David Bloom of Words & Deeds Media is a Santa Monica, Calif.-based writer, podcaster, and consultant focused on the transformative collision of technology, media and entertainment.

Source: https://www.nexttv.com/news/at-ice-cold-sundance-netflix-and-chill-takes-on-a-new-meaning-for-the-now-tight-belted-streaming-companies-bloom

IBM has changed the brand names for its storage technologies a few times over the years, said John Zawistowski, global systems solutions executive at Sycomp, a Foster City, Calif.-based solution provider and IBM storage channel partner.

Source: https://www.crn.com/news/storage/ibm-dropping-its-spectrum-storage-brand

In January Qlik announced a deal to acquire Talend, a San Mateo, Calif.-based developer of software for data and application integration, data governance and data ETL (extract, transform and load).

Source: https://www.crn.com/news/software/qlik-steps-up-data-integration-efforts-through-connector-factory-initiative

Keith Nelson, CTO and CISO at Irvine, Calif.-based Vistem Solutions, told CRN that he already is signed in and ready to use both Sidekick and the new RPA tool.

Source: https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/connectwise-releases-rpa-tool-ai-companion-sidekick-

The 12,000 employees represent about 6 percent of the Mountain View, Calif.-based tech giant’s workforce, surpassing the employees Microsoft said it would cut, which accounts for 5 percent of its workforce.

Source: https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/google-parent-alphabet-layoffs-hit-cloud-partnerships-ux-engineers-recruiters

The San Jose, Calif.-based firm touches every part of the semiconductor sector, small and large.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2023/06/14/why-accenture-and-cadence-will-be-winners-in-the-next-phase-of-deglobalization/