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Gelsinger s return to Intel is like Steve Jobs second tour of duty at Apple
VMware s outgoing head will bring his experience with engineering, operating units, ecosystem collaborations and virtualisation to the table
Pat Gelsinger Credit: VMware
Soon-to-be-former VMware head Pat Gelsinger’s return to Intel as its CEO is a decision that’s been heralded by some analysts as the right move for the semiconductor giant.
This is according to a report from analysis firm Technology Business Research s (TBR) principal analysts Geoff Woollacott and Ezra Gottheil.
by Geoff Woollacott January 14, 2021 .
Editor’s note: Geoff Woollacott is senior strategy consultant and principal analyst at Technology Business Research.
HAMPTON, N.H. – On Jan. 13 news broke that Intel CEO Bob Swan will retire and be replaced by Intel alum and current VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger, effective Feb. 15. Although Intel is facing challenges and has suffered setbacks in the last few years, it would be an exaggeration to say the company is in trouble.
It dominates PC and server CPUs market share and extracts much greater profits from those devices than do their manufacturers. Despite share gains by AMD, Intel’s hegemony over the x86 instruction set and its related silicon will assure continued profits for many years, as any transition in such critical components is slow and careful. Swan came to the corner office when Intel was struggling with issues that have persisted, and, in some cases, intensified. Some of these challenges have been self-inflicted from an ins
DXC acquisition expected to bring Atos gain but not without pain
DXC acquisition expected to bring Atos gain but not without pain
Atos is expected to gain new capabilities while DXC is anticipated to see faltering finances forgiven Credit: DXC
Atos’ proposed US$10 billion acquisition of DXC Technology could mean good things for the France-based technology giant in the long run but only if the two companies can put their cultural differences aside.
This claim comes from analyst firm Technology Business Research (TBR), which stated in a report that if the bid is successful, the tech giant would likely expand its global service delivery capabilities.