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CLOUDS OVER ASIA
“ IN TERMS OF SECURITY , THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TEND TO HAVE LESS DATA IN THE CLOUD AND THEY PREFER TO HAVE IT ON THE PREMISES ”
and provision it is much faster . The change to using the cloud as opposed to hardware has been considerable . Most of Oracle ’ s products are not native cloud apps , whereas the solutions from Google and Salesforce are pure multi-tenancy cloud solutions . “ If you use an app on your phone then it automatically updates to the latest version ,” van Driel says , “ because everybody is using apps and that makes it so scalable and interesting , because you don ’ t need to have a lot of work dedicated to every individual consumer . And that is effective .”
Another big difference is that Google operates from the consumer side , while Salesforce is a pure B2B player . “ There are a lot of differences in terms of how they approach the markets and how their products work ,” van Driel explains . “ All have a common goal that the cloud will prevail because it is such a massive benefit compared to doing stuff on the premises .”
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While companies are now targeting the cloud , having moved on from focusing on mobile networks , van Driel says the future lies in artificial intelligence , deep learning and machine learning . “ That ’ s the success and also the biggest challenge , because we have to be careful with that . It [ AI ] all sounds very nice and everybody is riding the wave , but it needs to be useful as well . It ’ s all kind of fancy stuff , but in the end , it needs to increase productivity , and that ’ s the challenge we all face . How can we implement that technology into useful business cases and solve business problems ?”
Personally , van Driel sees himself continuing to work in the field of disruptive technology for a fair time yet . “ I see myself in a start-up or in a technology environment that I really find interesting . That ’ s what really excites me .”
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