33 | Live at Microsoft Envision 2019 - Technology Brings Modern Business Forward

This episode is a LIVE recording from Microsoft Envision in San Francisco, October 22nd of 2019.Microsoft Envision is an annual multi-city tour, with intimate conference style innovation and industry collaborations focused on helping business leaders modernize their business with the use of technology, across the digital veins of Microsoft's stack. The majority of the presentations focused on how the business landscape is evolving, and what types of strategies and business models leaders are looking to deploy at scale.Our special guest on the episode today is Ken Miller (whom I caught for a LinkedIn LIVE broadcast, in between sessions at the conference), Ken is the General Manager for Microsoft's Azure, Intelligent Cloud, in the West Region. The Western US covers some very strategic and interesting, MASSIVE organizations and brands, and Ken has quite the exposure to provocative ideas and practices. You'll get to know a little more about Ken throughout our quick talk, and as a certified Level 1 Sommelier, he's even got some tips for you wine fanatics out there. Hang on tight.Items we cover:-Hyperscale cloud adoption is real: the current state of how businesses are adopting new capabilities-Why MSFT has never been in a better place in the market-How to approach the study of wine (special thread!)Thanks for listening!Ways to reach Ken:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/millerken/Other folks to follow:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judsonalthoff/Resources:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/envision-the-tourhttps://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/overview/what-is-azure/Learn more at www.thedatabinge.comConnect with Derek on LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter