Thur Apr 16 2020: IDC, JEDI, Verizon + BlueJeans, and GE + Microsoft

Today *   IDC predictions https://www.channelnomics.com/2020/04/16/idc-it-services-grew-in-2019-will-shrink-in-2020/ * JEDI updates https://www.zdnet.com/article/pentagons-inspector-general-says-microsofts-jedi-cloud-win-should-stand/ * Verizon buys BlueJeans https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/16/21223454/verizon-bluejeans-video-zoom-conferencing-rivals AND * GE and Microsoft with a new offering – and a key lesson. https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/15/ge-healthcare-and-microsoft-are-bringing-a-covid-19-patient-monitoring-tool-to-health-systems/