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Tech News Digest – August 7
Join Us Now Nintendo Profits Soar 428 Percent Nintendo has reported spectacular earnings, highlighting the truly amazing popularity of video games in difficult times such as these. “Nintendo’s operating profits skyrocketed 428 percent in the fiscal first quarter, the company said Thursday, a wild jump that reflects just how much the video game industry has…
Enterprise IT Cost-Reduction Tactics in an Economic Downturn
Join Us Now When the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world in mid-March, many executives saw an immediate hit to their businesses, including top line revenues and profits. The International Monetary Fund is projecting a 4.9 percent contraction in global GDP in 2020. Meanwhile, unemployment rates in the U.S. jumped from 3.7 percent in 2019 to 10.4 percent…
Technology Sector Provides Key Leadership as Economy Evolves
Join Us Now I was thrilled and inspired by the successful splashdown of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on Sunday. It was a beautiful moment, and it reminded me of how far we have come as a civilization. Thanks to a truly amazing combination of vision, courage, leadership and advanced technologies, we are expanding the boundaries of our…
What to do When Attackers Hide in Plain Sight
Join Us Now Picture this: It’s Paris, 2010. A perfect spring day. You’re working at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville, which houses some of the best and most celebrated paintings of all time: Picassos, Matisses, Modiglianis. Though the paintings are from another era, the gallery has updated its security systems to reflect current-day…
Tech News Digest – July 31
Join Us Now Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Report ‘Blowout’ Earnings Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet and Apple reported better-than-anticipated quarterly results on Thursday, demonstrating the continuing strength and reach of the technology sector on the wider economy. “Apple reported a blowout quarter, sending shares up 6% in premarket trading. The company said its overall sales expanded by 11%, and Apple also announced a…
CIO Leadership: 2020 HMG Live! Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit Recap: Reimagining the Business and the Future of Work
Join Us Now When the world screeched to a halt in March, a return to work as we knew it still seemed a possibility. But with four months behind us and an undetermined future ahead, it is clear that the nature of work must shift dramatically to adapt to these uncertain times. When asked where…
Tech-Driven Economy Creates Fabulous Opportunities and Intense Challenges
Join Us Now As a technology leader, the rise of the tech-driven economy has been exceptionally gratifying. It’s a great feeling to watch the companies we’ve been following for so many years hit incredible new heights. Here’s an excerpt from Sunday’s CNN Business newsletter: “Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft, the five largest US companies, now account for more than…
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CIO Leadership: HMG Strategy Launches the HMG Marketplace, an Exciting New Digital Forum for Connecting Enterprise Technology Buyers with Relevant Technology Vendors
Join Us Now Powerful commerce community connects CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and technology executives with peer-vetted technology providers to enable the right conversations at the right time WESTPORT, CT. – July 24, 2020 – In the absence of large, national conferences or trade shows, CIOs and technology executives are seeking new ways to connect with their…
The Huawei Policy Trojan
Join Us Now Imagine standing in front of a barn with no doors, watching all the horses casually wander outside into the field. Just then, the barn owner walks over to you, and points to some loose boards on the side of his barn. “I’m worried about those loose sideboards,” he says. “Someone could pull…
Tech News Digest – July 24
Join Us Now Tesla Reports Fourth Consecutive Quarter of Profits Tesla has now achieved four consecutive quarters of profitability. Initially, Tesla shares rose after reporting second-quarter results surpassing expectations, but later sank. “Investors expect a lot from Tesla these days,” writes Al Root in Barron’s. Indeed, this is an instance in which a great performance wasn’t enough to calm…
