Sentences with phrase «on big tech companies»

I contest that the survey is even a good estimate (self reporting is notoriously unreliable), and focusing on big tech companies is going to skew things too.

The announcement raises the bar for the world's most valuable company — now a huge driver of the economy — to continue its dominance and growth in the wake of political pressure on big tech companies.

She was one of the Senators I was warned to look out for before this hearing — many believe she'll make a presidential run in 2020 and this is a chance to be tough on a big tech company in her home state.

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LONDON, May 2 - Forecast - beating results from the world's biggest company, Apple, lifted tech shares on Wednesday, putting Wall Street on track for a firmer session despite some trepidation over a Fed meeting later in the day.

The big tech companies have us on the hook.

Additionally, many businesses are foregoing buying data center hardware entirely as they increasingly rent their computing resources on demand from big tech companies like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft).

The other big players in tech joined the current company, all offering variations on the «20 Percent Time» model.

The Silicon Valley worker benefits and perks — the free, fresh produce and transcendental meditation pods — have become symbols of the riches created in the tech sector and how good it has been to workers, but the hype belies the truth that many of the employees operating within big tech companies are working on second - class contract terms.

At CES tech companies from around the world descended on Las Vegas to show off their biggest and brightest innovations for the upcoming year and beyond.

Another flourishing tech company in Berlin, Data Artisans are capitalising on the big trend in the 2017 tech world: big data.

Although Softbank - which had recently acquired the personal computer industry's biggest trade show (Comdex) and publishing company (Ziff - Davis)- was barely a blip on the industry's radar, Son had dreams of becoming a big player in the fast - growing tech sector.

How could a gig at the biggest, most ambitious tech company on the planet possibly be bad?

The ad tech company have found an innovative way to muscle in on an extremely crowded market, linking two areas of a business that would scarcely have been possible before «big data».

More businesses are buying computing resources on demand from tech giants like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft), which has hurt big data center hardware companies like Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe).

In addition to providing a big sales boost to Amazon, AWS also ingests tech profits into a company that's traditionally run on very slim margins.

The most beloved (and sometimes hated) Big Tech company in history has chosen to focus attention mostly on the iPhone brand, but that has opened up a world of opportunity for Dell.

Plus, by releasing the leaked files bit - by - bit, WikiLeaks is making it nearly impossible for a big tech company to say that all the problems in the leak have been fixed — what if Assange is sitting on a doozy of a bug?

Some pundits and companies have found the cost prohibitive for firms operating on a smaller scale than behemoth Google, but at least one tech company is willing to take the idea and run with it — big time.

On his blog Quick Sprout, tech entrepreneur Neil Patel speaks with 10 founders of companies that are worth at least $ 50 million and asks them what was their biggest mistake in business.

«Even for the patriotic, diehard Canadian who insists on their startup being in Canada, in many cases the company gets to a point where it's forced to sell to a U.S. big tech firm,» said Pashootan, portfolio manager at First Avenue Advisory in Ottawa, a Raymond James company.

Big tech companies like Microsoft issued a patch for the so - called KRACK bug on Oct. 10, Apple is in the middle of testing patches for iOS and macOS, and Google, whose Android 6.0 devices are the most vulnerable, said it would release a patch in early Nov..

One thing that helps Roku stand out is the fact that, unlike many of its biggest rivals, the Los Gatos, Calif. - based tech company relies solely on deals with outside content producers.

Just as major food corporations sell processed foods that are loaded with added sugar and chemicals meant to keep people eating, big tech companies have been repeatedly accused of designing their apps to maximize the time people spend on them.

And just as major food corporations sell processed foods that are loaded with added sugar and chemicals meant to keep people eating, Turkle and other addiction experts say big tech companies have been repeatedly accused of designing their apps to maximize the time people spend on them.

Tucked away on a quiet street amid the canals and old buildings of central Amsterdam, the head offices of Adyen reflect its reputation as one of the tech industry's biggest behind - the - scenes companies.

Investors haven't been happy that Dorsey is trying to be the big man at two public companies facing intense competition in a warp - speed tech industry, but Dorsey disclosed in Square IPO filings a side of himself focused on a very big financial contribution that requires a much smaller piece of himself: Roughly 20 percent of his personal holdings in Square stock would go to the Start Small Foundation.

Though talk of regulation has mostly focused on Facebook, the social network's data crisis could spill over to other big tech companies.

The idea of the EEA is for big banks and tech companies to come together and build business - ready versions of the software behind Ethereum, a decentralized computing network based on digital currency.

«Just like in Silicon Valley or New York, well - funded and profitable startups have leveled the playing field and can compete directly on salaries with the City and big tech companies for the most talented people.»

On the talent point, there are a lot of intelligent people in Austin with an action - oriented mindset who have worked in tech companies big and small.

New research from Play Bigger, which advises business leaders on creating new markets, found that tech companies today achieve market - cap milestones — $ 500 million, $ 1 billion, $ 5 billion — three times faster than they did 15 years ago.

For me, the importance of setting very public targets was brought home last week, while helping put together a Fortune analysis of how nine of the biggest tech companies compare on diversity.

Burke is less convinced that big tech companies can go it alone in health IT, based on how things have gone in the past.

In a blog post, co-founder Evan Sharp noted that most big tech companies — including Pinterest — have made little progress on hiring more women and minorities, a failure that he attributes largely to the fact «that companies haven't stated specific goals.»

Think you can't compete on a level playing field with the biggest tech companies?

Adding on to that, Hong Kong is a global innovation capital, with the biggest conglomeration of tech companies outside of the Silicon Valley.

Big tech companies, global retailers, clean energy firms, food makers, agriculture conglomerates, and a couple of utilities have all signed on.

A solid set of earnings from the world's biggest tech companies has global stocks on the march again Friday, while the U.S. dollar tests 2018 highs as the world's biggest economy continues to expand.

A tech hedge fund manager who made a big bet on cloud management company Box says his investment is paying off.

Her charismatic appearance on stage not only gave the dad - joke peppered event a little more oomph, but it also underscored a bigger conversation we've been having in the tech industry about diversity, strong role models and which companies have been taking a leadership position in that area.

Much of the coverage has focused on what happened and how it could have been prevented, but the question now is whether Facebook — and other big tech companies — will have to be regulated by the government in a way we never imagined before.

As one of the biggest tech companies around, Facebook has a huge impact on the way we live our lives and, consequently, the way we interact with our audience and market our products.

The company has lost more than $ 45 billion of its stock market value over the past three days on investor fears that any failure by big tech firms to protect personal data could deter advertisers and users and invite tougher regulation.

What makes Amazon's project unusual is its location — in the heart of a city, rather than on a sprawling suburban campus of the sort favored by most other big tech companies.

Despite having no expertise in the space, two years ago the ride - hailing giant decided it would take on tech companies and automakers alike in the complex quest for autonomous vehicles, a goal that would eliminate a big cost to Uber rides — the driver.

Currently no tech companies are «on the road» and the premium on liquidity implies a bigger discount for IPO's if and when they will go public.

On the heels of major exit announcements from our portfolio companies ServiceMax (pending acquisition by GE Digital) and TubeMogul (pending acquisition by Adobe), we have more big news from Trinity Family member and Real Estate tech company VTS as they announce their merger with former competitor Hightower.

The continued fall in the share prices of some of the biggest tech companies is weighing heavily on the indexes.

Shopify's IPO marks a significant stage in the growth of the business and hopefully fuels the aspirations of other promising private tech companies: to go beyond launching and selling their companies early on in the development process, and rather lead with the vision to build big and for the long term.

Diversity has been a hotly debated issue in Silicon Valley in recent years, with activists focusing on a dearth of minority and female engineers and executives in many of the biggest tech companies and hottest startups.