121 - The Endgame in Streaming for Disney; Plus, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonfortt/detail/recent-activity/https://www.youtube.com/c/forttknoxI should have posted this way earlier, but I've been getting questions. Here's the skinny: Fortt Knox is ...

26 Sep 20202min

In the late 1990s, Andy Jassy pitched a wild idea to his boss and mentor, Jeff Bezos: What if Amazon developed another business, delivering computing power and storage . Two decades later, it stands a...

7 Dec 201945min

A walk to remember. Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump in Texas this week, and it’s a high stakes photo op. They’re at the factory in Austin Texas where Apple’s Mac Pro computer is assemble...

23 Nov 201929min

I was on the road this week, doing a little tour of California. Three cities in three days. San Francisco Monday, L.A. Tuesday, San Diego Wednesday. Adobe’s MAX conference was this week in LA, where t...

10 Nov 201919min

It's the biggest single cloud contract … possibly ever. Definitely the most talked about. The Pentagon's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract. JEDI, going to: Microsoft late last week. The...

2 Nov 201925min

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington this week arguing for Libra, the digital currency his company created and wants to build around. This after he last week made the case in front of an audienc...

26 Okt 201926min

Tech just can’t get away from politics.  Senator Elizabeth Warren has a bone to pick with Facebook. Mainly its standards for political ads. After Facebook refused to take down a Trump Campaign ad that...

19 Okt 201926min

It’s hard to save money these days – and I’m not talking about the new phones and earbuds that come out this time of year and tempt you to spend. Interest rates are really low. Which is great if you’r...

13 Okt 201942min