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Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
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| 5:09p |
Icahn Discloses Positions in VMware and Its Tracking Stock Worth $535M
Activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed new positions in VMware and its tracking stock DVMT
• The billionaire had a 2.1 percent stake in the data center software giant at the end of June, Bloomberg reported, citing a regulatory filing Tuesday
• His interest in DVMT was 1.2 percent
• Together, the two new positions are worth $525 million | | 6:23p |
Step Inside Apple’s Data Center in Arizona, Courtesy of The Arizona Republic
Its Spaceship HQ may be cool, but this is one of the tech giant’s more business-critical facilities | | 9:48p |
E-computing: The Next Steps
To meet demands for fast time-to-market and efficient operations a uniform computing environment that spans on-premises data centers and public cloud is needed. | | 10:08p |
Blockchain: Beyond the Buzz
Enterprise-level businesses are now beginning to discover that blockchain, often wrongly considered synonymous with cryptocurrency mining, has far broader applications. This white paper will provide a real-world overview of blockchain basics and expl | | 10:18p |
Cisco Gives Bullish Outlook Helped by New Products, Software
Cisco's sales in its first fiscal quarter outperformed analysts' expectations, and the company gave a bullish forecast for the current three-month period
• The forecast was boosted by corporate spending on network upgrades, Bloomberg reported
• The company reported growth in all its market segments and geographic regions, but it's growth in software and services that's the most important indicator, both for the company's long-term strategy and for Wall Street
• CEO Chuck Robbins is remaking Cisco into a provider of network software and services, aiming to de-emphasize slowing networking hardware sales |
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