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Recent Reports

Sigma touts the best of both worlds with spreadsheet-like visual exploration, analysis

Impact Report - November 13, 2018

The startup has developed a BI tool designed to provide business users with the query power of Microsoft Excel and the requisite data management and security for analysis in a corporate setting, which isn't always possible using Excel, by running it on a cloud data warehouse.
Krishna Roy

Carbon Black brings its community together and releases new cloud-centric threat hunting

Impact Report - November 13, 2018

Simplified operations and faster product releases are usually among the many potential benefits of cloud adoption. Endpoint security vendor Carbon Black is betting on these as it consolidates its offerings around its cloud architecture and releases new products at an accelerated pace.
Fernando Montenegro

Vodafone is integrating IT and network ops to get 'beyond mobile'

Impact Report - November 13, 2018

Mobile is roughly 60% of Vodafone's business, but it needs to build a new story as it moves toward being a comprehensive digital services provider. 'Beyond mobile' is the best way to summarize the bold strategic direction for Vodafone that new Group CEO Nick Read has laid out.
William Fellows

Iron Mountain touting credibility as it continues to scale datacenter portfolio

Impact Report - November 13, 2018

The company is diversifying from its core business in records and data management to extend its reach of colocation services. It has been achieving this through inorganic growth, having expanded across the US and globally with its acquisition of IO and EvoSwitch.
Stefanie Williams Emily Wentworth

Ayla Networks expands and shuffles executive team, pivots toward B2B2B IoT enablement

Impact Report - November 13, 2018

The company has evolved its strategy to maximize IoT PaaS opportunities by targeting industrial and enterprise OEMs to help deliver IoT-enabled digital experiences. To drive revenue growth, Ayla has shuffled the C-Suite and brought in veteran talent: a new CFO and CMO and sales VP.
Brian Partridge

SAP shortcuts Qualtrics' IPO with $8bn acquisition

Deal Analysis - November 12, 2018

The company has purchased Qualtrics for $8bn in cash, heading off the target's imminent IPO. This deal dwarfs SAP's earlier acquisitions that were aimed at building out its customer engagement cloud business.
Keith Dawson Scott Denne

New products show Intel's persistence in the datacenter