BlockchainWeek NYC 2019 Recap
For the last five years, every spring CoinDesk has been hosting its blockchain technology conference Consensus in New York City. The idea is to bring together the top brands and developers in the cryptocurrency…
You Can Renew the Founder’s Mentality, Says Author Chris Zook
“Once your company is no longer small it tends to accumulate bureaucracy and you begin to lose the founder’s mentality,” says Chris Zook, author of “The Founders Mentality.” “That is the paradox of growth. Growth creates complexity and complexity is the silent killer of profitable growth.”
Verishop CEO On Competing With Amazon: “It’s Not a Zero Sum Game”
“The market narrative is always it’s a zero-sum game,” says Imran Khan, co-founder and CEO of Verishop, a new Amazon competitor launching soon. “You are coming in and it’s Verishop versus Amazon or Snap versus Facebook. Not one company will take everything. It’s just impossible for one company to solve every problem.”
Oracle CIO: Every Enterprise Has the Security it Deserves
Every Enterprise has the security it deserves, says Oracle CIO Mark Sunday. “It begins at the very top. It truly begins with the board, CEO, and the Executive Committee to set the culture and to ensure that the people, process, technology, and the governance processes are in place to ensure the security of customers, companies, and employees information.”
Attackers Targeting People as Workloads Move to the Cloud, Says Proofpoint CEO
“The reality is that attackers are targeting people,” says Proofpoint CEO Gary Steele. “They’ve done it traditionally on email but it’s expanding as more and more applications or workloads are running in the cloud. That’s where people are and that’s where they can be targeted.”
If You Don’t Provide a Great Customer Experience You Won’t Survive, Says Zendesk CEO
“We definitely help companies provide great customer experiences,” says Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svane. “That is the new currency of today. You can have the greatest product in the world and you can have the greatest service in the world, but if you don’t provide a great customer experience you’re not going to survive.”
HPE CEO: Reason For Acquiring Cray – The Data Around Us is Exploding
HPE announces intent to acquire Cray. “The main reason why we decided to pursue this acquisition is that the data around us is exploding,” Says HPE CEO Antonio Neri. “That data has value and the need to process that data faster continues to grow.”
We’re Enabling a New Era of Hospitality, Says Toast CEO
“We’re enabling what we call this new era of hospitality,” says Toast CEO Chris Comparato. “We’re investing heavily in R&D. This is a massive opportunity and the restaurant community is a massive market. The market is untapped and we’re in the early days of a major transformation across the entire industry.”
The Need to Transform is Front and Center for Every C-Level Executive, Says Adobe CEO
“When people look at what’s happening with Amazon trying to get into their businesses, the need to transform is also front and center for every c-level executive,” says Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen. “Given that Adobe’s been through our own transformation they want to experience that same benefit that we have been able to see.”
Without AI, Real-Time Personalization Would Not Be Possible
“How do we shorten the space between a signal that we get, say in behavioral data that we see show up either in an app or on a website, and then churn through all of the possibilities of what we…
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If You Don’t Provide a Great Customer Experience You Won’t Survive, Says Zendesk CEO
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How WeWork is Using Technology to Revolutionize Office Space Worldwide
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The Need to Transform is Front and Center for Every C-Level Executive, Says Adobe CEO
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Walmart Can’t Let Amazon Out Walmart Walmart
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Michael Dell Predicts in 10 Years More Computed Data on the Edge Than Cloud