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COVID-19 Isn’t Slowing AWS And Google’s Data Center Expansion Plans
by Mark Haranas
There are 176 hyperscale data centers in the pipeline, with AWS and Google accounting for over half of all new data centers constructed over the past 12 months, according to Synergy Research Group.
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Area 1 Security Snags Ex-SonicWall Vet Patrick Sweeney As CEO
by Michael Novinson
Sweeney plans to take Area 1 from having virtually none of its business going through the channel to mapping between 75 percent and 80 percent of the email security vendor’s sales to solution providers within the next six months.
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Despite Big Customer Wins, Oracle Says Coronavirus Crisis Weighed Down Q4 Revenue
by Joseph Tsidulko
CEO Safra Catz reports an ongoing shift to high-margin businesses that COVID-19 only delayed by a few months. ‘We believe the pandemic has actually focused customers more clearly on the need for the modern technologies which are uniquely at the core of Oracle’s offerings,’ she says.
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Activist Elliott Management Takes Stake In Oracle
by Joseph Tsidulko
The hedge fund revealed to the SEC it purchased just more than $21 million in Oracle stock, a tiny share relative to Oracle’s market cap but potentially a signal of growing interest in the tech giant
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Oracle Cloud Preparing To Introduce Nvidia’s New A100s
by Joseph Tsidulko
The groundbreaking GPUs designed to accelerate machine learning training and inference will be available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instances by the end of summer.
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Oracle Bests Cloud Rivals To Win Blockbuster Zoom Deal
by Mark Haranas
‘We explored multiple platforms, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure was instrumental in helping us quickly scale our capacity and meet the needs of our new users,’ says Zoom CEO Eric Yuan.
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Here’s Where The Pentagon’s JEDI Cloud Program Stands
by Joseph Tsidulko
After more than two years of controversy, the military’s long-awaited cloud transformation still seems just over the horizon.
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Larry Ellison Calls Zoom ‘Essential Service For Oracle’
by Joseph Tsidulko
‘The way we work will never again be the same,’ says Oracle’s executive chairman and CTO.
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Pentagon IG: JEDI Cloud Procurement Unmarred By Presidential Interference
by Joseph Tsidulko
The White House’s claims of presidential privilege kept several potential witnesses from fully cooperating in the review. Microsoft says the findings show AWS lost the prestigious cloud transformation contract by bidding too high.
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Trump’s Economic Revival Group Enlists CEOs of Apple, Google, Microsoft
by Dylan Martin
The formation of the task force, known as the Great Economic Revival Industry Groups, comes as President Trump hopes to reopen the economy by May 1, despite concerns by experts that moving forward with such a plan would be 'overly optimistic' due to a lack of testing capacity and tracing procedures.
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Oracle’s Larry Ellison Promoted Antimalarial Drug To Trump: Report
by Joseph Tsidulko
The New York Times pegs the Oracle founder and CTO as among the first to stoke Trump’s interest in an unproven treatment for COVID-19. Ellison is putting Oracle’s might behind building a system to better track the progress of experimental therapies.
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The 12 Most In-Demand IT Certifications In 2020
by Michael Novinson
Cisco has three of most in-demand IT certifications identified by Robert Half Technology, while Microsoft has two and Oracle and Salesforce each have one.
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Oracle, Intel Lead Tech Stock Rebound After Coronavirus Slump
by Joseph F. Kovar
The stock exchanges soared Friday, erasing some of the sting of Thursday's nosedive, with multiple company share prices rising by double digits but Xerox nearly flat and HP down after Xerox's bid for HP was put on hold.
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Oracle Beats Expectations In Q3, Says Business Model Cushions Coronavirus Blow
by Joseph Tsidulko
Executive Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison tells investors that increased subscription sales, greater reliance on digital customer-engagement, and some hardware supply-chain workarounds can keep coronavirus from zapping Oracle’s future revenues.
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