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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty: ‘Great opportunities’ and great challenges for women in tech
Women have made great strides working their way into technical positions at companies, but there’s still a very long way to go before they reach parity with men, especially in leadership positions. All that will surprise no one, but breakthrough executives such as IBM Corp. Chief Executive Ginni Rometty (above) shared a raft of anecdotes ...
The new hybrid cloud: A conversation with AWS’s Andy Jassy and VMware’s Pat Gelsinger
“Pat, funny to see you here today.” Those were the first words out of the mouth of Andy Jassy (above left), Amazon Web Services’ chief executive, after he appeared onstage at a press conference Thursday with VMware Inc. CEO Pat Gelsinger (right). The wry comment was a reflection of the traditional rivalry between the largest ...
In landmark hybrid cloud deal, VMware software to run on Amazon Web Services
Leveraging a firm hold on the fast-growing cloud computing market, Amazon.com Inc. is now looking to intensify its incursion into the heart of the information technology industry: corporate data centers. Today, the retailer’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services, announced a deal with onetime rival VMware Inc., whose widely used software allows multiple versions of the ...
On theCUBE with Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey: What’s next after the IPO?
When cloud computing company Nutanix Inc. went public on Sept. 30 and its shares shot up 131 percent the first day, it helped ignite hopes that the long drought of technology initial public offerings could be ending. That showing also gave the maker of hyperconverged systems that combine computing and storage into one software-driven appliance ...
With Home, Pixel phones and Daydream VR viewer, Google aims to lead tech’s AI-driven future
Google Inc. today introduced possibly its largest array of major new hardware products ever at one time, yet another indication that the search giant aims to hit every available consumer technology touchpoint to maintain its growth. But it’s also clearer than ever that the shiny new hardware lineup (above) unveiled at a “Made by Google” ...
Salesforce continues acquisition spree with $700 million Krux purchase
Still hungry after $4 billion in acquisitions in the past year, Salesforce.com Inc. today said it’s buying the ad tech firm Krux Digital Inc. for $700 million. San Francisco-based Krux, which operates a data management platform that helps marketers target pitches to particular audiences across devices and marketing channels, said combining with Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud ...