PULSE BRIEF: Amazon Boosts Beleaguered SMBs In Spite Of House Subcommittee Claims

By / Corporate / October 15, 2020

While governments and pundits are debating how best to deal with COVID-19 since March, there is one thing everyone agrees with- it has been a rough ride for small businesses. The $525B Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for small businesses is indicative of how dire it is without a clear end in sight. Since COVID-19 began, …

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Oracle Has Quietly Become An Essential Cloud Applications Company

By / Corporate, Research / October 13, 2020

Oracle has been on a bit of a roll as of late. The company that I thought was cloud-challenged is now winning cloud deals left and right. I believe its Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer (here) is the easiest hybrid cloud solution to understand, it won both Zoom, 8×8, and even TikTok. It is winning on the …

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Lenovo’s Partnership Prowess On Display With New And Updated Datacenter Solutions And Services

By / Datacenter, Research / October 12, 2020

The Lenovo datacenter group has been on quite a tear as of late. The data center group grew revenue 19% with an eye-popping 31% growth from cloud service providers in its recent earnings release. Even the Covid-19 beleaguered enterprise and SMB saw 9% growth driven by a doubling of software-defined infrastructure (SDI), services, and high-performance …

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Globalfoundries Global Technology Conference 2020 Sets The Stage For Growth

By / Corporate, Research / October 12, 2020

Every year, Globalfoundries makes a series of big announcements at its annual Global Technology Conference known as GF (short for Globalfoundries) GTC. This year Globalfoundries held GF GTC North America 2020 virtually; like many others, we’ve grown accustomed to attending virtually in place of being there in-person due to COVID. Globalfoundries took a slightly different angle …

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T-Mobile Adds Microsoft 365 To Small Business Plans

By / Corporate, Research / October 12, 2020

Managing a small business is difficult as it is already during this pandemic-affected economic climate. Having to manage connectivity and IT and pay for both is just another added layer of complexity for many business owners. To address two of those challenges at once, T-Mobile offers a new set of small business rate plans. Besides …

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Three Reasons Why It’s A Great Time To Be In The Gaming Business

By / Gaming, Personal Computing, Research / October 13, 2020

Let’s not kid ourselves. It is an incredible time to be in the gaming business. Let’s put aside that the pandemic arrived in February. The ensuing national lockdown created a supercharged tailwind for the gaming segment’s major players, as kids suddenly stuck at home needed to be entertained. New, beefed-up consoles from Microsoft and Sony …

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