One of the most fascinating business stories I read last week was a short item in Barron’s by Teresa Rivas about Foot Locker’s amazing Q3 earnings.
Financial markets are surging strongly again today, based on news that Pfizer and BioNTech have “indicated their Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective,” according to a CNBC report.
The laws of physics are rarely mentioned during conversations about the economy – unless semiconductors are somehow involved. The broad impact of the pandemic has sharply increased the demand for technology, and soaring use of technology has dramatically increased the need for integrated microcircuits, also known as chips.
The U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Google made headlines last week. Financial markets took the news in stride. Yes, the Dow closed slightly lower, ending a three-week streak. But for the most part, investors seemed uninterested in the looming legal battle between Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.
The application security testing market is bursting with tools options—commercial, open source, and proprietary, and across numerous categories including static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), interactive application security testing (IAST), mobile application security testing (MAST), web app testing, software composition analysis, and dependency analysis. It’s a lot for security teams to cover.
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As the U.S. continues to ramp up pressure on Huawei, including imposing sanctions that restrict the company’s access to the high-end computer chips it needs to manufacture 5G networking equipment, smartphones and other equipment, this has dramatic long-term implications on the future of technology in the U.S., in Europe and other parts of the world.
Even at a time of uncertainty, there are inescapable facts.
When I read the news about Twilio’s $3.2 billion acquisition of Segment, a customer data infrastructure company, I thought of New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman’s brilliant observation on the state of modern technology and global economics.
“Not a moment to lose.” The old adage seems especially relevant in 2020.
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Active Directory, Group Policy, File Servers, SharePoint, and similar systems contain some of the most critical data businesses use.
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has certainly impacted the way technology executives have led their employees and organizations through these uncertain times.
I have often said and written that now is the best time to be a technology leader.
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Today’s technology executive plays a pivotal role in helping his or her organization respond to these forces of change. In essence, they serve as conductors to orchestrate the three pillars of organizational success – people, processes, and technology – and to draw upon their unique view of the enterprise to bring these elements into harmony.
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