Intel held its annual analyst conference giving a view into the company’s strategy and the road forward. Here are some key takeaways
Customer Data Platform Growth Continues To Boom
The customer data platform (CDP) space continues to gain momentum as big tech and emerging software companies continue to pour resources into giving greater insights into customers through real-time data optimization. Here are some of the latest happenings and what they mean for CDP.
AT&T Business CEO Anne Chow Keynotes the Economist Event Series —A Whole New (contactless) World: The Rise of Digital Identity
Last week AT&T Business CEO Anne Chow keynoted The Economist Event Series — a Whole New (contactless) World: The Rise of Digital Identity. In her conversation with The Economist’s Vijay Vaitheeswaran, they discussed the convergence of the physical and digital worlds and the need for connectivity to support a distributed infrastructure. Their conversation also touched on the impact of a rapid pivot on corporate culture, what business leaders need to consider, as well as what some key industries are focusing on right now.
Cisco WebexOne: Cisco Injects Webex with a Massive Dose of Exciting AI-powered Features
At the Cisco WebexOne event, Cisco rolled out some exciting AI-based upgrades to Webex, suggesting more smart automation in the product’s future. Combine these newest enhancements with Cisco’s commitment to security across its ecosystem, and you’ve got a real winner. If Cisco wanted to show that it too could be one of the cool kids, mission accomplished!
Oracle Delivers Solid Q2 as SaaS and Cloud Growth Continues
Oracle delivered a small YoY revenue growth result while also beating EPS expectations in its FY 21 Q2. Cloud and SaaS driving the results.
Juniper Reveals Data Center Intentions with Apstra Acquisition
Overall, Juniper made a smart choice in pulling the trigger on acquiring Apastra. Data center environments will require Apstra AOS-enabled IBN intelligence to handle the fast-emerging demands, such as compute-intensive AI/ML workloads, HPC clusters, and 5G-IoT builds, on their resources (e.g., DCIs, 400G upgrades). In the near future, however, the main portfolio development and marketing question for Juniper is “How soon is now” in orchestrating all of its recent acquisition pieces into a more cohesive, fully integrated data center networking proposition that challenges Cisco more broadly and directly.
HPE Accelerates Mainstream Adoption of HPC as a service Through HPE GreenLake
HPE accelerates mainstream adoption of HPC as a service through HPE GreenLake. This is a smart move by the vendor who is trying to bring HPC to the masses and make it more accessible to enterprises of all sizes.
Amazon Deepens Climate Pledge Adding Microsoft and 12 Others
Amazon has been vigilant in making its climate pledge to neutralize carbon in the next decade take off, today Microsoft joined its cause.
C3.ai IPO Reflects Momentum Around Vertical AI Solutions
C3.ai, led by legendary enterprise software executive Tom Siebel saw a boon in its IPO today that led to big percent gains as AI demand grows.
Investors Temper Their Enthusiasm for NVIDIA’s Earning Results Amid Pending Arm Acquisition
NVIDIA delivered another outstanding earnings report, featuring record-breaking revenues in its two biggest segments, data centers and gaming.