March comes in like a lion, but goes out like a lamb. Let’s explore 3 storylines that might have long-ranging implications for cloud.
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THERE’S A LOT TO KEEP UP WITH RIGHT NOW
- All the good TV shows are coming out with new episodes (many the last season)
- The banking industry may or may not be very brittle right now
- The weather is getting better - springtime is near
- MarchMadness - NCAA Basketball is happening
LEVERAGE, INTEREST RATES, RISK, TIMELINES, COMMUNICATIONS and PANICS
- Microsoft bringing AI to productivity tools is going to shift the focus to more strategic thinking, but also being able to know what’s right vs. just “work”
- Are you spending time thinking about the various ways that you can make this new easy-to-use, non-data-scientists-driven AI work in your environment?
- The US Gov’t is trying to build a cloud strategy that is security-first. Is that possible? Will this bring up the debate about the cloud as a national utility? Security speed vs. agility speed?
- Corey Quinn highlights an important aspect of the cloud that isn’t always obvious to people - they leverage their control of the network (inter-region and external) to shape the competitive landscape.
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