A quick overview of how and why Oracle has jumped ahead of IBM in the Cloud Wars Top 10 rankings, moving from #6 to #5, as IBM growth lags behind.
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At the recent Bank of America Merril Lynch Global Technology Conference, IBM sales exec Martin Schroeter said of cloud: “everyone is thinking about it.”
As the enterprise cloud becomes without question the foundation for digital business, we’ve graded the Top 10 vendors. This is the Cloud Wars report card.
“Can IBM Become #1 In Hybrid Solutions?” | Stream the latest episode of Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights, focused on IBM’s cloud strategy.
This week, both Microsoft and Amazon will post earnings results on April 24. In this piece, I share my Q1 cloud revenue predictions and analysis.
What I see in IBM’s Q1 2019 earnings announcement: a smart new approach, making clear to the world that IBM intends to be a cloud-first company.
IBM is a major Cloud Wars player, with cloud revenue of $19.5B for the 12 months ended March 31, but its Q1 earnings release reveals a lagging growth rate.
During IBM’s quarterly earnings call this week, CFO Jim Kavanagh mentioned “hybrid” 28 times, focusing on the IBM Future Hybrid Cloud,
IBM today said it has signed a cloud deal with BNP Paribas that one analyst believes could be valued at $2 billion, setting up a big 2019 for IBM.
IBM’s new hybrid cloud megadeals show why the vendor has retained the #5 spot in the Cloud Wars Top 10 here at the outset of 2019.
My list of the world’s top 5 cloud vendors, including both cloud-natives and “legacy” veterans, and what they’ve done to earn the lofty spots.
What to watch for in the coming hybrid wave. Cementing its future growth and relevance, the cloud industry is warmly embracing hybrid computing.
IBM needs to show customers, partners and investors that it is turning those 9,100 patents and innovations into high-value business solutions.
IBM’s blockbuster acquisition of Red Hat for $33.4 billion to create a hybrid-cloud powerhouse signals a massive shift towards Cloud Transformation 2.0.
IBM plans to leapfrog its tech competitors by offering new tools that simplify & streamline the management of complex technologies regardless of cloud or AI
Microsoft, IBM & SAP posted a combined $13 billion in calendar-Q2 cloud revenue, led by Microsoft’s commercial-cloud growth rate of 53% to $6.9 billion.
IBM has undergone radical transformation the last few years, CEO Ginni Rometty claimed last week that IBM has become the world leader in enterprise AI.