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From $1M to $3B ARR: Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko on Scaling a Revenue Rocket Ship

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With Databricks now one of the largest pre-IPO technology companies, with $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and a valuation of $62 billion, Ron’s insights are gold for any revenue leader looking to scale. Because thats how their customerswho were used to AWS, Azure, and GCP pricingexpected to buy.

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Clouded Judgement 10.11.24 - Budget Flush

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So at the end of the year, no one wants to implicitly tell their higher ups / finance org that they “need less because they spent less.” ” So instead, this “loose it or loose it” mentality kicks in. If you use all of your budget, you’ll get the same amount (or more) next year. Cloudflare is up 17%.

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RAG Explained: What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation?

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This is especially valuable for SaaS in fields like finance, marketing, or security where current info is non-negotiable. It can be used for RAG by orchestrating calls to Azure Cognitive Search (a vector search service) and an LLM (like Azure OpenAI Service).

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Why Cloud Adoption Demands Better Internal Billing

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From statewide digital transformation initiatives to university research platforms running on AWS and Azure, cloud services have become essential infrastructure. Cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft Azure dont operate on fixed fees. Finance flags it, but IT has no internal ledger to show whos responsible.

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Global AI Race: Top 7 Countries Leading Full-Stack AI in 2025

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This fuels a robust ecosystem of AI chips (Nvidia, AMD), cloud AI services (AWS Sagemaker, Azure AI, Google Cloud AI), and SaaS integration (Salesforce Einstein, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Adobe Firefly). In 2025, U.S. private AI investment reached $125.3 billion, roughly 10× China’s $12.5

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How Chargeback Makes IT Strategic in the Eyes of the CFO

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That enables: Better alignment between IT and finance Smarter investment decisions The ability to justify innovation (e.g., And for public sector CIOs, it strengthens your position with finance, procurement, and legislative oversight bodies that demand visibility into every line of spend. Chargeback is how you do that.

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Best Applicant Tracking Systems for 2025

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Its commonly used in industries like tech, retail, hospitality, and finance for large-scale recruiting. Most ATS are cloud-based and will host your data on secure servers (often using major providers like AWS or Azure which have robust security).