On theCUBE Pod: The AI Wars Enter A New Phase As Adam Selipsky Steps Down
SiliconANGLE , Monday, May 20th, 2024
It has been another whirlwind time for theCUBE coverage, with Red Hat Summit, RSA Conference and Boomi World now in the books, and events such as Dell Technologies World and Informatica World kicking off today.
It was a monster week, with plenty for theCUBE Research industry analysts John Furrier (pictured, left) and Dave Vellante (right) to discuss on the latest episode of the CUBE podcast. Perhaps the biggest news of the week was that Amazon Web Services Inc. CEO Adam Selipsky would step down, to be replaced by longtime AWS executive Matt Garman. It all happened very fast, according to Furrier.
'In the middle of the pandemic, Amazon was expanding super fast. They were deploying a ton of revenue from call centers,' he said. 'Just growth. The zero interest rate kicked in; they had then the cost-cutting, all that was going on.'
Selipsky managed that well. But then the AI wave hit, and he just missed it, Furrier noted.