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Why Would Microsoft Buy Wunderlist and Later Just Shut it Down?

SaaStr

In 2015, Microsoft wanted to help accelerate its SaaS / Cloud strategy and made a bunch of bets. Once Office 365, Azure, etc. took off, and Microsoft’s Cloud strategy became clear … a new task manager wasn’t important enough. Once Office 365, Azure, etc. They didn’t all have to work out.

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Snowflake, CrowdStike and SumoLogic: “How to Leverage the Cloud Giants to Scale to 100 Million ARR and Beyond”

SaaStr

Jessica Alexander, Senior Director Cloud Technology & OEM Partnerships, Crowdstrike. So for the audience, cloud giants are turbocharging startup sales, and the predominant reason for this is because they’re fundamentally changing IT budgets at the customers that we’re all selling to. Rico Mallozzi, Sr.

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Top Cloud Stories of The Week!!

SaaStr

What did the 100,000+ subscribers to SaaStr’s Cloud Daily find most interesting in the Cloud this week? 2: LinkedIn is Migrating to Microsoft Azure. 3: Microsoft Invests $1 BIllion in OpenAI to Develop AI Technologies on Azure. The Cloud Wars continue to heat up. Cloud is Huge. Let’s find out!

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Thanks to Calendly, Drift, Reprise, Secureframe, and Shift Paradigm for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2022!

SaaStr

Drift® , the Conversation Cloud company, helps businesses connect with people at the right time, in the right place with the right conversation. Using the Drift Conversation Cloud, businesses can personalize experiences that lead to more quality pipeline, revenue and lifelong customers.

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Private cloud reimagined as equal partner in multi-cloud world

IT World

A new generation of private cloud options, including Amazon Outposts, Microsoft Azure Stack and Google Anthos, is leading enterprises to rethink hybrid cloud strategies.(Insider Insider Story)

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Startup Best Practices 26 - Choosing Your Startup's Competitive Strategy

Tom Tunguz

But as I went back last night and reread Porter’s Competitive Strategy, I was surprised to learn that Porter’s intended value chain analysis to be used also at the business unit and at the company level. A unique selling strategy (Salesforce). The Azure team has built products to leverage that strength.

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Microsoft shows off hybrid cloud management and cloud analytics tools at Ignite

IT World

Microsoft’s Ignite event traditionally attracts more from the developer ranks, but the technologies on display are increasingly of relevance to CIOs developing cloud strategies today. Get the latest cloud computing insights by signing up for our newsletter. ] To read this article in full, please click here

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