During the recent Workday Q4 earnings call, while citing his company’s excellent results, CEO Aneel Bhusri called out both SAP and Oracle failures.
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As Workday prepares to release quarterly and 12-month financial results later today, let’s consider its tagline: “Built for the Future.”
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it was fascinating to see how Microsoft, Amazon and Workday used their latest earnings calls to highlight their broad efforts with machine learning.
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As impressive as Workday Q1 earnings results are, I found CEO Aneel Bhusri’s commentary on machine learning to be even more compelling.