Many consider internet of things (IoT) edge computing to be a single entity but it is far more diverse and complex. A large portion of edge computing offerings leverage gateway systems that collect, coalesce and analyze IoT sensor data before […]
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It’s easy to forget how limited mobile (or portable) PCs once were. The Osbourne 1 was a hefty (25+ pounds) beast packed into a briefcase-sized enclosure making its portability nominal, at best. What changed things, of course, was the evolution
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Chief Data Officer (CDO) positions have become increasingly commonplace in enterprises and other organizations during the past 17 years. Capital One and Yahoo! both appointed CDOs around 2002. A 2013 Gartner study found that over 100 companies employed CDOs—more than
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OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) occupy such central roles in the tech industry that’s it’s easy to think you understand all there is to know about them. People mostly associate IT OEM functions and processes with the vendors that make hardware
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Predictability is a great virtue when it comes to business, especially when it comes to evolving or upgrading existing products. That’s one of the reasons that the “tick-tock” of Moore’s Law-derived innovations played so long and so well to Intel’s
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Brand reinforcement is high on the agenda at IT vendor customer and partner conferences. After all, the vendors have access to big venues, professional production services and crowds of media on hand so explaining themselves and their strategies is natural.
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Though it slipped beneath some radars during CES 2019, the full implications of a Microsoft announcement reemerged a week later at the National Retail Federation (NRF2019) conference in New York. In the original press release, Microsoft and Kroger announced Retail
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The IT industry absolutely loves new products and technical achievements but like any obsession, it occasionally turns pathological. A good example is the assumed superiority of emerging technologies over well-established products and services. As a result, leading vendors, like IBM,
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There are numerous ways to screw-up classic or iconic products but two come immediately to mind. First, a vendor can treat the device like a holy relic, scrupulously avoiding changes so the thing loses its allure and drifts in irrelevance.
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“May you live in interesting times” is an ancient Chinese curse that’s often perfectly suited for the tech sector and vendors. A recent example is the painful past few months suffered by Intel. That began with the surprise exit of
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