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The technology market is defined by companies taking huge gambles and executing against near-impossible odds. Dell’s acquisition of EMC and then going private were both thought to be nearly impossible, but Dell succeeded Further examples are HP’s acquisition of a failing Compaq to become the then most powerful PC company in the world; IBM’s b...
I’ve been playing with the new Meta Quest 3 headset for the last several days, and I’m impressed This headset is much better than Meta Quest 2 because it begins to address some of the intrinsic problems with virtual reality (VR) technology....
HP Imagine is a new conference focusing on the company’s innovation. Last week, there was an impressive amount of innovation showcased in stellar fashion by HP Chief Corporate Affairs and Communications Officer Stella Low and her team. It stands as one of the best-executed presentations I’ve ever attended Innovation is a difficult topic because...
Microsoft recently announced that Copilot, the company’s implementation of generative AI, will be coming soon to Windows and Office 365. While Microsoft is already using generative AI in its Bing search engine, its introduction to Microsoft's core productivity tools promises to redefine how we interact with technology at work and home Although th...
Intel’s Innovation conference was last week. Unlike Intel Vision, which lacked the “Vision” part (I really miss Intel’s old CTO Justin Rattner, who made it look like Intel was building magic), there was a lot of innovation at this event Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger -- who I still believe has the best chance of making Intel a leader again -- did ...
I've been disappointed in almost all the launch events I've seen since we mainly moved to virtual events. Most aren't that different than in-person events where the speaker(s) get up on stage and pontificate Some use a lot of visual aids that help, but mostly, they showcase the same limitations as in-person events, so they struggle to hold an onlin...
We are and will be dealing with several troubling labor actions this year. As of this writing, movie writers and actors are on full strike, and the United Auto Workers seem to be on track to shut down U.S. domestic automobile production at a time when the car industry is in deep trouble. Air transportation workers are about to go out on strike as well...
Qualcomm last week announced three new platforms for handheld gaming that target streamers, those on a budget who want to game locally, and those who want the best portable gaming experience on the planet These gaming platforms will challenge game consoles, favoring portability over performance while providing a richer, high-performance gaming expe...
Because of climate change, we are experiencing far more natural disasters than ever before in my lifetime. Yet we still seem to be acting as if each disaster is a unique and surprising event rather than recognizing the trend and creating adequate ways to mitigate or prevent disasters like we just saw in Hawaii From how we approach a disaster to the...
Well, it's that time again when our students are undoubtedly hoping that they're reading the calendar wrong and still have months of vacation left, only to find they're on a deadline to provision themselves for the coming year This world is vastly different than it was when I went to school. There are greater concerns about safety, more prominent a...
Intel announced its second-quarter 2023 financial results on July 27. After two quarters of reported losses, we now see profits, and AMD's financials indicate that its inroads into Intel's base may be slowing as Intel puts up more of a fight Intel was the clear market leader in the processor space for the entire history of the PC. As is often the c...
Like many of you, I was fascinated with the Apple Vision Pro head-mounted display when it was announced, but, as luck would have it, I had already ordered the Goovis G3 Max at Indiegogo. I've been using it for several weeks now. It is awesome for what it does and pretty much does what Tim Cook demonstrated on stage for the Vision Pro The enormous d...
Microsoft last week announced the upcoming availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot, and it looks to be a huge game-changer At the enterprise level, it will help you find anything you need inside or outside the company, and it will eventually come to learn things about you and your company that will allow it to do much of your email, typing, presentat...
Microsoft's deployment of OpenAI's ChatGPT has been extremely popular, and its surprise implementation of this advanced generative AI system caught companies like Google and Apple napping Google is responding aggressively to the threat and spinning up its own generative AI solution, Bard, but both Google and OpenAI are facing class-action lawsuits ...
As an ex-IBM competitive analyst, one of the things I enjoyed the most was making a competitive comparison, particularly when it was between any company but my own. The reason for this is that, even in business, no one likes to hear their baby is ugly Meta is bringing Threads to market, which looks like a Twitter clone. Typically, an effort like th...
I've spent much of my career in and around security, and if there were ever a time not to be in the security business, this would be it The cause for this is not because the business isn't still potentially lucrative but because the threats appear to be increasing at an alarming rate. This escalation is particularly noticeable with the advent of AI...
AMD is on a run now. No longer in Intel's shadow, it's taking the PC market and data center by storm. While part of the reason is that Intel stumbled badly under a prior CEO, much of it is because of AMD's almost unbelievable focus on unique customer segment needs While AMD has always tended to be one of the more responsive vendors in its segment, ...
I have my doubts about whether Apple's Vision Pro, which was announced last week but will not be available until 2024, will be successful My doubts mostly revolve around Apple's current strategy, which is to avoid collapsing existing markets, something Apple had to do to make the iPhone successful, and because the company partners poorly and will n...
When I joined IBM in the 1980s, they assigned me the task of helping create what eventually became one of the very first CRM applications. Like most at that time, I had to work with MIS (now called IT), and the result was dreadful. Instead of the app making things easier by automating many repetitive manual tasks, it required more labor, was incredibly annoying to use, and showcased a disconnect between what I thought I'd asked for and what MIS delivered...
Many technology leaders agree that while AI could be hugely beneficial to humans, it could also be misused or, through negligence, terminally damage humanity. But looking to governments to address this problem without guidance would be foolish given that politicians often don't even understand the technology they've used for years, let alone something that just made it to market...
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