Tag: technology
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IBM sees biggest revenue gain in three years
The top-line increase of 3.4%, IBM’s biggest gain in three years, comes as the company is undergoing extensive changes, including the planned spinoff of some of its legacy IT activities that remain a multibillion-dollar business. Revenue in the second quarter rose to $18.75 billion driven by its cloud, software and services businesses. The company reported…
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Chasing The Yield Podcast – July 19, 2021
Markets are taking a dive, J&J has more problems, Microsoft blames Israeli group, OPEC reaches compromise, hotels eliminating housekeeping, and much more!
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Microsoft puts the blame on Israeli group for selling hacking tool
Microsoft is making the claim that an Israeli group sold a tool that was capable of cracking into the Windows operating system. An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday, shedding light on the growing business of finding and selling tools…
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Pentagon cancels JEDI contract with Microsoft
I don’t know what to make of this news yet. Certainly disappointing for Microsoft. Pentagon officials on Tuesday canceled the JEDI cloud-computing project—which has been mired in litigation from Amazon.com Inc. and criticism from lawmakers—and said it would start anew with a revised cloud project. “The Department [of Defense] has determined that, due to evolving requirements, increased cloud…
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The Yield – Week ending July 2, 2021
Cars selling above sticker price, Microsoft strikes a deal with AT&T, a good jobs report, investors may be overly optimistic, and more!
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AT&T to use Microsoft’s cloud
Microsoft, which analysts believe to be the second largest cloud computing provider by revenue behind rival Amazon Web Services, has been building out specific cloud computing offering to go after carriers, and AT&T is the Redmond, Washington-based company’s first major win. The two also said that Microsoft will purchase software and intellectual property developed by…