“The surprise outcome ten years from now is there’ll be something much bigger than the private cloud and the public cloud,” says Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell. “It’s the edge. I actually think there will be way more computed data on the edge in ten years than any of the derivatives of cloud.”
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There’s No Doubt It’s a Cloud First World, Says Rackspace SVP
“If you think about where we are on the technology adoption curve and the trillion dollars of spend that are ultimately going to move, there’s no doubt that it’s a cloud-first world,” says Prashanth Chandasekar, Senior Vice President & General Manager at Rackspace.
Machine Learning Should Be Used to Deliver Great Brand Experiences, Says PagerDuty CEO
PagerDuty is really about making sure that our users understand that this could be a good thing, being woken up in the middle of the night if it’s for the right problem. It’s a way that can help you deliver a much better experience for your customers.
Oracle CEO: Applications Market Changes Significantly As It Moves to Cloud
“The applications market is about $125 billion per year,” says Oracle CEO Mark Hurd. “That is spent primarily on applications and most of it today is spent on on-premise applications. That market changes pretty significantly as it moves to cloud.
All of Our Customers Will Move to the Cloud, Says Oracle CEO
“We have a big existing on-premise user base and I believe all of them will move to the cloud,” said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd. “In fact, I was with a large group of our users just last night and they’re all going to move on their time frame. When we get to a certain point you will start to see a geometric move in the market and it will be significant.”
AWS CEO: Cloud is Still Really Early Days
“It’s still really early days,” says Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy speaking about the cloud. “Sometimes we remind ourselves that even though it’s a $30 billion revenue run rate business growing 45 percent year-over-year, it’s the early stages of enterprise and public sector adoption in the US. Outside the US they’re 12 to 36 months behind depending on the country and industry.”
5G to Change the Form Factor of Devices, Says Qualcomm President
Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon sees enormous potential for 5G to change the form factor of devices. “The most important thing is as you change your experience with 5G you’re going to want a different type of device and a different type of screen size and resolution,” says Amon.
SurveyMonkey CEO: Our Enterprise Business is in Hyper-Growth Mode
Our business on the enterprise side is in hyper-growth mode, says SurveyMonkey CEO Zander Lurie. “We booked our first $10 million quarter, our first million-dollar customer, and we signed up 11 percent more customers in the last quarter alone than we had over all these years.”
When It’s Game Time for Retail New Relic is There, Says CEO
Whether it’s for a popular mobile app, an online video game with millions of users, or a huge ecommerce platform, they all rely on critical New Relic insights to keep revenue flowing.
Kroger CEO: How We Compete for Software Engineers with Facebook
Kroger and all retailers are fast becoming tech companies and thus have the difficult task of competing with companies like Facebook for top tech talent. According to Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen, one of their secrets to recruiting software engineers is the promise of more responsibility quicker than anywhere else.
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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