episode of Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights, Will Grannis and I discuss how Google Cloud is helping drive innovation and growth for businesses and breakthrough experiences for customers – and, how to unlock the transformative power of the cloud with data analytics and machine learning. We also explore how the cloud can enable data-driven business models that would never have been feasible before. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

Each month, “Ammirati on Innovation” episodes will look at ways that the disruptive-startup mentality is spreading beyond young entrepreneurs to big established corporations. Serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Carnegie Mellon B-school professor Sean Ammirati, who sits at the intersection of these high-change dynamics, provides insight.Episode 2:In this episode, Sean – a Digital All-Star – and I discuss how Disney+ is a Netflix killer, how SAP and Qualtrics is a killer idea, and how Satya Nadella just might be the killer CEO of the decade. He also talks about how grocery chains, manufacturers, automotive companies, and others need to think about what’s my version of Disney+. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

Each month, “Christopher Lochhead on Different” episodes will explore the need to differentiate people, products, and services in a world that encourages a lot of imitation. A best-selling author, top podcaster, and former tech-industry CMO, Chris is a student of not only business and technology and marketing but also human nature, human folly, human genius, and very human joy.Episode 3:In this episode, Chris – a Digital All-Star – and I discuss how tech companies (including Zoom, Pinterest, and Lyft) are going public again, and how Eric Yuan of Zoom had to apply nine times for immigration papers. Plus – how in America, making money is a good thing, and how if you begin to view yourself as a personal entrepreneur your employer is not your employer but your client. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.

Wayne Sadin is one of our Digital All-Stars. In this episode, Wayne and I explore the topics of continual ERP updates, the rise of the financial management suite, and how partnering with competitors – and even customers – is becoming a new paradigm. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Visit Cloud Wars for more.