Monday's Musings: Exponential Efficiency In The Age Of AI At Davos
While, Trump, China, and the global economy take centerstage at this year’s World Economic Forum, AI will be the main topic du jour. Senior executives and policy wonks seek to understand how AI will transform businesses, societies, and economies. The AI Age truly is the 4th Industrial Revolution, not the other stuff that was peddled as conference fodder over the past five years in Davos.
Why your IT strategy will be easier (in theory): There's only one path
Enterprise IT strategies are consolidating into one approach that can encompass artificial intelligence and next-generation applications. Constellation Research analyst Holger Mueller argued in a report that AI is going to lead to "a single best-practice IT strategy."
Paychex acquires Paycor in $4.1 billion deal
The merger brings together two Constellation Research Shortlist vendors for payroll for North American SMBs and HCM suites focused on North America.
Event Report: AWS reInvents Itself for the Age of AI
Matt Garman Has Positively Impacted AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosted over 70,000 attendees at its 13th annual reinvent conference in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2nd to 6th, 2024. Since its humble beginnings in 2012 when there were 6,000 attendees, this event has been on the must-attend list developer and innovation focused business and technology leaders. After losing three years of momentum, AWS finally found the right replacement for Andy Jassy with Matt Garman as the new AWS CEO. This year’s announcements showcase significant product investments that will provide a stronger roadmap of how AWS will support AI startups and enterprises moving fast into AI. Overall, announcements from reinvent reflect a deep customer understanding.
PagerDuty integrates with Amazon Bedrock, Q Business: Will it boost large enterprise traction?
PagerDuty's increased integration with Amazon Web Services' Bedrock and Q Business is likely to give the company's strategy to target larger enterprises a lift.
Intel CEO Gelsinger out: 5 looming questions ahead
It's unclear who will be the new CEO of Intel, but one thing is certain--there will be a lot of work ahead. Here's a look at some of the big questions the new Intel leader will have to resolve.
Dell Technologies Q3 server and networking revenue surges in Q3, but PC business lags
Dell Technologies reported better-than-expected third quarter results and strong demand for its AI servers, but weak consumer PC sales.
Zoom reports strong Q3, adds contact center, Workvivo customers
Speaking on an earnings conference call, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan said Zoom AI Companion monthly active users grew 59% sequentially. Zoom's Workvivo, which is benefiting from a Meta partnership, saw its customer base jump by 72%.