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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.

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00:24:06

To Hire the Best in a Weak Economy, Focus on Active...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/08/25

The Big Themes:Three priorities for hiring: Pat says that the best hires (1) are able to do the job well, (2) help diversify the organization in terms of background, ethnicity, etc., and (3) are a good fit culturally for the company and the role.Recruiting today is too passive and too focused on ops: To find the right person for the role you need to fill, companies need to embrace active recruitment done by a talent attraction leader.The most successful companies combine recruiting ops with talent

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00:39:16

Lowering Costs and Reducing Commutes: The Board and...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/08/24

The Big Themes:A new POV on recent Microsoft announcements: Wayne talks us through his understanding of some key points made by CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood on the company's latest earnings call, and how CIOs and CTOs should interpret them.Microsoft's full-stack offering is key competitive advantage: Purportedly lowering costs for customers is part of how MSFT is working to stay ahead of AWS and others, and the gamut of services they offer is essential to their efforts.The win-win-win of

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00:40:33

SAP Fioneer Is Redefining What a Financial Services...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/08/18

The Big Themes:Some background on SAP Fioneer: Falk and Mitch explain how the partnership came to be and offer details about how the two organizations work together while maintaining independence.What makes SAP Fioneer unique in the market: by building the backbone for "the end-to-end business process," SAP Fioneer is more than a point solution or even a vendor, it sees itself as a partner to customers.Looking to the future of financial services: Falk and Mitch each share what they expect to be the

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00:36:00

The Mission to Build an Inclusive, Story-Driven...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/08/11

The Big Themes:Introducing Task Force Tribute (TFT): Inspired by a group of military veterans in Chicago who walked 13 miles to honor 13 service members who died during the withdrawal from Afghanistan, TFT comprises a small group of people who are traveling 7,054 miles together, to all corners of the country, one mile for every service member lost during the Global War on Terror.Creating a virtual memorial to those we've lost: During the cross-country trip, TFT will be raising awareness around its

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00:26:24

A Fast, Free Transformation Readiness Quiz | Tinder...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/08/10

The Big Themes:Project success depends on preparation: About half of enterprise software and digital transformation initiatives fail, and Raven Intelligence data points to the fact that many companies simply don't have their ducks in a row before getting started.Inside the Readiness Tool: Bonnie explains that the tool is both free and easy to use. Anyone on the project team can complete it by answering 14 questions about stakeholder support, team leadership and roles, change management, and planning

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00:18:01

How Oracle is Helping Telco & Banking Clients Answer...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/08/09

The Big Themes:The buyer-seller relationship has changed: Customers are claiming more power than ever before, and Jonathan says that companies need to earn the title of "strategic partner," not just throw it around.Telco is transforming around 5G: While recent years have left many telcos in turmoil, the advent of 5G technology is getting the industry its "mojo" back, according to Jonathan.Banks are moving to the cloud: Recent geopolitical upheaval has raised a ton of questions for the banking

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00:30:09

Industry Clouds & the Market Shift Happening Under...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/08/03

The Big Themes:The embrace of vertical approaches is bigger than go-to-market: companies are looking to software not just to address functional problems, but to solve business challenges and transform business modelsMassive internal reorganizations are coming: in addition to new and surprising partnerships like Microsoft and Oracle on multi-cloud, Tony expects both customer and vendors to deeply evolve their structures and operationsMerger of supply and demand chains is a key example: Professor Luyi

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00:34:25

Defining Hybrid Cloud & Co-Creation for Today's CXOs...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/07/27

The Big Themes:What CXOs need to know about hybrid cloud: Wayne walks us through a number different, equally valid hybrid cloud models and explains key security implications when moving to hybrid cloudLook out for "fake cloud" models: CXOs need to be on guard against terms like "virtualization" and "hyper-converged," tactics that might make sense for their company but which are definitely not cloudThe pros and cons of becoming a software creator: amid all the talk about co-creation models between

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00:22:43

Earning "Favored Partner" Status: Seven No-Cost...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/07/20

The Big Themes:Great software alone isn't enough: For success in a digital transformation project, choosing the right partner to help implement software is just as important as choosing the right software itself.Partner-project fit: The most important factor to consider in picking an implementation partner is project fit, and making sure that the team members assigned to work with you are well versed in the software, in your industry, etc.Why being a "preferred partner" matters: Bonnie estimates

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00:18:05

SAP's Game-Changing RISE Program is a Journey, Not a...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/06/22

The Big Themes:Innovation inspired by disruption: From early 2020 today, the world looks completely different. Boards of directors and other leaders are responding by interrogating the way they've always done things and looking for new, more agile systems.RISE gives customers a team behind them: One of the biggest things SAP has heard is that customers love that the RISE program makes clear what everyone on the team's responsibilities are, including SAP, its hyperscaler partners, and the customers

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00:30:00

Mission Not-Impossible: Supply Chains &...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/06/15

The Big Themes:Retail supply chains and OODA loops: Fighter pilots are trained to Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act when engaged in fast-moving environments. Retail business leaders should adopt the OODA approach for supply chain planning.Sustainability is key to supply & demand chains: We should not be looking at sustainability in a vacuum, but rather as integral to the efficient production of goods.Invest in connecting IT and OT: Let's talk less about carbon-neutral data centers and more about

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00:23:01

Driving Supply Chain Mastery | Thomas Saueressig on...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/06/10

The Big Themes:Differentiate in the market: Reflect on business operations. Make decisive moves and decisions, and act in an agile fashion for the future.Supply chain transparency is essential to stay ahead of the curve: Integrated processes from the quotation down to cash management to facilitate those processes are crucial. Companies need to be able to explain the delay and provide alternative solutions to deliver quality outcomes to customers.Sustainability and getting to a circular economy:

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00:12:11

Yext & Redis Help Companies Wrangle Public Data...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/06/08

The Big Themes:The Yext promise: Josh describes the platform as a place for "ingesting data, structuring it, and then delivering it as in the form of answers everywhere that it's needed."Keeping public data in sync: Yext customers want to help their consumers easily find information like hours of operation, product availability, and more, wherever they're searching. Yext helps structure that data, then automatically syncs it across various websites.Working across multiple clouds: Part of the reason

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00:33:05

A Swinging Pendulum of Digital Ad Fraud | Uphoff on...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/06/01

The Big Themes:The stats, yet with so little scrutiny: Machine, also referred to as bot-related ad revenue, was $81 billion in 2022 with projections to increase to 100 billion in 2023.Machine or bot accounts inflate financials: If Twitter or Facebook decided to take down all of the fake accounts, they would have to restate their earnings.Dealing with a completely different mindset: Companies and executives realize they will be judged by their ability to harness technology to transform their

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00:31:58

Beyond Recession: Be Ready for the Next Upcycle |...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/05/25

The Big Themes:Three tips for the precarious present: As the coronavirus continues to evolve and spread, Wayne says that business leaders need to be realistic about people returning to work (or not) and think creatively about how best to move forward.The CXO Lounge at Cloud Wars Expo: Wayne previews this unique feature of next month's conference, a dedicated space for conversations, debates, and jam sessions between and among C-level execs and Acceleration Economy Analysts.Looking beyond a potential

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00:41:04

Three Honest Stories of Failure & Lessons Learned |...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/05/24

The Big Themes:Balancing conflicting responsibilities: Christian's first story takes place during an operation by the Marine Corps when he was a young platoon commander.Reflecting and preparing for big life changes: The second lesson Christian learned came to him after he left active duty, and was struggling with the loss of community and camaraderie.Staying vulnerable and open to input: Lastly, Christian recounts a period in his business career when he got himself trapped in tunnel-vision on a

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00:22:20

Infosys Builds "ERP as a Service" Alongside RISE with...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/05/24

The Big Themes:ERP as a Service: In the past, business transformations and ERP transformations took years to complete. Today, customers need to get up and running on new platforms much more quickly—so Infosys developed an ERP as a Service offering, a bundle that simplifies and accelerates the process.Industry cloud solutions: Part of how Infosys guides clients through business transformation is through industry-specific "templates" that help customers envision what their new processes will look

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00:23:40

Beware of Vanity Metrics, Which Feel Good But Deliver...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/05/11

The Big Themes:The trap of vanity metrics: certain statistics you hear all the time, like "we have 96% customer satisfaction," are not telling the full story. These metrics are easy to come by and make us feel good, but in the end they do not really help us.Metrics that actually matter: in a digital transformation, the stats that you need are those that tie back to business objectives. This means revenue improvements, cost reductions, and working capital improvements.Trust but verify: Raven

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00:26:37

DoiT, Google Cloud's Global Reseller Partner of the...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/05/10

The Big Themes:Massive changes to cloud marketplaces: Amazon and Google Cloud are transforming the ways that companies buy software through their cloud MPs, and DoiT is helping customers respond to those changesGrowth requires agility: the standard locked-in discounts of the past aren't working for software companies anymore, so DoiT is taking on the lock-ins with cloud partners and delivering flexible, growth-oriented benefits to ISV customersTrusting customers to know what they need: DoiT’s ISV

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00:40:00

Where Recruiting Meets L&D Training, Magic Happens |...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2022/05/05

The Big Themes:The "cradle to grave" approach: Pat and Pam worked together for many years to develop creative, advanced programs for talent acquisition and retention. One of their initiatives was to increase the collaboration between talent acquisition and talent management teams.Planning a culture vs. letting one happen: Companies should be in the driver's seat when it comes to HR and company culture. This requires focused, pointed culture development.Assessments and candidate data: The information

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