Amazon Continues To Gain Share In Cloud Infrastructure Services Market

Amazon Web Services was unsurprisingly ranked first again in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for cloud infrastructure services in Q2 2016, followed by Microsoft, IBM and Google . Amazon has been a leader in this market since 2006, owing to its wide array of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings, and continues to grow faster than the market, thus consistently improving its share.

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Apple CEO Says Company Won’t Bring Home Money Parked Overseas Until Tax Rates Are ‘Fair’

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently fielded questions on Apple’s tax practices, including the company’s decision not to repatriate income earned overseas – at least not just yet. Cook invoked the “f” word when talking about offshore income, saying that he wouldn’t bring Apple’s overseas funds “until there’s a fair rate,” meaning, of course, a “fair” tax rate. Here’s what you need to know about Cook’s comments and Apple’s storied tax history.

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8 Marketing Project Management Software Must Haves

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On the surface, marketing management seems like every day, common sense project management. After all, it’s just creating a lot of copy and pretty pictures right? However, every aspiring marketing manager quickly discovers that marketing project management doesn’t follow the same rules as traditional project management.

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Intel To Challenge Nvidia With The Acquisition of Nervana Systems

The leading microprocessor manufacturer, Intel , recently entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the deep learning technology startup Nervana Systems. The acquisition was announced in an editorial blog by Diane Bryant, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Data Center Group. She states that Nervana has a fully-optimized software and hardware stack for deep learning and has the advanced expertise in accelerating deep learning algorithms, which can help Intel expand its capabilities in the field of AI (artificial intelligence).

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