Media Coverage

China Daily: Principal Analyst Charlie Dai comments on Microsoft’s plans to bring a new data center region online in China, as well as the advantages the tech giant has over its other competitors. Read the full article here. Read more from Charlie here.

CNBC: Senior Analyst David Holmes outlines key reasons why companies are shifting more to Zero Trust in a new interview. Read the full article here. Read more from David here.

Forbes: VP, Principal Analyst Dipanjan Chatterjee discusses how sports, politics, and brands are increasingly on a head-on collision course. Read the full article here. Read more from Dipanjan here.

Associated Press: VP, Principal Analyst Dipanjan Chatterjee discusses how certain organizations are struggling to hit the right tone when taking a stance on social issues. Read the full article here. Read more from Dipanjan here.

Forbes: Senior Analyst Joe Cicman offers guidance about Bloomreach’s impacts on e-commerce, as the cloud-based company sees its valuation exceed $2 billion. Read the full article here. Read more from Joe here.

The Wall Street Journal: Senior Analyst Natalie Schibell describes how the $1 trillion infrastructure law signed last year isn’t a quick fix in terms of expanding household access to broadband to spur telemedicine innovation. Read the full article here. Read more from Natalie here.

Handelsblatt: In German business outlet, VP, Research Director Glenn O’Donnell weighs in on Nvidia’s cancelled acquisition of British chip manufacturer Arms. Read the full article here. Read more from Glenn here.

City AM: Kelsey Chickering comments on how Twitter is trying to monetize all pieces of the customer lifecycle, following the company’s latest earnings. Read the full article here. Read more from Kelsey here.

Thomas Husson discusses Samsung’s newest Galaxy S22 smartphones. Associated Press: Samsung unveils new phones as premium market share shrinks BBC: Samsung phones with parts made from fishing nets The Independent: Samsung unveils new phones as premium market share shrinks Daily Mail: Samsung unveils three new smartphones in its Galaxy S22 line – including a £1,500 [...]

The Wall Street Journal: Glenn O’Donnell discusses the importance of building out global manufacturing capacity in the semiconductor industry as demand increases. Read the full article here. Read more from Glenn here.

Amazing Business Radio: In a new interview, Steve Peltzman discusses the future of CX post-pandemic and shares how companies can enable real-time CX improvements. Listen to the full interview here. Read more from Steve here.

The Guardian: Anjali Lai addresses consumer demand for Peloton and how consumer behavior has ultimately changed as a result of the pandemic. Read the full article here. Read more from Anjali here.

Handelsblatt: Brendan Witcher weighs in on Amazon’s adaptiveness as a company and its problem-solving ability. Read the full article here. Read more from Brendan here.

CNBC: Glenn O’Donnell offers perspective on the ongoing global chip shortage and how the largest chip makers are ramping up spending by the billions to address this. Read the full article here. Read more from Glenn here.

The Washington Post: Will McKeon-White discusses Activision Blizzard’s latest earnings as the company prepares to be acquired by Microsoft. Read the full article here. Read more from Will here.

Forbes: Lee Sustar discusses Amazon’s cloud business and how customers are seeking multicloud options to “mitigate vendor concentration, and … workload affinity.” Read the full article here. Read more from Lee here.

Associated Press: Mike Proulx shares insights about Meta’s (formerly Facebook’s) latest earnings. Read the full article here. Read more from Mike here.

Marketplace: Sucharita Kodali shares the impacts of retail inventories going up between December and January while sales were down. Read the full article here. Read more from Sucharita here.

CNN Business: Dipanjan Chatterjee describes how geopolitical tensions around the upcoming Olympic games are prompting brands to “retreat” when it comes to their advertising efforts. Read the full article here and watch the broadcast here. Read more from Dipanjan here.