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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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00:05:45

AI's New Victims: CEOs Who Are Unable, Unwilling,...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/16

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explain why success in the AI Economy demands bold, uncompromising leadership from CEOs — and why many aren’t ready.Highlights 00:03 — It’s been fascinating to see that recently, AI transformation has begun to hit hard at the CEO rank. Up until now, as we’ve all seen, there have been hundreds of thousands of job losses that have taken place in lower-level or mid-level jobs. And I think now we’re starting to see that the new victims of AI are going to be CEOs. 00:25 —

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00:03:03

The Missing Layer in Enterprise AI: Governance and...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/15

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how governance gaps are slowing AI agent adoption in enterprises.Highlights 00:05 —The role of AI agents in enterprise has advanced enormously in recent months, evolving from passive Q&A bots to systems that can take real actions in production environments. This is things like managing finances or accessing confidential patient data for healthcare organizations. 00:23 — However, a major hurdle often remains, and that's compliance. In many cases, audit and

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00:04:49

Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Q1 Preview: Who's Hot +...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/14

In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I analyze Q4 performance to reveal who’s truly leading in cloud growth right now. Highlights 00:03 — We're just a couple weeks away from getting Q1 results of the hyperscalers and some other companies in the Cloud Wars Top 10, I wanted to take a look at these world-shaping companies. Let's start off by taking a quick look back at Q4 and some numbers for Google Cloud, Microsoft, and AWS. 00:34 — I'm not including Oracle in this hyperscaler comparison because it's on a

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00:02:16

Microsoft’s AI Strategy: Infrastructure, Talent, and...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/13

Highlights 00:09 — Microsoft’s global investments continue to grow. Latest news is the company plans to invest $10 billion into Japan over the next three years to build out AI infrastructure, improve cyber resilience, and train a million engineers and developers by 2030. 00:28 — Our key partnerships include internet infrastructure provider Secura Internet, whose share price rose over 20% following the announcement, and SoftBank, already a major player in the AI revolution. Now, thanks to Secura

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00:02:40

Why OpenAI’s Infrastructure Strategy Changes Everything

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/10

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I break down OpenAI’s massive $122 billion funding round and what it means for the future of AI infrastructure.Highlights 00:04 — OpenAI has completed its latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital. The company explained the reasoning behind such a massive investment by highlighting that after reaching a billion dollars in revenue in its first year, it's now generating $2 billion in revenue per month, more than 40% of which is driven by the company's

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00:02:20

How ServiceNow Is Scaling Secure AI with Zenity...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/08

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explain how ServiceNow is enabling secure, scalable adoption of AI agents across the enterprise.Highlights 00:03 — ServiceNow is joining forces with Zenity, the first security and governance platform that's been purpose-built for AI agents. Zenity is becoming a ServiceNow build partner, bringing with it a range of capabilities to ServiceNow Security Operations, including agent security, posture management, and vulnerability assessment. 00:25 — Deepak Kolingivadi, VP

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00:02:20

Inside Microsoft’s Shift From “Copilot Everywhere” to...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/07

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how Microsoft’s latest Windows changes reveal a strategic shift toward more intentional AI integration and focused Copilot experiences.Highlights 00:09 — It was only a short paragraph in a blog post by Microsoft’s Pavan Davuluri, Executive Vice President of Windows and Devices, discussing the changes the company is making to Windows in response to community feedback. However, it has significant implications and, if you pick it apart, could provide a better

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00:05:16

Marc Benioff Goes All-in On Slackbot to Drive Agentic...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/06

In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how Salesforce is betting big on Slackbot to power the AI agentic enterprise. Highlights 00:02 — We are seeing enormous changes take place among the leading enterprise applications vendors, with the rise of AI. Business customers are expecting a different way of working here in the emergence of the AI Economy. So at Salesforce, I believe Marc Benioff has decided to go all in on Slackbot to drive what Salesforce is calling the AI agentic enterprise. 00:29 — Now

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00:02:49

Microsoft Links ERP Success to AI with Business...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/03

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I examine how Business Central is transforming ERP with strong financial returns and AI-driven capabilities.Highlights 00:10 — A new Forrester report commissioned by Microsoft, entitled "The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central," has revealed some remarkable findings regarding the financial impact this standout cloud ERP is having on customers. 00:36 — And here's what it found: 209% ROI over three years, an estimated $464,000 net present

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00:03:06

Reducing Fraud with AI Agents in Accounts Payable

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/02

In this AI Agent & Copilot Minute, Mason Siefert explores how Dynamics 365 is evolving into the agentic era — transforming financial reconciliation and accounts payable into continuous, intelligent processes, and previews what’s ahead at Summit North America 2026.Key Takeaways Agent Evolution: The journey from manual processes to copilots and now fully autonomous agents marks a fundamental shift in enterprise finance. While early tools accelerated workflows, today’s agents proactively execute

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00:05:19

Oracle’s ‘AI Changes Everything’ Mantra Pushes...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/02

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I unpack how Oracle is redefining data activation with agentic AI capabilities. Highlights 00:03 — I recently talked about some big plans that Oracle has for fusing agentic AI into its applications and calling those Oracle agentic applications. Now it's extended its whole mantra from a couple of years ago that came from Chairman and Founder, Larry Ellison, where he said AI changes everything. 00:28 — Oracle's taken that very much to heart, and they're extending their

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00:24:06

Oracle vs. Workday AI Strategies: Key Differences...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/01

In this episode of Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans sits down with Bonnie Tinder, Founder and CEO of Raven Intelligence, to unpack a whirlwind week in enterprise software. As AI reshapes the landscape at breakneck speed, the two explore major announcements from Oracle and Workday. Bonnie offers sharp analysis on the strategic differences between Workday’s user-centric AI assistant approach and Oracle’s autonomous, end-to-end agentic applications.Episode 59: Enterprise AI Showdown The Big Themes:

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00:02:18

SAP Signals Major Shift Toward AI Usage-Based Pricing...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/04/01

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I review SAP’s move toward AI usage-based pricing and what it means for the future of SaaS, customer engagement, and enterprise software delivery. Highlights 00:04 — SAP CEO Christian Klein has announced the company intends to shift away from a traditional subscription model towards a pricing model based on AI usage. Klein stated that pricing must reflect the actual usage of AI by customers now. 00:23 — Ultimately, Klein recognizes that the existing subscription model,

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00:04:58

SAP + Reltio: Fueling Agentic AI Via Harmonized Data

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/03/31

In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I review SAP's acquisition of Reltio to enhance the Business Data Cloud, expand opportunities for customers, and continue its transformation to being an AI-first, data-first company.Highlights 00:07 — SAP made a big move to deepen its capabilities around data to power what it's doing in AI, with plans to acquire Reltio. The real goal of this is to be able to fuel SAP's ambitions for agentic AI, particularly as it moves to convert its vast portfolio of enterprise

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00:13:56

The Mid-Market ERP Opportunity Explained by Opkey CEO...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/03/30

In this episode of Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans sits down with Pankaj Goel, CEO of Opkey, to explore how agentic AI is reshaping ERP implementations and the broader systems integrator landscape. Goel shares how Opkey’s platform automates the full lifecycle of enterprise applications — from design through testing and support — while addressing long-standing inefficiencies in implementation models. The discussion highlights the growing urgency for speed, cost efficiency, and business outcomes in the AI

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00:05:17

Can Google Cloud + Old-Line Baker Hughes Juice Up AI...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/03/30

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I unpack the convergence of tech and energy and what it means for the future of business leadership.Highlights 00:00 — We are seeing here in 2026 the collapsing of traditional industry boundaries. AI is helping to drive this. A whole new way of doing business is powering this. And mostly what's happening is we're seeing visionary leaders in the tech industry, energy, utilities, power, and other places realize the old story that what got us here won't get us

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00:05:06

Oracle Fuses Agents + Apps with Fusion Agentic...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/03/27

In today’s Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how Oracle is redefining enterprise software by fusing AI agents directly into applications. Highlights 00:03 — Again, busy days here in the early part of 2026. I had a great video interview with Oracle Executive Vice President Steve Miranda. He's been in charge of applications development at Oracle for more than 20 years, and Steve made a few key points about these new agenetic applications. 00:56 — And his main point was, you take all the existing value that

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00:15:19

Steve Miranda on Oracle’s AI Revolution and Agentic...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/03/27

In this episode of Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans speaks with Steve Miranda, Executive Vice President of Applications Development at Oracle, about the company’s latest leap into AI-driven enterprise software. Miranda outlines Oracle’s introduction of “agentic applications,” a new category that blends AI agents, automation, and business workflows into outcome-driven systems. He explains how Oracle’s strategy has evolved from embedding AI into apps to building thousands of agents — and now to delivering

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00:04:48

Oracle AI Transforming Healthcare Ecosystem: EVP...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/03/26

In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I explore how Oracle is using AI to unify and transform the fragmented healthcare ecosystem.Highlights 00:03 — Early in 2026, we're seeing big strides made across all industries with AI, but in particular, there's enormous promise for AI in healthcare. So, I had a chance recently to speak with Oracle Executive Vice President Seema Verma. She's in charge of healthcare and health and life sciences. 01:06 —And one of the things that Seema talked about here is that, for

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00:21:38

How Oracle Is Transforming Healthcare with AI and...

Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans ·

2026/03/26

In this episode of Cloud Wars Live, Bob Evans speaks with Seema Verma, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, about how AI is reshaping the healthcare industry. Drawing on her experience leading the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Verma explains how Oracle is tackling one of the world’s most complex sectors with an end-to-end, AI-driven approach. The conversation explores how automation, modern electronic health records, and intelligent agents

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