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☆ The B-2 stealth bomber used to hit the Houthis was built to strike the toughest targets
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Pentagon disclosed that B-2 stealth bombers were involved in the operation. AdvertisementThe US military carried out a series of airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on Wednesday, using B-2 stealth bombers to hit targets underground. The US bases the heavy strategic bombers at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. AdvertisementBefore the emergence of the new B-21 Raider, the B-2 was, for decades, the only stealth bomber. The Air Force describes the MOP as a heavy munition that can accomplish "difficult" and "complicated" missions of reaching enemy weapons stored in well-protected sites.

Persons: —, Defense Lloyd Austin, Austin, Vincent De Groot, Northrop Grumman, Matthew S, Domingos Mark Gunzinger, Samantha White Organizations: Pentagon, Service, Defense, Navy, US Air Force, US Air National Guard, The Air Force, Northrop, Whiteman Air Force Base, Raider, Air Force, Islamic, U.S . Air Force, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Boeing, Air Locations: Yemen, Iran, Gulf of Aden, United States, Missouri, Soviet, Australia

☆ Here are Wednesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Spotify, Arm, Robinhood, Alphabet, Shopify, Disney & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are Wednesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs downgrades Morgan Stanley to neutral from buy Goldman said it sees better value elsewhere than Morgan Stanley. Goldman Sachs upgrades Evercore to buy from neutral Goldman said the investment banking firm is "best in class." JPMorgan reiterates Nvidia as overweight JPMorgan said stocks such as Nvidia are "strong beneficiaries in the emerging AI arms race." Morgan Stanley reiterates Arm as a top pick Morgan Stanley said it's sticking with its overweight rating on the semiconductor chip company. Bank of America reiterates Apple as buy Bank of America said it's standing by its buy rating on shares of Apple.

Persons: Goldman Sachs downgrades Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Rosenblatt, Canaan, Jefferies, Williams, Guggenheim, it's, orals, it's bullish, Bernstein, Robinhood, Wells, Shopify, Truist, Wolfe Organizations: NASDAQ, JPMorgan, Viking Therapeutics, Citi, Apollo Global Citi, APO, U.S, " Bank of America, Novartis, Bank of America, Nvidia, Apple, Spotify, Disney, AES, ~$ Locations: Canaan, Williams, Sonoma, 2030E

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Meta, Tesla, Reddit, Amazon, Wingstop, Arm, Dollar General, Carvana, Qualcomm, SoFi & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Bank of America reiterates Arm as buy Bank of America said it's sticking with the stock following earnings on Wednesday. Robinson to overweight from neutral JPMorgan upgraded the shipping company following its earnings. Barclays reiterates Meta as overweight Barclays says it's sticking with the Instagram parent following earnings on Wednesday. " Bernstein reiterates Qualcomm as outperform Bernstein says it's sticking with Qualcomm following earnings on Wednesday. Citi reiterates SoFi as buy Citi said it's getting more bullish on the stock following a series of investor meetings.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, Zeta, Oppenheimer, Etsy, Baird, Wolfe, Bill.com, Robinson, Raymond James, RDDT, Wells, David Lantz, Zack Fadem, Bernstein, Leerink, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tesla, Cantor, it's bullish, Morgan Stanley downgrades Voya, SoFi, it's Organizations: Mizuho, Bank of America, ARM, Zeta Global, Zeta, JPMorgan, GE, NFL, NBA, MLB, Nascar, Barclays, Meta, Qualcomm, SOX, Elon Musk's, Citi Locations: OW, 2H24, China, bullish

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Shopify, Broadcom, IBM, Microsoft & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here are Tuesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Morgan Stanley names Taiwan Semiconductor a catalyst driven idea Morgan Stanley said it said shares of the semis company have more room to run. " Morgan Stanley upgrades Chegg to equal weight from underweight Morgan Stanley said the risk/reward is balanced for the education company. Morgan Stanley upgrades Sweetgreen to equal weight from underweight Morgan Stanley said the restaurant chain's stock is starting to become compelling. Evercore ISI downgrades Yum and Starbucks to in line from outperform Evercore said in its downgrade of Yum and Starbucks that trends are softening. Evercore ISI reiterates Netflix as outperform Evercore said it's cautious heading into earnings later this week but that it's sticking with its outperform rating.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Wolfe, it's, Jefferies, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Baird, Tesla, Bernstein, TD Cowen, Lamar, Cowen, Goldman, Piper Sandler, Piper, Evercore, IBM Evercore, Shopify, Jeff Hoffmeister, Mizuho downgrades Palantir, PLTR, Oppenheimer, we'd Organizations: Taiwan Semiconductor, Microsoft, Nvidia, Lamar Advertising, Nasdaq, TAM, Starbucks, Yum Brands, IBM, " Bank of America, of America, Mizuho, Bank of America, Broadcom, Evercore, Netflix, Bulls Locations: China

☆ The 'Dogs of the Dow' are doing well even as investors chase Nvidia higher
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A cohort known as the "dogs" of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a changing list of stocks with the highest dividend yield at the end of each year. For those who subscribed to the dogs theory, there's largely been upside — with 7 of the 9 stocks beating the Dow. These stats are current as of Monday afternoon: Verizon runs the dog house with the highest current dividend yield at 6.6%. The stock also has a current dividend yield of 3.4%. While Goldman Sachs has seen the best year-to-date performance, the bank has the lowest current dividend yield on the list at just 2.4%.

Persons: It's, Michael O'Higgins, Dow, — Goldman Sachs —, FactSet, Bank of America's Tal Liani, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Dow Jones, Nvidia, Dow, CNBC Pro, Verizon, Cisco, Bank of America's, Walgreens Locations: FactSet

☆ Here are Thursday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Salesforce, Amazon, Okta, Eli Lilly, Cava, PayPal & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Goldman Sachs initiates Abbott Labs as buy Goldman said Abbott is well positioned for growth. UBS reiterates Apple as neutral UBS said its checks show iPhone pressure remains in China and the U.S. for Apple. Goldman Sachs reiterates Eli Lilly as neutral Goldman raised its price target on Eli Lilly to $785 per share from $740. Goldman Sachs reiterates Salesforce as buy Goldman said it's sticking with the stock following earnings on Wednesday. Goldman Sachs initiates AstraZeneca, Novartis and Novo Nordisk as buy Goldman initiated several biotech company's on Thursday and says it sees "innovation momentum a key focus."

Persons: Baird, OKTA, Goldman Sachs, Abbott, Goldman, Piper Sandler downgrades Cava, Piper, Eli Lilly, Wells Fargo, Wells, Mizuho, Wedbush, Daiwa, Stifel, it's, Salesforce, CRM's, Redburn, Guggenheim, Generac Organizations: UBS, Apple, Mizuho, PayPal, Bank of America, Gross, Amicus, USM, First, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche, JPMorgan, Nvidia, Technology, Northland, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, of America, TAM, Guggenheim Locations: China, Corning, Northland, 4Q24

☆ US Air Force's F-22 Raptors lost to German Eurofighters in mock dogfights, but the verdict on the superior jet isn't as simple
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets fly during a media day. Piroschka van de Wouw/ReutersDespite their generational differences, the F-22 Raptor and Eurofighter Typhoon actually have a number of things in common. A German air force Eurofighter Typhoon taxis toward the runway at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska before departing for a combat-training mission, June 11, 2012. So what's the verdict between the F-22 Raptor and Eurofighter Typhoon? A composite image showing a German air force Eurofighter Typhoon jet and a US Air Force F-22 Raptor.

Persons: …, Valerie R, David Cenciotti's, Piroschka van de Wouw, it's, Randy Gordon, Sam Eckholm, doesn't, Rich Wells, Thomas Wiegold, John P, Michael Holzworth, It's, Marc Gruene, haven't, Gruene, isn't, Jens Stoltenberg, Bernd Wüstneck, Eurofighters, Chris Jung, That's, Eric Wicklund, Erich Hartmann, He's, Alex Muller, Andreas Pfeiffer, who's, Thomas Bergeson, Wade Tolliver, we're, Dirk Smith, Mike, Bertie Simmonds, Micheal Jordan, Chesty Puller Organizations: Service, EA, German Eurofighter Typhoons, Business, Eurofighter, Spangdahlem Air Base, US Air Force, Tactical Air Force, America's Raptors, BFM, Germany's Eurofighter, Farnborough, Air, Germany's, German Air Force Eurofighter, Reuters, Typhoon, MIT, RAF, Breaking Defense, AIM, Air Force, Staff, Raptors, Eielson Air Force Base, Tech, Germany's Air Force, Combat Aircraft, TVC, Raptor, NATO, Tactical Air, Getty, Typhoons, Seoul International Aerospace, Defense, Eurofighters, 4th, US Navy, KC, Red Flag, Navy SEAL, ISIS, Qaeda, Flag, FS, Eurofighter Typhoon Locations: Germany, Alaska, Red, Estonia, Vietnam, Flag Alaska, gun's, American

(This is CNBC Pro's live coverage of Wednesday's analyst calls and Wall Street chatter. A closely watched electric vehicle maker and a cloud software company were among the talked stocks by analysts on Tuesday. "We move to Sell given the increased lack of visibility around an inflection in the aforementioned trends," said analyst Kash Rangan. – Samantha Subin 6:19 a.m.: Wall Street reacts to Reddit's first earnings print as a public company Reddit's first earnings report since hitting the public markets in March is garnering some mixed responses from Wall Street analysts. "Its limited production and commercial history leaves much to be seen," he wrote "Rivian must prove it can acquire the customer base, while maintaining low advertising costs."

Persons: there's, Baird, Goldman Sachs, Kash Rangan, Rangan, – Samantha Subin, Mark Shmulik, Reddit, Doug Anmuth, Bank of America's Justin Post, Citi's Ronald Josey, Samantha Subin, Mark Delaney, Rivian, Dan Levy, RIVN, Wells Fargo's Colin Langan, Langan, Datadog Baird, Amit Agarwal, Will Power, DDOG, Power, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, ZoomInfo Technologies, Wall Street, Google, Bank of America's, Barclays, Datadog, Cisco Locations: Rivian, Datadog

☆ How Hitachi Digital Services is helping companies adopt AI models responsibly to meet their operational and financial goals
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

To assess the value of investments in generative AI models, companies must first develop their knowledge of the tools' potential for financial impact. We then help pair each use case with the right AI strategy, including the applicability of generative AI. To further support optimal financial operations for your company, your generative AI models must be trained to encompass operational and information technology priorities and perspectives. Learn more about how Hitachi Digital Services uses AI to empower informed decision-making. This post was created by Hitachi Digital Services with Insider Studios.

Persons: Premkumar Balasubramanian, observability, HARC Organizations: Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi, Insider Studios

☆ Snap offers as much as $500,000 in base salary to top Snapchat talent. Here's pay data on US jobs in engineering, sales, and more.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +27 min

Despite laying off full-time staff earlier this year, Snap has open roles in areas including engineering, sales, and marketing. On April 12, Snap had globally listed 142 open positions on its jobs board, including 88 openings in US cities. Related storiesMany of Snap's applications included annual salary ranges rather than a single salary for a given role. For example, Snap included a pay rate of $97,760 and $140,000 a year for one software engineer position. In cases where Snap submitted multiple applications for a particular job, such as a level III software engineer, we included the lowest and highest salary for the role as well as the median range.

Persons: Dan Whateley Organizations: Stars, Advertising Research Center, Business, US, of Foreign Labor, Department of Labor, Inc, Santa, Research, Data, Analytics, CRM Technology, Finance Technology, IT Corp Services, Learning, Partner, Engineering, Security Engineering, Software, Software Engineering, Oracle Systems, Assurance, iOS, Wireless Network, Global, Lens, Advisory Partners, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Strategic Locations: Santa Monica, Seattle, View, Palo Alto , New York, San Francisco

A major U.S. bank and a legacy tech name were the focus of some of Tuesday's biggest analyst calls. The firm upgraded the apparel stock to overweight from neutral, and raised its price target to $31 per share from $26. The firm resumed coverage of the legacy tech company with an overweight rating and a $58 per share price target. He reiterated his $64 price target on the stock, implying upside of 10.7%. Additionally, he sees "greater risk to the achievement of our price target as the Fed rate cutting cycle begin."

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Matthew Boss, — Brian Evans, Goldman Sachs, Molson Coors Goldman Sachs, Molson, Molson Coors, Bonnie Herzog, Bud Light, Brian Evans, Goldman, Mark Delaney, Cisco, Morgan Stanley's, David Rochester, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Cisco Systems, JPMorgan, Eagle Outfitters JPMorgan, American Eagle Outfitters, Eagle Outfitters, Molson Coors, Molson, TAP, Tesla, Cisco, Wells Locations: U.S, Wells, Americas, EVs, Wells Fargo, 2H24, Rochester

☆ Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Netflix, PepsiCo, Micron, Meta, Starbucks and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Morgan Stanley reiterates Starbucks as overweight Morgan Stanley said it's standing by its overweight rating on Starbucks shares. Morgan Stanley upgrades Pepsi to overweight from equal weight Morgan Stanley said the beverage giant is undervalued. Morgan Stanley initiates Ball Corporation as equal weight Morgan Stanley initiated the beverage can company and says the stock is fairly valued right now. Morgan Stanley names LifeStance a top pick Morgan Stanley named the mental health company a top pick on Monday. Morgan Stanley reiterates Micron as underweight Morgan Stanley raised its price target on the stock to $78 per share from $74.75 and said it's sticking with its underweight rating heading into earnings later this week.

Persons: KeyBanc, Morgan Stanley, it's, Telsey, ESAB, Mizuho, Goldman Sachs, Tesla, Raymond James downgrades, Raymond James, LifeStance, Wolfe, Bernstein, Truist, Wells, Wells Fargo, F2Q Organizations: Apple, JPMorgan, 1Q, Meta, HSBC, Nvidia, Netflix, RBC, Howmet Aerospace, York Community Bank, Pepsi, Ball, Citi, Micron, IT, Downside, Bank of America, Taiwan Semiconductor, Pinnacle, of America, Pinnacle West Capital Corp, ISI, UBS, CCL Locations: Berlin, underperform, Taiwan, Arizona, Underperform

☆ Cisco to lay off thousands of employees
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Technology company Cisco announced Wednesday that it plans to lay off 5% of its global workforce, amounting to thousands of employees, as part of a company-wide restructuring. Cisco joins a long list of tech companies that have announced workforce cuts in recent months. Last year, the company announced it would acquire machine learning and cybersecurity company Splunk in a deal valued at $28 billion. “The combination of these two innovative leaders makes them well positioned to lead in security and observability in the age of AI,” Cisco said in a September press release announcing the deal. All told, more than 34,000 tech employees have been laid off since the start of 2024, according to data compiled by Layoffs.fyi.

Persons: “, Chuck Robbins, ” Cisco, Layoffs.fyi Organizations: CNN — Technology, Cisco, Google, PayPal

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Rivian, Nvidia, Boeing, Affirm, Datadog, Amazon & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Here are Tuesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: UBS downgrades ChargePoint to neutral from buy UBS said it's cautious on the EV charging company's growth outlook. " Citi reiterates Nvidia as buy Citi said it's sticking with its buy rating on shares of Nvidia. " Wells Fargo downgrades Booz Allen Hamilton to equal weight from overweight Wells said investors should wait for a better entry point for the defense contractor. Raymond James upgrades Crocs to strong buy from outperform Raymond James said it sees an attractive entry point for the show company. Wells Fargo reiterates Amazon as overweight Wells said international trends for Amazon remain healthy.

Persons: UBS downgrades ChargePoint, it's, Wells, Booz Allen Hamilton, Bernstein, Raymond James, Crocs, CROX's, Estee Lauder, Jefferies, underperform Jefferies, Evercore, Rivian, Piper Sandler downgrades Shopify, Piper, Piper Sandler, Canaccord, TD Cowen, Datadog, TD, Truist, it's bullish, Ingersoll Rand Organizations: UBS downgrades, UBS, JPMorgan, Apple, Citi, Nvidia, HSBC, RBC, Boeing, Lexeo Therapeutics, Bank of America, Virtu, Logistics, Industry Locations: U.S, DDOG, India, Ingersoll

☆ Splunk beats quarterly revenue estimates on robust cybersecurity demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 28 (Reuters) - Splunk (SPLK.O) beat quarterly estimates for revenue on Tuesday, helped by resilient demand for its cybersecurity offerings in an uncertain economy. Cisco Systems (CSCO.O), which cut its annual revenue and profit forecasts earlier this month, entered into an agreement to buy Splunk for about $28 billion in September to strengthen its software business. Splunk is known for its strengths in the area of data observability, which helps companies monitor their systems for cybersecurity risks and other threats. Splunk's total annual recurring revenue for the third quarter ended Oct. 31 rose 15% to $4 billion. It reported total revenue of $1.07 billion, beating analysts' expectations of $1.03 billion, according to LSEG data.

Persons: laud Splunk's, Zaheer Kachwala, Shailesh Organizations: Cisco Systems, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

He also lowered his price target by $6 to $120, implying just 3.9% upside from Tuesday's close. Analyst Shaun Kelley has a $40 price target on shares, implying shares could gain 11.4% from Tuesday's close. Rivian shares jumped more than 7% after the company increased its production forecast for the full year by 2,000 units to 54,000. Datadog shares have produced zero return over the past three years, Murphy noted, with shares down 9% since Oct. 15, 2020. UBS has a neutral rating on Apple and a price target of $190 per share, which implies upside of 4.5%.

Persons: Cowen downgrades Estee, TD Cowen, Estee Lauder, Oliver Chen, Chen, — Hakyung Kim, Shaun Kelley, Kelley, Goldman, Goldman Sachs, Neil Mehta, Mehta, There's, Colin Langan, Langan, Piper Sandler, Alexander Potter, Potter, Rivian, Mark Delaney, Morgan Stanley, Jonas, Mark Murphy, Murphy, David Vogt, Vogt, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Tech, UBS, JPMorgan, Revenue, Asia, Bank of America, Industry, Mehta ., Wall Street, Rivian, pullbacks, Pro, Pro Max, Apple Locations: China, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Tuesday's, U.S

☆ As internet connectivity plummets in Gaza, ordinary Palestinians struggle to compete with Israel's narrative of the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Internet connectivity in Gaza is plummeting. AdvertisementAdvertisementGaza's already flimsy internet connectivity has been severely impacted by Israel's strikes, according to several outage-detection models. Last Friday, NetBlocks, a watchdog organization that monitors the governance of the internet, noted a steep decline in Gaza's internet connectivity. Fatafta said ordinary Palestinians were able to use social media to challenge some of the messaging coming from the Israel side. But, now, he fears that the fall in internet connectivity is creating a blindspot.

Persons: —, David, Gaza's influencers, Doug Madory, Amanda Meng, Meng, OCHA, Paltel, It's, Liz Throssell, Throssell, Fatafta, Jalal Abukhater, Abukhater, 7amleh, Sims Organizations: Service, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Health Ministry, Georgia Tech, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, Palestinian Telecommunications Company, IDF, UN, United Nations Human Rights, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CNN, Hamas, Al, Arab Center for Social Media Advancement, Gaza Locations: Gaza, MENA, Israel, Ahli, Palestinian

☆ Colorful Ring Nebula shines in new Webb images
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed colorful new portraits of the iconic Ring Nebula. Webb previously captured a different perspective on the Ring Nebula, as well as the similar-looking Southern Ring Nebula. A longtime favorite of astronomers, the Ring Nebula has been studied for years due to its observability and the insight it can provide into the lifetime of stars. Messier and astronomer Darquier de Pellepoix discovered the Ring Nebula in 1779. As the dying star was throwing off its atmosphere, the companion star shaped the outflow and sculpted it.”

Persons: James Webb, Webb, Charles Messier, Messier, Darquier de Pellepoix, ”, Roger Wesson, Wesson, ” Wesson Organizations: CNN, Cardiff University, NASA, Hubble, ESA, Webb, CSA Locations: MIRI

☆ Top Wall Street analysts pound the table on these 5 stocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Tipranks.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

One strategy is to track the investment ideas of Wall Street pros and glean valuable insights into making successful stock decisions. To that end, TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance, has identified five stocks well liked by top-ranking analysts. Earlier this month, the company trounced analysts' second-quarter earnings estimates and returned to double-digit revenue growth. In particular, Feinseth expects RCL's "Perfect Day at CocoCay" private island resort to be a key growth driver and industry differentiator, which could fuel significant incremental revenue growth and yields. Feinseth holds the 266th position among more than 8,500 analysts on TipRanks.

Persons: Sachin Mittal, Mittal, Goldman Sachs, Eric Sheridan, Sheridan, Datadog, Kash Rangan, Rangan, Ivan Feinseth, Feinseth Organizations: Nasdaq, Amazon, TipRanks, Royal, Tigress, Netflix Locations: Mobile, Caribbean, North America

☆ Full Stack Observability is key for modern businesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Cisco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Full Stack Observability provides the key to unlock all that. From that standpoint, Cisco's Full Stack Observability represents an industry revolution. With Full Stack Observability, customers and partners can develop modern solutions to empower new observability use-cases delivering on great end-user and application experiences. "All of this rolls up to the most important aspect of Cisco Full Stack Observability. Let Cisco's Full Stack Observability help your business deliver flawless, secure digital experiences.

Persons: Carlos Pereira, OpenTelemetry, Pereira, Cisco's, they're, We've Organizations: Companies, Cisco, Insider Studios

☆ How the right software solutions can help your business observe and secure its applications
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Cisco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New digital business models generate immense growth opportunities, but also increase risk. Businesses need to move beyond traditional application monitoring to full stack observability to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and ensure optimal performance. Cisco's Business Risk Observability is an enhancement upon and part of Cisco Full Stack Observability. Assessing risk with Cisco Full Stack ObservabilityCisco's Business Risk Observability helps shore up businesses from attacks and challenges. Find out more about how Cisco's Full Stack Observability can help you identify vulnerabilities.

Persons: Randy Birdsall, They're, Birdsall, We're, Cisco Kenna Organizations: Business, IT, IDC, Cisco AppDynamics, Cisco, Cisco Panoptica, Insider Studios

☆ IBM to acquire software company Apptio for $4.6 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks at a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2023. IBM on Monday announced it will acquire the software company Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion. IBM said in a release that Apptio will help it advance its application management, optimization and observability offerings. "Technology is changing business at a rate and pace we've never seen before," IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said in the release. Apptio will be acquired with cash, and IBM said the deal is expected to close in the latter half of this year.

Persons: Arvind Krishna, Apptio, we've Organizations: Economic, IBM, Monday, Vista Equity Partners, Microsoft, Google Locations: Davos, Switzerland

☆ The AI play you haven't heard of yet
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This under-the-radar software stock could be the next big artificial intelligence winner investors are ignoring, according to some Wall Street analysts. Dynatrace , a Massachusetts-based software company that harnesses artificial intelligence for a host of use cases, including business analytics and application security, could win big in the latest AI arms race. DT YTD mountain Dynatrace shares in 2023 BMO Capital Markets' Keith Bachman called the stock a "clear leader" within AI in a Wednesday note to clients. He views compelling growth and margin opportunities for Dynatrace through its Grail analytics tool that uses AI to help users better understand their data. Given his conviction in Dynatrace's AI potential, Bachman raised his price target to $55 from $50 a share reflecting about 12% upside from Thursday's close.

US Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base are now testing a new type of flight helmet. "It is common knowledge fighter pilots have long term neck and back issues," said Maj. Brett Gedman, from the 301st Fighter Squadron. The Air Force's Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet at Eglin Air Force Base. An F-22A Raptor pilot adjusts the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet before a mission at Eglin Air Force Base on March 24. An F-22A pilot adjusts the Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet before a mission at Eglin Air Force Base on March 24.

☆ How digital ecosystems can build a closer, more inclusive world
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Tata Communications | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

How to build a world that looks after everyoneThe conference highlighted the need to embrace equity in all walks of life. Tata Communications’ Genius Wong pledges to build a more inclusive digital economy and work with Georgette Tan (pictured) and the team at United Women Singapore to bridge the digital divide. Adopting Tata Communications' remote broadcast solution helped his organization reduce its normal on-site staff count by over 30% without compromising content delivery. Tata Communications leadership along with SMS Tan Kiat How stand together to build a secure and inclusive digital economy. Find out how Tata Communications is hyperconnecting Formula 1 fans globally to the world-class track-side F1 experience.

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