Webcast Capitalizing on the Cloud Advantage @OracleCloud , July 27, 2017

Overview

Title: Capitalizing on the Cloud Advantage

Date: Thursday, July 27, 2017

Time: 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Duration: 30 minutes

Summary

While many companies are building their cloud strategy, the landscape for how to best utilize cloud technology and manage the challenges is always shifting. How can you stay ahead of it and ensure you are capitalizing on all the benefits, including modernizing your IT and increasing the pace of innovation? 

This webcast, featuring analysts, Ray Wang and Dion Henchcliff from Constellation Research, and Steve Daheb, Senior Vice President, PaaS & IaaS Business Groups, Oracle, will explore ways organizations can, or will, be capitalizing on the cloud advantage.  These experts provide perspective on:

- Ways successful companies are leveraging cloud to achieve critical advantages, including shifting spend from supporting legacy technology to supporting innovation, and rearchitecting the business, creating new revenue streams and more

- What the future looks like for cloud, including trends to keep an eye on over the next 5-10 years

- Key considerations today, including understanding what the right path to the cloud is for you

Speakers

R. "Ray" Wang
Principal Analyst, Founder, and Chairman
Constellation Research

Ray is the author of the popular business strategy and technology blog "A Software Insider's Point of View". With viewership in the 10's of millions of page views a year, his blog provides insight into how disruptive technologies and new business models such as digital transformation impact brands, enterprises, and organizations. He has also written a new best-selling book "Disrupting Digital Business". Wang has held executive roles in product, marketing, strategy, and consulting at companies such as Forrester Research, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Personify, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is a prominent and dynamic keynote speaker and research analyst working with clients on digital, innovation, business model design, engagement strategies, customer experience, matrix commerce, and big data.

Dion Hinchcliffe
Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Dion covers leadership strategies for The New C-Suite. At Constellation, he advises senior executives on leadership strategies necessary to confront change and thrive in the digital era. Dion is an internationally recognized business strategist, bestselling author, enterprise architect, industry analyst, and noted keynote speaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in digital strategy, the future of work, and enterprise IT.

Steve Daheb
Senior Vice President
Oracle Cloud

Steve is responsible for driving the global transformation and growth of key Oracle Cloud portfolio offerings including all PaaS and IaaS. His responsibilities include full go-to-market strategy and execution to achieve top-line growth of Oracle's cloud business. Prior to joining Oracle, Daheb was chief marketing officer at Citrix. Prior to joining Citrix, Daheb served as the chief marketing officer at Blue Coat, a leading provider of web security and WAN optimization solutions. Before that, Daheb held marketing, sales, and business development leadership roles at Emulex Corporation, BlueArc Corporation (acquired by Hitachi Data Systems), Tasman Networks (acquired by Nortel), Brocade, and Lucent. Daheb holds a JD from the Santa Clara University School of Law and a BA from the University of California at Davis.