New data center construction by some of the biggest names on the technology landscape could mean boom times ahead for Arista Networks (ANET), a provider of hardware and software for next-generation data centers. Thus concludes Brent Bracelin, an analyst for Pacific Crest Securities, who cites new data center in the works for Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook (FB) and Google (GOOGL) as one reason to be optimistic for the maker of cloud
One year after introducing Prime Music, Amazon (AMZN) announced listeners to the online music program have more than doubled in the past nine months. Amazon is playing in a hotly competitive market, with Pandora Media (P), Spotify, Apple (AAPL) and others vying for a slice or the streaming music market. Amazon did not specify how many listeners it has, but did say total monthly Prime Music playback hours have more than doubled since September
Apple (AAPL) announced Thursday that some Apple Watch models will be available in its retail stores within two weeks, which is a month later than expected. The smartwatch — Apple’s first new product in five years — went on sale online-only in April and has been available in stores for just demonstration purposes. “We’re also making great progress with the backlog of Apple Watch orders,” Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, said in a company statement Thursday. Except for one model, all orders placed through May will ship within two weeks, the company said. Apple Watch is available in nine countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Australia, China and Japan. In its statement Thursday, Apple said it will make the Apple Watch available in Italy, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Taiwan starting June 26. In a research report Thursday, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian White White called the release…