"Microsoft is a clear leader in cloud security" with "advanced" artificial intelligence that sifts through hundreds of billions of data points per month, said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
"As Intel marks its 50th anniversary, we're well positioned to be the end-to-end platform provider for the new data world and a leader in the artificial intelligence and the autonomous revolution," said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.
'Whether you're talking about the Dell Technologies family of companies, or SAP or IBM – each one of them has a partner program and in each one Cloud Foundry is playing a more prominent role,' says Chip Childers.
Jim Keller, most recently vice president of autopilot at Tesla, has 20-plus years of experience across CPUs, GPUs, servers, mobile and cars, and will now lead Intel's silicon engineering team.
The Cisco system is in early development and executives say pilot programs in Europe are promising for partners willing to develop capabilities around artificial intelligence and customer business outcomes.
Should Intel's production run meet Apple's expectations, the smartphone giant plans to use Intel's modems for 100 percent of its phones next year, according to a new report.
Satellite communications provider Globalstar plans to merge with telecom network provider FiberLight and investment firm Thermo Acquisitions in a $1.65 billion deal.
Samsung manufactures the OLED screens used in non-Samsung smartphones such as Apple's iPhone X and said it saw 'weakness' in that segment for the first quarter.
AT&T is putting its energy into building a "premier" next-generation network as its waits for a court's ruling on its $85 billion Time Warner Deal. The carrier saw business revenues for Q1 dip, but strategic services and business wireless subscribers increased.
Google Cloud's popularity fell 8 percent from last year, giving it an 18.8 percent market share for IoT developers. That slip put Google Cloud behind private/on-premise cloud solutions for IoT in the survey.
A recent survey of more than 100 IoT executives found that many of them face issues when it comes to scalability, implementation, connectivity and security of IoT deployments, pointing to potential opportunities for solution providers.
Cisco has announced that the former Spark platform will be known as Webex Teams, and it comes along with the launch of a new Webex Meetings application, as well as a new Webex Assistant and a Webex Share device.
Check Point CEO Gil Shwed said that systems integrators – and not just local resellers – can help the company address the need for a fully integrated approach to security.
Comcast has formalized its $30.7 billion bid for British pay-TV and media provider Sky, but that doesn't mean the cable giant is neglecting its bread-and-butter connectivity business, which saw double-digit growth on the business services side during Q1.
"The world of offshoring everything to India or the Philippines is gone because customers want people next to them," said Atos North America CEO Patrick Adiba, in an interview with CRN.
