Today, Google announced plans to acquire Wiz, Inc. for $32B in cash. Of course, the deal is subject to “customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.” Google said that Wiz’s products will continue to work and will be available across all major clouds, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud. It also… Read More »Google’s Planned Acquisition of Wiz Has The Potential to Change the Security Industry
Tech Layoffs to Precede Massive AI Arms Race at the Hyperscalers There will be significant changes to Cloud CAPEX as we look throughout 2023. The rapid and considerable news around tech layoffs gives us meaningful insight into the changes as we head into earnings season for the Hyperscalers (Amazon, Apple,… Read More »What Do Recent Tech Layoffs and 2023 Hyperscaler CAPEX Have in Common?
In 2Q22, revenues for the US Hyperscaler market were 15% greater than the year-ago quarter, according to our recently published report. Over the last four quarters, the market has consistently grown on a Y/Y basis. Our report also includes an updated long-term forecast. We have maintained our revenue forecast… Read More »2Q’22 US Hyperscaler Market and Long Term Forecast
Cisco just held its PONC 2022 conference, with over 500 attendees registered. We found the most exciting topics at the three-day show were: (a) its progress with RON, (b) PLE availability, and (c) the 400G ZR ramp. Cisco is pushing for integrating optical transceivers with routers, a significant step forward… Read More »Cisco PONC 2022 conference highlighted RON progress, PLE availability, and 400G success
Despite Decommits in the Supply Chain, US Hyperscalers Maintain 2022 CAPEX Guidance Incline Village, NV. May 10, 2022 — According to a newly released report issued by 650 Group, US Hyperscaler Cloud market revenue grew 23% Y/Y in 1Q’22 while the supply chain for data center equipment into hyperscalers performed unevenly… Read More »US Hyperscalers Cloud Revenue Surges over 20% Y/Y in 1Q’22, According to 650 group
2022 Build-Outs to Set Records as Cloud Looks to Metaverse and AI for Growth Incline Village, NV. February 4, 2022 — According to a newly released report issued by 650 Group, US Hyperscaler Cloud market revenue grew 30% Y/Y in 4Q21 while the supply chain for Data Center Equipment into… Read More »US Hyperscalers Set Cloud Revenue and CAPEX Records in 4Q21
Mavenir held its annual analyst event this week and highlighted some important information highlighting its progress in transitioning to a maturing ecosystem player in the telecom equipment industry. The company highlighted its recent Koch Brothers $500M investment; existing investors include Intel/Nvidia and Siris Capital, who remain majority equity holders. The… Read More »Mavenir Hightlights is RAN Progress at its Analyst Meeting
In a briefing with Rakuten Mobile today, we learned two neat things: It is experimenting with 3GPP on satellite, and it hopes to announced a full-stack Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) customer as early as next quarter. The company also shared some plans that it has for improving coverage to 96%… Read More »Rakuten Mobile Reveals Future plans
Enterprise and Consumer’s Use of Cloud Resources Changing to the New Normal because of COVID-19 PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif. Aug. 5, 2020 — According to a newly released report issued by founding analysts of 650 Group, US Hyperscaler Cloud market revenue grew 11% Y/Y in 2Q’20 while the supply chain for… Read More »US Hyperscalers Set Cloud Revenue and CAPEX Records in 2Q’20
Google, the largest US Hyperscaler by revenue, reported Search and Social results that declined Y/Y for the first time while IaaS revenue grew nearly $1B Y/Y. We were a little surprised at Facebook’s robust growth compared to Google’s. Google’s results were in line with our overall expectations for Search and… Read More »Google – Revenue Down Y/Y in Search While IaaS Shows Robust Growth
