All five so-called FAANG companies – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google/Alphabet – ranked in the top 10 of Comparably’s list for the first time.
Marking its fifth acquisition this month, Accenture is investing billions around its new Cloud First initiative including Monday’s purchase of AWS consultant and cloud migration specialist Enimbos.
‘NetApp is working hard in a really competitive environment to be not just a partner of cloud provider, but to be integrated in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud,’ says John Woodall, vice president of engineering west at General Datatech, a longtime NetApp partner.
The German software giant’s value plummeted overnight after the company revised financial projections downward in its Sunday earnings disclosure. Uncertainty in spending patterns caused by the global pandemic is driving down demand for its products.
A top partner says the German software giant’s long-term plan of shifting its ERP base to a recurring revenue model is a winner, but the transition isn’t easy.
Top Intel engineer Boyd Phelps explains how Intel’s new 11th-generation Core processors use new components like AI accelerators to offload workloads like background blurring from the CPU and reduce power draw. ‘AI is not just one engine. It’s really about how do you actually meet the needs of the different workloads,’ he says.
AI and machine learning have been hot buzzwords in 2020. As we approach 2021, it’s a good time to take a look at five “big-picture” trends and issues around the growing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
‘Andrew Manners was loved by the channel,’ says the CEO for a top HPE partner, who did not want to be identified. ‘Losing guys like that doesn’t help. Andrew would fight for the channel and do the right thing. He was a difference-maker for us.’
The “Partner First” plan – which integrates the North America inside sales team with the channel - is designed to provide tighter alignment with partners in a simpler and more streamlined go-to-market model aimed at driving growth in midmarket and SMB.
Intel exec Steve Long says as the PC resurgence continues, the chipmaker is looking at different metrics, like stimulus funds, to forecast future growth: ‘What we’re changing from a segment-first modeling approach is that we think this is a new inflection point on the client category curve, and as an industry and whole ecosystem, we need to get ahead of it.’
VMware has nabbed former Cognizant top executive and former U.S. Navy SEAL veteran Mike Hayes to drive the virtualization superstar’s Software-as-a-Service market push.
The chipmaker says it now expects Ice Lake server processors to start shipping in the first quarter of 2021. At the same time, Intel is ramping up 10-nanometer production volume, which is expected to be 30 percent higher than previously anticipated. Intel also provided updates on its discrete graphics and AI products as well as its 7nm process.
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