Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: David Schmaier, CEO of Vlocity (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s get back to doing some use cases in the industries that you are working with and really understanding what was happening before you came in to those situations and what’s happening as you do your magic in those use cases. David Schmaier: Let’s go back to Sky Italia now. I met Sky

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: David Schmaier, CEO of Vlocity (Part 3)

David Schmaier: The best customer experiences are industry-specific and they’re omni-channel. I might want to go to the website. You might want to call a company via the contact center. My colleague might want to walk into a retail store. What customers are starting to expect is I go on the website on my iPhone and

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Simon Anderson, CEO of DreamHost (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Talk to me a little bit about WordPress versus DreamHost. WordPress is also open source. It’s also extensible. It’s extremely popular. What’s the distinction between the two? Simon Anderson: DreamHost is the platform upon which WordPress runs. We are a contributor to WordPress code. Members of our team participate actively in the release

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: David Schmaier, CEO of Vlocity (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s double-click down on your industry. Help me understand the before and after. I understand you said they’re either on-premise or on the cloud, and they’re not on the cloud with industry-specific work flows. Let’s double-click down on that concept. What kinds of systems were they using? What kind of systems are you

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Simon Anderson, CEO of DreamHost (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s actually double-click a little bit into the core use cases that your company enables. Pick whatever client that you want to double-click down into. Walk us through the value proposition and the problem you are solving. Simon Anderson: Our core platform product is our website hosting platform where a customer can sign

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: David Schmaier, CEO of Vlocity (Part 1)

David was on the founding team of Siebel, back at the very beginning of the CRM industry. Now, with Vlocity, he is focusing on the next wave of industry-specific cloud solutions. Excellent discussion on the future of enterprise software. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start with introducing our audience to the company and also to yourself. David

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