The Enterprise AI Show
The Enterprise AI Show explores the AI journey for Enterprise companies around the world. [formerly The Cloudcast]
As the AI revolution moves from experimentation to execution, The Enterprise AI Show provides the clarity needed to lead. Join Aaron Delp and Brian Gracely as they explore the intersection of generative AI, enterprise systems, and global business strategy. Each episode features clear-headed conversations with the people making actual decisions—founders, investors, and practitioners—focusing on the technical architectures and business models that drive real-world ROI.
New shows every Wednesday and Sunday.
Topics: Enterprise AI strategy · The AI Economy · LLMs in production · AI leadership · Agentic AI · Digital Sovereignty · Machine Learning · AI startups · Cloud Computing
The Enterprise AI Show
The Cloudcast #284 - 2016 Review & 2017 Predictions
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- 2016 Predictions
- 2015 Predictions
- 2014 Predictions
Housekeeping:
- Listens up 70% YoY; 50 Shows in 2016
- 2017 will be the 7th year of the show.
- Thank you to 2016 Sponsors: Intel Cloud For All, Service Now
- [DONATIONS] Krispy Kreme Challenge 2017
- Most Popular Shows: Serverless, DevOps, Containers, Microservices) - all time shows all in 2016
- VC Funding + M&A activities: now over $7.6B ($2.65B VC, $4.98B M&A, 25 acquisitions) - last year closed just north of $5B.
- The Cloudcast listed on several “watch lists” for Blogs/Podcasts
- ServerlessCast (@serverlesscast) shows (red logo) in your pod-catcher
- Weekly | Bi-Weekly “what to watch” shows ~ 10mins - (blue logo) in your pod-catcher
- “The Technical MBA” project
- Oracle bought NetSuite (SaaS consolidation)
- Dell finalized acquisition of EMC/VMware/Pivotal (Hardware consolidation)
- Nutanix IPO (down about 23%)
- Unilever acquires Dollar Shave Club (personality, online only)
- Walmart acquires Jet (like Amazon.com)
- GE Digital acquires ServiceMax (field services via cloud)
- Capital One gives away Echo at AWS re:Invent
- Enterprises and the Public Cloud - how does this evolve?
- Containers (ecosystem)
- Serverless
- AI, Machine Learning, Data Gravity
- SDN? Remember that?
- (Hyper) Converged Infrastructure
- VC funding has been down. Do we see fire-sale acquisitions?
- Have VC moved out of the segment that we discuss on The Cloudcast?
- Will more legacy vendors go private-equity (eg. Cisco, Juniper, NetApp, etc.)?
- Most have thrown in the towel on visions of public cloud
- If the economy goes bad, does that help SaaS or IaaS more (capex vs. open)?
- Will Trump pick a fight with Jeff Bezos?
- Will regulation impact things like autonomous driverless vehicles?
- Will there be any efforts to encourage work outside the major tech areas?
- Email: show at thecloudcast dot net
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