After a modest 6% decline to finish its prior period, Oracle reversed its fortunes driving annualized growth and winning important business.
Segment Launches Data Lakes To Simplify CDP Complexity
This past week, Segment, a rising leader in customer data platform, announced its new data lakes to allow users to do more with their data.
Amazon Hiring Spree Continues With September 16 Career Day
Amazon is further committing to adding as many as 33,000 more employees and coaching more than 20,000 at its September 16 career day.
Qualcomm Investors are Underestimating the Impact of the Chip Maker’s Legal Victory
Qualcomm investors are underestimating the impact of the chip maker’s legal victory, but Qualcomm is in a great position to deliver the returns investors have long been looking for.
Nobody is Cutting Slack any Slack after Another Uninspiring Quarter
With Zoom, Cisco and Microsoft seeing explosive growth, Slack has been steady and boring and with COVID-19 that simply shouldn’t be the case.
Marvell and TSMC Show that Size Does Matter
The Marvell-TSMC collaboration is set to pay long-term dividends for both companies. Marvell fortifies its ability to further differentiate the OCTEON portfolio in areas such as gate density, performance, and power efficiencies to drive innovation across the data infrastructure market. In turn TSMC validates its 5nm foundry credentials to further boost its supply chain influence throughout the semiconductor market – a win-win collaboration for both companies.
Cisco and ServiceNow Integrate for Workplace Contact Tracing — An Opportunity and a Challenge
Cisco and ServiceNow collaborate by integrating Cisco’s indoor location services platform, DNA Spaces, with ServiceNow’s contact tracing and workplace safety application. The vendors’ goal is to improve contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are no doubt some challenges ahead, but this integration also presents some customer acquisition opportunities for both companies that make this partnership interesting.
Data Privacy: Apple Agrees to Delay Enforcement of iOS 14’s New IDFA Opt-in Rules to 2021
Apple added that they believe that “technology should protect users’ fundamental right to privacy, and that means giving users tools to understand which apps and websites may be sharing their data with other companies for advertising or advertising measurement purposes, as well as the tools to revoke permission for this tracking.”
Telehealth Visits Decline: Providers Recalibrate
Telehealth visits only comprise 21% of doctor visits compared to 69% in April. After ramping up for virtual appointments, providers are now readjusting to more in-person care again. The good news in all of this is that the result of the COVID-19 pandemic caused heightened awareness of telehealth, and it required providers to lay a foundation to provide this service. This will benefit patients in the long run.
Microsoft Wins Department of Defense JEDI Contract Award Again – For Now Anyway
In a decision handed down Friday, Microsoft was again awarded the Department of Defense JEDI contract. Sort of. Amazon’s AWS has pledged to continue its fight against the fairness of the selection and evaluation process and the claim of undue political influence. What’s ahead? More waiting.