New CEO Pat Gelsinger must channel Andy Grove and recreate Intel
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Much of the discussion around Intel Corp.’s current challenges understandably is focused on manufacturing issues and its ongoing market share skirmish with Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
But the core issue the chipmaking giant faces is it has lost the volume game, forever. When it comes to silicon, volume is king. As such, incoming Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger faces some difficult decisions.
On the one hand, he could take some logical steps to shore up the company’s execution, outsource a portion of its manufacturing and make incremental changes that would please Wall Street and probably drive shareholder value when combined with the usual stock buybacks and dividends.
Gartner probes strengths and weaknesses of top cloud database players
The database used to be boring, but it’s not anymore.
The presence of major tech players, including Amazon Web Services Inc., Google LLC, Oracle Corp., and Microsoft Corp., combined with up-and-coming firms such as Snowflake Inc. has raised enterprise interest in the database market.
A measure of how much focus there is now can be found in the decision by Gartner to release two comprehensive reports in late November that covered critical capabilities in the cloud database market, in addition to a new version of its Magic Quadrant for the space.
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