Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud

01/19/21 • 28 min

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Heroes Now Will Reap Returns Next Year | Tinder on Customers

The Big Themes:

Shift in size, scope, and delivery: The pandemic has caused a shift from mega projects to more incremental work. Many large projects were put on hold and have been modified or scaled back.
Systems integration market: Their world has been turned upside down with everyone working from home and travel restrictions. How are they coping?
No customer conferences to “Press the Flesh”: All in-person events have been cancelled, which has made it difficult for smaller firms to get noticed.
How have customer expectations changed: Systems integrators are so busy focused on challenging market conditions – and not focused on internal projects.

The Big Quotes:

“I think in 2021, the businesses that really stepped up this year are going to see the benefits next year, when things get back on track and we go back to some semblance of normal again.”

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Fabulous Business Opportunities in 2021 | Sadin on Digital

The Big Themes:

Last mile networking – down to last few feet: Data to/from the edge will skyrocket in quantity and in value.
IT risk-awareness rises: Cybersecurity attacks are on the rise. Russia, China, Iran, etc. are going for third-party attacks on the US.
2021 is predicted to be the biggest job growth in history: Government stimulus will drive infrastructure and investment, and trigger a seller’s market for talent.
Healthcare changes are massive: Tele-everything – talk, telemetry, teleoperation, and vaccines and other therapeutic drugs. And—at last!—doctors can practice across state lines.

The Big Quotes:

“If you’re a CEO, a board member, a C-suite executive, you've got to be ready to sense and respond faster than ever. You've got to be able to move faster and you've got to be able to take those leaps, and manage your risks better than you ever could.”

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