There are three jobs I trained extensively for that I never got—but, not because I couldn’t find a path to the opportunity—it was because I realized that I wouldn’t personally touch the job with someone else’s 10-foot pole. The last […]
In Praise of the Tech CMO Read More »
I recently had the privilege of presenting at the 2019 Houston Security Conference. My friend, Michael Farnum, invited me to give a presentation on marketing buzzwords–from my somewhat unique perspective as someone who has worked in the IT and cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Buzzwords – Don’t Believe the Hype (Spoiler Alert: It’s All Hype) Read More »
I live for my morning Mocha and I used to be a huge Starbucks fan, but over the years—as that company ramped up volume—the quality went down. I’m not a fan of coffee that tastes like it was burned. In
Briggo Robotic Barista: The Coolest Thing at Dell Technologies World 2019 Read More »
I was at BlackBerry’s analyst event this week and one of the most interesting parts of the event was from Geoffrey Moore, whose book, “Crossing The Chasm”, I’d read and found compelling a few decades ago. He, evidently, is one
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I was in Barcelonal HP’s Innovation Summit last week and one of the more interesting presentations was from HP’s CTO Shane Wall. Shane is responsible for the long-term company strategy. His job is to look 15…20…30 years into the future.
Revisiting HP’s Megatrends 2019 and Anticipating Massive Disruptions Read More »
Training artificial intelligence (AI) systems these days is all about creating simulations that can operate at machine speeds so that the training time can be compressed. Rather than creating all simulations from scratch, developers have started to use video games
NVIDIA Developers are Using StarCraft to Train Machine Learning AIs Read More »
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
Cascade Lake Refreshes Lenovo Data Center Group Read More »
John Chen, BlackBerry’s CEO, continues to impress with solid results as reflected in their latest financial report. If the firm was just more visible it would likely do even better. But, despite the fact that the firm isn’t well known
BlackBerry’s Financial Results Continue to Impress Read More »
Amazing is a subjective term. For instance, while there were many incredible improvements to word processing products in the 1980s, the most amazing to me was the spell checker because I’ve never been able to spell consistently to save my
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As of the latest estimate, 48.9 million people live with at least one disability in the U.S. In addition to specific technologies that are intended to assist those with various conditions, smart technology is rapidly changing the way that at-home
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