“The company reported a 65 percent increase in sales in the first quarter on surging demand for flash memory, a more modern type of storage technology for phones and computers that came with the SanDisk deal.”
“'One of the world’s largest companies has profited from hatred and has allowed itself to be a platform from which extremists have generated revenue,' said the report. The investigation highlighted instances of terror recruitment videos from jihadi and neo-Nazi groups which remained accessible online after MPs had complained about them.”
“In 2014, when Intel made amajor investmentin Cloudera, the latter was reported to boast a $4.1 billion valuation. Other investors include Greylock Partners and Accel Partners. The company’s stock price settled at $18.10 — up 1.7 percent from today’s $17.80 opening price — giving the company a $2.3 billion market cap.”
“Magazine publishing giant Time Inc. published a statement ending speculation that it is on the block and may be sold soon. While acknowledging talks with a 'number of expressions of interest,' the statement said Time Inc. had not 'initiated the process' and that it will 'pursue' its own strategic plan.”
“Survey participants wanted to 'laugh or learn' from brand videos, he added, and they like regular folks more than influencers or celebrities. As for what motivates them, it’s all about passion. 'People don’t want to be interrupted, they want to be empowered,' James DeJulio said of the findings in the Tongal Creator Trends Report 2017.”
“Last week at Facebook’s F8 conference, Mark Zuckerberg wentall in on augmented reality(AR). Since then his announcement has been praised as a great thing for the AR developer world and panned as anattack on Snapchat.”
“Most executives are responsible for a budget and, in turn, proving ROI on the expenditures they approve. To secure buy-in for your content marketing program expansion, you need to make it easy for them to see the return they’re getting.”
“Google Cloud Platform is one of the fastest-growing lines of revenue across Alphabet, the parent company that includes Google and other businesses like self-driving car maker Waymo, company CFO Ruth Porat said on a conference call with analysts.”
“Recent history alone should be enough to prove that enterprise tech is a far more stable, profitable category than consumer tech. Take for instance the dozens of successful exits (either through acquisition or IPO) in the U.S. enterprise tech space in just 2016 and 2017. By contrast, the U.S. consumer tech space has seen only a handful of successful outcomesover the same time period.”
“A survey sponsored by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. found that 64 percent of respondents are doubtful that their organization can prevent a mobile cyberattack, leaving employees' personal information vulnerable to theft.”
Connect with Us
Foundry (an IDG, Inc. company) 140 Kendrick Street Building B Needham MA 02484 USA
This email was sent to you because you are subscribed to Tech & Marketing News from IDG.