How to find more people for tech jobs: CompTIA StudyCompTIA has new research out also focused on diversity – the punchline? Diversity is positively correlated... By: Dave Sobel/September 14, 2020/Business Strategy, Diversity
IT Channel Leadership Diversity Report 2020We had a summer of reckoning around racial justice. In my interview with Todd Thibedeaux, he... By: Dave Sobel/September 14, 2020/Business Strategy, Diversity, Newsletter
The economy around office space: what it meansLet’s look more about the impact to the economy related to office space… not the space... By: Dave Sobel/September 11, 2020/Business Strategy
An update on the Voice Interoperability Initiative: the long play on voiceAn update on the Voice Interoperability Initiative, which Amazon has been promoting and which has announced... By: Dave Sobel/September 11, 2020/Business Strategy
5G not living up to the hypeFollowing up on some coverage about 5G, PC Magazine has released their fastest mobile networks report... By: Dave Sobel/September 10, 2020/Business Strategy
Big Opportunities in Zero Trust SecurityI want to highlight an article in CIO Dive. Quote: The pandemic pushed 37% of organizations... By: Dave Sobel/September 10, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Security
Smart Home Updates have an opportunityLet’s kick off with two smart devices stories. First, Project Connected Home over IP posted an... By: Dave Sobel/September 9, 2020/Business Strategy
The Pentagon gives JEDI to Microsoft, Amazon protestsIn what is a shock to no one, the Pentagon has upheld its $10 billion JEDI... By: Dave Sobel/September 8, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
Alexa for Residential: Smart ApartmentsAmazon has announced Alexa for Residential, focused on landlords and property managers to add Alexa to... By: Dave Sobel/September 4, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
Data on cost versus service for cell phones: Not good for Americans and CanadiansThe Markup has taken a look at cell phone plans around the world – and the... By: Dave Sobel/September 4, 2020/Business Strategy
Augmented Reality: A use case shown in integrationTeamViewer has announced an integration with Microsoft Teams, allowing for connections via teams, but more interestingly,... By: Dave Sobel/September 3, 2020/Business Strategy, Newsletter, Product & Company Updates
Amazon goes full on dystopian futureThree distinct stories about Amazon, but the theme is consistent. First, Bloomberg is reporting on Amazon... By: Dave Sobel/September 2, 2020/Business Strategy
Microsoft launches two products around deep fakesMicrosoft has announced two new technologies focused on combating disinformation. First up, Microsoft Video Authenticator, which... By: Dave Sobel/September 2, 2020/Business Strategy, Security
Apple and Google adjust their exposure notificationsAs it’s a thread we’ve been tracking, Apple and Google have announced changes to their COVID-19... By: Dave Sobel/September 2, 2020/Business Strategy, Product & Company Updates
Zoom’s earnings are up massively for Q2 — three takeawaysZoom announced their second quarter earnings, and it was a huge jump – an increase of... By: Dave Sobel/September 1, 2020/Business Strategy
Court rulings are changing third party selling for AmazonAmazon has been found liable in multiple court rulings for defects in products sold by third—party... By: Dave Sobel/September 1, 2020/Business Strategy
Insights into the laptop shortage and educationWith September here, back-to-school coverage is gearing up, and I want to highlight a piece in... By: Dave Sobel/August 31, 2020/Business Strategy
iPhone users may not need a COVID app anymoreApple is preparing a software update that could allow all iPhone users to opt into their... By: Dave Sobel/August 31, 2020/Business Strategy
Insights from Gartner on changes to remain financially and operationally viableGartner with new survey data of Tech CEOs of small and midsize technology and service providers.... By: Dave Sobel/August 28, 2020/Business Strategy
SaaS Monitoring and Management is hereTwo new companies have announced products focused in the same area on the technology services space. ... By: Dave Sobel/August 27, 2020/Business Strategy