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Prediction Didn’t hold up
McDermott: ServiceNow customers will build 1 billion apps within two years
“There's going to be a billion apps built in the next two years by the customers we serve on our platform.”
Bill McDermott Jul 4, 2023 ▶ 28:39 ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott on Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation
Opinion
McDermott: Generative AI is an undeniable secular shift driving enterprise tech
“And if you believe like I do, that this is now a secular movement that's undeniable. And one that will fundamentally change the enterprise, then you'd have a bull case on NVIDIA and all companies in the enterprise that can be generative AI market leaders.”
Bill McDermott Jul 4, 2023 ▶ 34:54 ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott on Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation
Assertion Not checkable as stated
McDermott: Modernizing legacy data centers is a $7 trillion market opportunity
“For example, you know, there's a seven trillion dollar opportunity just in reinventing data centers that have existed in a similar fashion for the last half century.”
Bill McDermott Jul 4, 2023 ▶ 39:56 ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott on Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation
What-if
McDermott: Xerox had cloud computing ideas but lacked singular focus
“And if you think about cloud computing and distributing things on demand, Xerox had all those ideas, but didn't necessarily lean into them with a single purpose at the time. I think that could have made a really big difference.”
Bill McDermott Jul 4, 2023 ▶ 17:10 ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott on Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation
Assertion Not checkable as stated
McDermott: 80% of enterprise digital transformation investments fail to deliver positive ROI
“And 80% Of those billions of dollars that got invested by these companies in digital transformation has failed to deliver a positive ROI return on investment.”
Bill McDermott Jul 4, 2023 ▶ 23:35 ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott on Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation
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