Media Coverage

Principal Analyst Allie Mellen discusses the impact of Palo Alto Networks’ plan to acquire IBM’s QRadar assets and how this could impact CISOs decision-making when it comes to committing to a single cyber platform. The Wall Street Journal: “IBM and Palo Alto Networks Deal Prompts Questions Over Appetite for Cybersecurity Platforms” CIO Dive: “Palo Alto Networks [...]

The Business Times. In an article about big tech investing billions into Southeast Asia, Principal Analyst Leslie Joseph comments that policymakers across the region must have a common approach and find the right balance between laws that foster innovation, while addressing risks associated with AI and other predictive algorithms. Read the full article here. Read more from [...]

NPR: VP, Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali is interviewed about how large retailers plan to remove self-checkout from stores, citing frustrations with the technology and thefts.  Read the full article here. Read more from Sucharita here.

BBC: Principal Analyst Enza Iannopollo shares how the European Parliament’s adoption of the AI Act “marks the beginning of a new AI era”. Read the full article here. Read more from Enza here.

CNN Business: Principal Analyst David Brodeur-Johnson is interviewed about how AI is permeating the monitoring and tracking of employee communications, as well as how the biggest complication surrounding this technology in the workplace is employee trust. Read the full article here. Read more from David here.

Fortune: Senior Analyst Alla Valente is interviewed about the negative impacts that can arise when corporate companies fail to properly heed employee concerns about issues like fraud or breaches and implement processes for reporting these types of issues. Read the full article here. Read more from Alla here.

Barron’s: In tandem with this year’s Mobile World Congress, VP, Principal Analyst Thomas Husson discusses how smartphone makers are working to make better batteries, adding that this is “an area that is lagging behind, that we have to move forward.” Read the full article here. Read more from Thomas here.

The Economic Times: In this contributed article, Analyst Pushpa Marwal addresses how consumer banks in India and Asia Pacific are leading the charge in customer-centricity and technological innovation despite evolving regulations. Read the full article here. Read more from Pushpa here.

TechRepublic: Forrester CIO Mike Kasparian authors a contributed article for this technology publication about how CIOs must keep three best practices in mind when relying on emerging tech to achieve business results.  Read the full article here.

NBC News: As sports leagues like the NBA, MLB, and PGA roll out new apps for Apple Vision Pro, VP, Research Director Mike Proulx explains why these leagues are eager to embrace augmented and virtual reality technology even in its nascent form. Read the full article here. Read more from Mike here.

Le Monde: VP, Principal Analyst Thomas Husson discusses how Satya Nadella’s 10 years at Microsoft has taken the company to a new dimension, especially with regards to the cloud and AI. Read the full article here. Read more from Thomas here.

The Guardian. VP, Principal Analyst Thomas Husson discusses Apple’s latest earnings in an interview. Read the full article here. Read more from Thomas here.

The Register: VP, Principal Analyst Charlie Dai offers his perspective about both current investments and current progress being made in the field of quantum computing.  Read the full article here. Read more from Charlie here.

Financial Times: Principal Analyst Lee Sustar offers perspective on Microsoft and Alphabet’s latest earnings in an interview, describing how the tech giants’ customers are in “buy AI now, figure out if it works later” mode. Read the full article here. Read more from Lee here.

The Guardian: As Google warns staff to expect further job cuts in 2024, Principal Analyst Christopher Gilchrist outlines how companies like Google must shift workforce priorities in order to stay competitive, especially in times of technological change. Read the full article here. Read more from Christopher here.

CNN: Following Meta’s announcement that the company plans to build its own artificial general intelligence — AI that meets or surpasses human intelligence in almost all areas — VP, Principal Analyst Dipanjan Chatterjee offers perspective about why the tech giant’s shift toward this type of AI should come as no surprise. Read the full article [...]

Moneycontrol: VP, Research Director Ashutosh Sharma discusses the performance of India’s top four IT companies, as well as ongoing mega deals and trends surrounding tech spend optimization.   Read the full article here. Read more from Ashutosh here.

Associated Press: VP, Principal Analyst Thomas Husson comments on Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 mobile device (announced at the company’s 2024 Unpacked event), stating that the company has an upper hand over Apple in making AI ubiquitous in the next generation of smartphones. Read the full article here. Read more from Thomas here.

Marketplace: In an episode about AI-powered shopping assistants, VP, Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali describes what the ideal exchange between chatbot and customer should look like. Listen to the full interview here. Read more from Sucharita here.