Thomas Kurian at the Google Cloud campus in Sunnyvale, California. Google Cloud employees were baffled when they learned that their next boss would be Thomas Kurian, an executive who struggled to shepherd Silicon Valley mainstay Oracle Corp. into the promised land of internet computing. It was November 2018 and the cloud division’s then-chief Diane Greene and Kurian held a question-and-answer session with staff who worried about his impending leadership. “A lot of people have concerns about the fact that you came from Oracle, …
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Our recent CIO survey with Oxford Economics contained a few takeaways that stood out to me: most companies are using API-first strategies, and those most committed to this concept report faster innovation and greater value from business partnerships. …
I spent some time with Joel Ward this week discussing strategy, technology, and customer experiences. We covered some great topics around developing technology that meets your customer expectations and building a culture within your organization to …
Today, retail customers have more digital-first, convenient ways of shopping than ever before. And APIs are one of the critical pieces of technology that have made this possible by giving retailers the ability to transform their …
For the past several years, tech giants have been trying to make artificial intelligence in its many guises HPC, data analytics, and other advanced workloads more available and easier to use for enterprises. Traditional OEMs such …
This week, Google Cloud focuses on retail by sharing a series of podcasts that takes a closer look into how cloud technologies have shaped the retail industry over the last year. In this series, you’ll hear …
It's no secret that most businesses are scared of failure. They spend time trying to avoid mistakes at all costs, even if it means not taking risks or driving innovation. But suppose you want your business …
To remain relevant in today’s customer-centric marketplace, organizations must possess the ability to scale applications globally, and provide the intelligence and personalization their customers have become accustomed to. …
Accion has a commitment to support families and small businesses in the Northern Triangle countries – Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador – and help address the root causes of migration. Over the next three years, Accion, …
To drive modernization and innovation, enterprises are increasingly adopting API-first approaches to connecting services across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. APIs and Clouds are everywhere today and hybrid API management gives you the flexibility to deploy your …
The cloud enables businesses to effectively and efficiently utilize hardware and software. It also introduces new complexity and challenges to traditional IT financial management and requires the right financial governance, communication, and partnerships across the organization. …
Some of the most important data at your company isn’t living in databases, but in documents, and marketing assets. Yet most companies are still manually writing copy and are reliant on guesswork to get consumers to …
APIs are the backbone of digital transformation, and they are essential for business innovation. With APIs, you can securely share data and functionality with developers both inside and outside of your organizational boundaries, letting you build …
In 2020, organizations worldwide quickly realized that digital transformation is the biggest driver of their business strategy and APIs are central to the successful execution of any effective digital transformation. In fact, API traffic for Apigee …
Today, retail customers have more #digital-first, convenient ways of shopping than ever before. And APIs are one of the critical pieces of #technology that have made this possible by giving retailers the ability to transform their …
In 2020, virtually all industries, from retail and manufacturing to finance and hospitality, shifted how they do business. The uniting trait across all of them? A sharpened, more urgent focus on digital maturity and an API …