Hostaway CEO Marcus Rader on vacation rentals, SMBs, AI and innovation
Hostaway CEO Marcus Rader said the best way to serve an industry with software is to come to it completely as a novice.

Data to decisions examines the enablement of data-driven decisions across organizations. Holistic, data-informed decisions require a multi-disciplinary approach that combines performance monitoring with traditional business intelligence and analytic technologies. In addition, data-driven decisions are increasingly delivered in the context of business applications rather than in separate, analytic interfaces.
Hostaway CEO Marcus Rader said the best way to serve an industry with software is to come to it completely as a novice.
DigitalOcean, a cloud provider focused on AI workloads, launched its GenAI Platform, which compiles third party foundational models to enable developers to build AI agents quickly.
Microsoft said that Stargate includes a new agreement that "changes exclusivity on new capacity." Looks like Oracle Cloud is the winner.
Cognizant said that consumers that embrace artificial intelligence are likely to drive $4.4 trillion in AI-influenced consumer spending in the US by 2030.
Delta Air Lines has migrated most of its technology infrastructure to the cloud and is starting to leverage generative AI (GenAI) for personalized pricing, digital concierge services, and optimizing the customer experience.
While, Trump, China, and the global economy take centerstage at this year’s World Economic Forum, AI will be the main topic du jour. Senior executives and policy wonks seek to understand how AI will transform businesses, societies, and economies. The AI Age truly is the 4th Industrial Revolution, not the other stuff that was peddled as conference fodder over the past five years in Davos.
Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said his company is seeing "good traction" with enterprises moving to SAP S/4HANA as well as the use of generative AI as enterprises look for efficiencies.
SentinelOne said its Singularity Platform and Purple AI security analyst can now ingest data from third-party security offerings including Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform, Palo Alto Networks Firewall, Okta, Proofpoint TAP, Fortinet FortGate, and Microsoft Office 365.
For an industry that's allegedly 15- to 30-years from being useful there’s a lot of news being generated from quantum computing.