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Larry Dignan
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Insight News
March 14, 2024

Zscaler acquires Avalor for security data fabric

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
lt;pgt;Zscaler plans to add its 400 billion Zscaler transactions and its Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange to Avalor's platform. Avalor will continue to run as an independent unit.lt;/pg...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 14, 2024

Your next Zoom meeting may be at an AMC Theatre

Future of Work
lt;pgt;For AMC and Zoom the deal could be a win-win. AMC needs to fill theatres as the movie industry struggles due to streaming and Zoom would like to redefine hybrid and remote w...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 13, 2024

Microsoft's Copilot for Security will go for $4 an hour

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
lt;pgt;Microsoft launched Copilot for Security, but the most interesting item is the software giant's monetization model. Copilot will go for $4 an hour in a pricing model that pos...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 13, 2024

Zendesk acquires Ultimate, builds out AI agent platform

Next-Generation Customer Experience
lt;pgt;With the purchase of Ultimate, Zendesk said it will quot;offer AI agents with enhanced intelligence that are not just reactive, but proactive problem solvers.quot;lt;/pgt; ...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 11, 2024

Oracle's Q3 IaaS revenue up 49%

Data to Decisions
lt;pgt;quot;We expect to continue receiving large contracts reserving cloud infrastructure capacity because the demand for our Gen2 AI infrastructure substantially exceeds supply—d...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 08, 2024

Lessons learned from four Zoho customers

Next-Generation Customer Experience
lt;pgt;At Zoho Day 2024, Constellation Research analysts caught up with Zoho customers to talk about implementations, business challenges and future plans. Here's a look at the int...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 07, 2024

Broadcom posts solid Q1, reiterates outlook

Tech Optimization
lt;pgt;Broadcom's first quarter results were better-than-expected as technology buyers plan to closely watch comments about retaining VMware customers. Broadcom's chip business con...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 06, 2024

C3 AI highlights C3 AI Vision, roadmap ahead

Data to Decisions
lt;pgt;C3 AI outlined its product roadmap for the rest of the year and C3 AI Vision, which will provide spatial representations via data points. C3 AI Vision will cover a bevy of u...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 06, 2024

CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks duel over platforms vs. bundles

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
lt;pgt;The cybersecurity platform wars may be getting a bit chippy as CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks duel as they try to convince enterprises to consolidate on their platforms....
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 05, 2024

Twilio: We'll keep Segment with a new leader

Data to Decisions
lt;pgt;According to Twilio, about 8,000 customers of its communications platform leverage Segment for insights and to create platforms.lt;/pgt; ...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 05, 2024

ServiceNow CFO outlines method to Pro Plus SKU pricing

Data to Decisions
lt;pgt;ServiceNow CFO Gina Mastantuono said the company's new generative AI SKUs, Pro Plus, is seeing rapid adoption, but it will take time to move the revenue needle. She also pro...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 04, 2024

Change Healthcare attack puts cash squeeze on physician practices

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
lt;pgt;The impacts from a Feb. 21 Change Healthcare ransomware attack continue to be felt as physicians still cannot file claims in many cases and practices are beginning to feel t...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
March 04, 2024

PC industry's big dream: AI enabled PCs spur upgrade cycle

Future of Work
lt;pgt;PC giants are all betting that AI-enabled PCs will get sales growing again and create new use cases, but it's unclear whether technology buyers will play along.lt;/pgt; ...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
February 29, 2024

HPE Q1 server revenue falls 23% in mixed quarter

Tech Optimization
lt;pgt;Hewlett Packard Enterprise posted a mixed first quarter where sales fell short of expectations due to what CFO Marie Myers said were quot;challenges brought by the softening...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
February 29, 2024

Oracle adds generative AI features to Autonomous Database

Data to Decisions
lt;pgt;Oracle continued to build out its generative AI tools for its Autonomous Database with conversational AI, a broad set of large language models, new analytics for knowledge g...
Larry Dignan
Insight News
February 29, 2024

What VMware customers are doing through the lens of Nutanix

Tech Optimization
lt;pgt;Nutanix's second quarter earnings conference call featured a heavy dose of VMware questions from Wall Street analysts. Here's what Nutanix is seeing in the field about disgr...
Larry Dignan