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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

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It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

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The Sendgrid Journey: Scaling From Growth Stage to $2B Acquisition in 4 Years (Video + Transcript)

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Sameer Dhokalia: It turns out if you do ask those two basic questions of 100 people in your business, you will learn an awful lot about what needs to be focused on. You needed to understand how do we keep the bad actors out and use machine learning to prevent spammers and phishers from taking advantage of our system.

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State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

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78 times in the AWS … ADABAS was referenced in the Amazon press release and earnings announcement. Kristina : So now, let’s talk about the third tactic within how to build a resilient company which is, in the bank cash. My friend at CNBC, Ari, was counting words and press releases and found some interesting stats.

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