Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers news out of COP26 climate talks focused on reduction of global emissions caused by air travel and the acceleration of investment in the development of sustainable aviation fuels. To that end, the announcement of the formation of the new Aviators Group by founding members Amazon Air and major U.S. airlines JetBlue, United Airlines, and Alaska Airlines committed to driving investment in and innovation around sustainable aviation fuels is very good news.
Amazon Provides Free Access to Legal Entity Identifier Dataset on the AWS Cloud to Help Businesses Protect Investments from Climate-change Related Risks
Futurum’s Daniel Newman weighs in on Amazon providing free access to Legal Entity Identifier dataset on the AWS Cloud to help businesses protect investments from climate-change related risks. As organizations the world over rush to embrace ESG efforts, or appear to embrace them, real accountability as it relates to ESG initiatives has been missing. That is what GLEIF and ASDI are looking to change with the Legal Entity Identifier dataset — and that’s a win-win all the way around.
Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound Gains Momentum as Mobile Consumer Demand For Premium Wireless Audio Experiences Grows
Futurum Senior Analyst Olivier Blanchard dives into the Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound platform’s latest technical improvements and its global momentum as OEMs take notice of shifting consumer behaviors. Blanchard also discusses Snapdragon Sound’s timely relevance with data from the newly released State of Sound Report, which highlights the degree to which Covid-19 and mobile gaming are accelerating consumer demand for premium sound quality and ultra-low latency performance.
Amazon Announces Career Day, a Massive Recruiting Event — Seeking to Fill 40K+ Corporate and Tech Jobs in the U.S.
Futurum analysts Daniel Newman and Shelly Kramer cover Amazon Career Day, a massive recruiting event designed to offer job opportunities, career coaching and mentoring, and coding training to both current employees and new job seekers. In what the company bills as the largest recruiting event ever, the company seeks to fill some 40K corporate and tech jobs at some 220+ locations throughout the U.S. and an additional 15K plus positions worldwide. More information on the September 15th event, including how to participate, is provided.
Talent Shortages Are Magnifying The Need For Improving Employee Experience
What do you do when you run out of talent? There’s a problem now being felt especially in the tech industry, where a lack of skilled IT workers — especially in cloud field — could cause digital transformation to stall in its tracks.
AWS Advances Amazon EC2 with new Xeon-powered Amazon EC2 M6i Instances
AWS announced the availability of new general-purpose Amazon EC2 M6i instances that offer up to 15% improvement in price/performance in comparison to fifth-generation instances. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why expanding the sixth-generation offerings to include x86 instances strengthens the overall Gravitron2 processor proposition, bolsters AWS’ supply chain stability, and advances Amazon’s overall sustainability & ESG goals as well as boost the competitive edge AWS has over Azure and Google Cloud in the custom silicon realm.
Amazon Exploring Crypto? The Cryptocurrency and Blockchain World Goes Crazy
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on what appears to be indicative of Amazon exploring crypto. A recent job listing by Amazon and what this could mean for the innovative global retailer and cloud provider has the cryptocurrency and Blockchainworld going a bit crazy. As the global landscape for money transforms, nations states issue digital currencies and Bitcoin continues its path to wider adoption, it’s interesting to consider when and how Amazon will respond.
Amazon Q2 Is Very Good Even Though Some Suggest Otherwise
The market reaction to Amazon: Only in these times would 27% growth for a company doing over a $100 billion a quarter be frowned upon.
50+ New Developer Tools Announced at Amazon’s Alexa Live 2021
Amazon announced a more than 50 updates for developers at its 2021 edition of Alexa Live shifting from hardware to software and experience.
Amazon and Facebook Seek Recusal of FTC Chair Lina Khan
Amazon and Facebook have filed petitions asking for the recusal of FTC Chair Lina Khan from cases in which the company’s are involved.