Experts give IBM's new CEO the thumbs up: He could be the 'heavyweight' the company needs to really compete with Amazon and Microsoft
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"You need a heavyweight to compete with Satya [Nadella], Sundar [Pichai], [Mark] Zuckerberg and the tech giants," analyst Ray Wang of Constellation Research told Business Insider."Customers need to know there's a tech leader with business experience, not the other way around," Wang added. Krishna, who has a PhD in electrical and computer engineering, had served as a general manager and vice president of several key IBM divisions. He is"You need a heavyweight to compete with Satya, Jeff, Sundar, Zuckerberg and the tech giants," analyst Ray Wang of Constellation Research told Business Insider. He was referring to the heads of the other tech giants: Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
Analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and Strategy also highlighted the role Krishna has played in evolving IBM's strategy amid emerging trends in technology.
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