May 28, 2021
Author: Adam Pease
May 26, 2021
Microsoft Strikes Back at Amazon with Computer Vision
by Adam Pease At this week's Microsoft Build, Microsoft demoed its Azure Applied AI Services offering, which aims to deliver fast, streamlined AI solutions to the enterprise. This move foreshadows several trends that ar
May 13, 2021
Pipelines Become Strategic: The Rise of Ransomware as a Service
by Craig Kennedy and Jim Lundy Last weekend Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the US, carrying 2.5 million barrels a day to Southern and Eastern states, was hacked and shut down. This pipeline alone carr
May 7, 2021
CSNF—One Less Hurdle to Multi-Cloud
by Craig Kennedy The New Security Standard for Cloud Providers A new standard in cloud security notification is being introduced that will vastly simplify the integration of security telemetry from public cloud providers
May 6, 2021
Chip Shortage Has Short and Long-Term Implications
by Jim Lundy The current global chip shortage is impacting more and more industries and it’s making people rethink their supply chains. While some think this is tactical, there are broader longer-term implications t
Computer Vision Comes of Age: Intel Dives In
by Adam Pease Recently, Intel partnered with John Deere to implement computer vision solutions for agriculture and other related industries. The semiconductor giant and the equipment manufacturer teamed up to put AI to
April 30, 2021
Government Cloud Wars: Project JEDI—May the Force Be With You
by Craig Kennedy This week a federal court judge ruled that Amazon’s lawsuit claiming interference in the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract awarded last year to Microsoft can proceed. This
Communications Security—Who Is Listening to Your Meetings and Calls?
by Jim Lundy Most people take everything for granted when it comes to communication and collaboration security. However, new information to emerge over the last year that indicates that there may be other people and gov
Apple Protects Your Privacy with iOS 14.5—A Shot at Facebook
by Jim Lundy Apple's long awaited iOS 14.5 release is now available. While there's many new features such as the ability to unlock your phone from your Apple Watch and new emojis, the big news is App Privacy. iOS 14.5
Is a Drone Part of Your Future Security Plan 2.0?
by Jim Lundy and Adam Pease This blog talks about why the enterprise needs to consider a drone as part of its security strategy. While it’s been used in the military for years, there is ongoing attention to the use of
April 26, 2021
Apple M1 Silicon Is Powering Its New iMac and iPad Pro Models
by Jim Lundy This week Apple introduced its new iPad Pro models and its new colorful iMac. Both are powered by the Apple M1 processor, which is developed in-house by Apple. While many sales teams have experimented with
April 16, 2021
Microsoft Finds its Siri Voice with 19 Billion Purchase of Nuance
by Jim Lundy and Craig Kennedy Microsoft is buying Nuance, a conversational AI and cloud-based healthcare clinical intelligence provider, in an all cash deal for $19.7 Billion. This represents a 13.3x multiple, as Nuanc
April 9, 2021
Box Gets 500M from KKR and New Chairman from Siris Capital
by Jim Lundy Box announced this week that it plans to take 500,000,000 in investment from KKR in a move designed to thwart an activist investor Starboard Value LP. Starboard was pushing for a sale. The deal is a win for
April 7, 2021
Crownpeak Buys e-Spirit—The Consolidation Era of Content Experience Platforms Begins
by Jim Lundy Crownpeak announced it was buying its competitor e-Spirit in a deal that was announced on March 19th. This blog discusses the implications of the new content experience category and the reason it will force
April 6, 2021
Verizon Business Launches BlueJeans Telehealth—Will Compete With MDLIVE
by Jim Lundy Verizon announced that it was making a shift into the growing telehealth market opportunity with its announcement of BlueJeans Telehealth. Telehealth exploded with demand during the pandemic, and now it is
April 1, 2021
LeanIX and Wipro Leaders: Discuss The Future of the CIO
by Betsy Burton I had the pleasure of hosting a panel today with Christian Richter, SVP of Customer Success with LeanIX, and David Kenner, Senior Partner with Wipro. The discussion was focused on how leading CIOs Increa
March 26, 2021
PactSafe Sells to Ironclad as Clickwrap Transaction Market Is Just Getting Started
by Jim Lundy This week PactSafe announced that it was being acquired by San Francisco based Ironclad, which was fresh off of its $100 Million funding round and had money to burn. Terms of the deal were not announced, bu
Understanding the NFT Craze: An Enterprise Perspective
by Adam Pease Last week an auction at Christie's closed for a staggering $69M sum. What was being sold? A digital image. The piece, a montage of a 5,000 smaller digital artworks by a seller named Beeple, is called "Ever
The Digital Transformation of Cities: Houston, We Have a Problem!
by Craig Kennedy We’ve been talking to governments and observing behaviors in cities of all sizes across the US. While there is a clamor and almost a universal desire to have a smart city, the issue we’re seeing r
March 25, 2021