Since launching in the mid-2000s, Skype spent over a decade being the Kleenex of video calling. A...
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Ep. 11: SD-WAN Goes Corporate
A few years ago, pure play SD-WAN startups seemed poised to disrupt some of the traditional...
Ep. 10: How Can We Move Past Passwords?
Dumps of millions of passwords have become distressingly commonplace. And while the services that...
Ep. 9: Is Remote Work The New Normal?
Since the reality of COVID-19 sheltering-in-place hit the public consciousness, there have been...
Ep. 8: Is Dell Selling VMware?
News came out this week that Dell is reportedly looking to either spinoff or fully subsume VMware...
Ep. 7: What is Intel’s x86 Future?
Many of the discussions of Apple moving from x86 to ARM seem to be focused on how they'll manage...
Ep. 6: Why Microsoft’s Embrace of Open Source Feels Weird
If you only paid attention to IT in the last five years, you'd think Microsoft is one of the...
Ep. 5: Virtual Events Are More Than “Good Enough”
To say virtual events have become common in 2020 is an almost criminal case of understatement. For...
Ep. 4: Why is the Enterprise the Home for “Dead” AR?
It seems like the lifecycle for a wearable augmented reality product is to release an impressive...
Ep. 3: What’s Going on with the JEDI Contract?
The Department of Defense's Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract was always going to be...