President , what is the premise of your new book . It is that Digital Technology has become both a tool and a weapon, creating kinds of benefits and all kinds of challenges as well, and we have to grapple with both sides of the equation. Your book is essentially a world tour that begins in quincy, washington. Why . Because it is one of the data center capitals of the world, if you will. It is near the columbia river. Data centers are being built there because it is close to hydroelectric power that is cheap and clean. We take the reader on a tour of what is becoming the infrastructure of the 21st century, these mammoth buildings, more than 20 of them, filled with electrical generators, thousands of batteries, and mostly server computers. Everything we do almost every day is accessing or storing our data in the cloud, which really means one of these data centers. Peter you have 100 of these in 20 countries . Brad more than 20 countries, more than 100 data centers. Microsoft is one of th
Infrastructure of the 21st century, these mammoth more than 20 of them, filled with electrical generators, hundreds, thousands batteries, but, of course, mostly server computers. Everything we do almost every day is actually accessing or storing our data in the cloud of theselly means one data centers. Peter and you have 100 of these in 20 countries, is that correct . Brad more than 20 countries. More than 100 data centers. Largestt is one of the but Companies Like google, amazon, facebook, apple, were more and more of these data centers. Its where were all storing our data. They become, among other things, the Largest Consumer of the world. In peter so if i send an email from Microsoft Outlook here at theoffice to somebody at office, does it have to go through that data center . Brad it doesnt have to. Can still use our software in a form where you store it on laptop or run it on your own server computer in your office. To the world has moved cloud over the last decade. Its far cheape
Covid19 in North Carolina. 1498 this morning, we have confirmed positive cases and unfortunately, this virus has now taken the lives of eight north carolinians. As a state, i know we are keeping their families and loved ones in our prayers. Our stayathome order is in effect now. I know it is hard, but prevention is still the single most important thing you can do right now. Prevention. It means maintaining physical distance from each other. Washing hands, coughing and the elbow, though simple things. They are simple, but they can save lives, including your own. It is vitally important that everyone take this order seriously and obey it. Dont let your guard down. Staying home slows the spread of this illness. It lets our hospitals and Health Care Workers keep up with the demand. If we dont slow the curve and slow the spread and flatten the curve, our medical system will be stretched beyond its capacity. You only have to turn on your tv or glance at your iphone to see what happens when h
A slew of upgrades on facebook is it a big thumbs up for the stock from here . The Halftime Report starts right now. Its great to have you with us on this thursday. Our Investment Committee today, joe terranova, steve weiss and john and Pete Najarian and Portfolio Manager ann brown. Alphabet, amazon and intel all set to report earnings after the close. It could be a big day for the markets tomorrow, depending on what these three say pete, your feelings on amazon. I think it will be very interesting because of the fact that everybody weve watched this thing move all around it, and now all of a sudden youve got sort of the government kind of coming at them in some ways as well. I think its going to be very interesting how they put this out there. I still think you look at aws. That really is what amazon is, and because of that, they are a cloud company, the biggest there is and how well are they doing there, and if they do as well as i expected they would after you look at microsoft and
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