February 10, 2020
Author: Jim Lundy
February 6, 2020
Hyland Acquires Learning Machine, Dives into Blockchain
by Jim Lundy Hyland Software, developer of enterprise content management (ECM) suite OnBase, has just acquired Learning Machine, an innovative technology company advancing creative blockchain-based solutions to digital
February 5, 2020
Tech Decade in Review: Cloud and Mobile Win Big
by Jim Lundy As we say farewell to the second decade of the 2000s, it is worth looking at the technologies that had the biggest impact. In our opinion, cloud and mobile were the drivers of the last decade and there are
February 4, 2020
8 Things Human Resources Can Do To Prevent Coronavirus
by Jim Lundy When an infectious disease risk—whether that's coronavirus, measles, or the flu—becomes present in the workplace, employers can be liable for anyone who becomes infected, whether they are employees or n
January 29, 2020
Regalix Jumps Into Sales Enablement with New Nytro Offering
by Jim Lundy Regalix, which has been in the content services business for a long time, pivoted this week with its launch of the Regalix Nytro sales enablement offering. We got a briefing in advance of the launch and thi
January 28, 2020
Poly Adds Collaboration Veteran Carl Wiese to Its Ranks
by Jim Lundy Revenge is a dish best served cold. Poly CEO Joe Burton continues to add executives who formerly worked with him at Cisco. Last week he announced Cisco veteran Carl Wiese as executive vice president, chief
January 16, 2020
Cyberwar Flashback Part II: China and Huawei Behind Hacks of Apple, Google, and India
by Jim Lundy A pattern has clearly emerged in the cyberwars of the last 20 years that involve the country of China and one of its growing telecom firms, Huawei. In part I of our cyberwar blog on this topic, we looked at
December 17, 2019
3 Headsets That Make Ideal Holiday Tech Gifts
Aragon's fourth post in our 12 Technologies of Christmas blog series will have you adding 3 key headsets to your holiday wishlist! by Jim Lundy Busy professionals on the go know need to be on calls and/or planes all
December 13, 2019
Get a Security Key This Holiday Season to Protect Your Identity
It’s day two of Aragon’s 12 Technologies of Christmas! This blog series will give you our recommendations for the perfect gift for the tech savvy individuals in your life this holiday season. by Jim Lundy For the
December 10, 2019
Amazon Enhances SageMaker And Wants to be Your AI Provider
by Jim Lundy Amazon re:Invent just ended in Las Vegas last week and besides the flurry of announcements around AWS Cloud and all the new Compute Services (I/O and Database), this year's re:Invent was about Amazon wantin
December 6, 2019
Carl Icahn Is Driving the Xerox Merger with HP
by Jim Lundy The drama of Xerox's initial offer to buyout HP for $33 billion (a cash and stock offer) got more interesting this week after HP rejected the offer and Xerox sent a letter stating that it intends to get mor
November 19, 2019
Salesforce Launches Mobile App Trailhead GO
by Jim Lundy Dreamforce is just getting started and Salesforce has come out of the gates with an early announcement. myTrailhead, the sales coach and learning solution from Salesforce, has a new companion app—Trailhea
November 12, 2019
Microsoft Ignite in Four Words: Azure, Office, Teams and Power Apps
by Jim Lundy I attended my 10th Microsoft Ignite this week and it did not disappoint. Coming on the heels of the DOD Jedi Cloud Contract win, Microsoft was quietly confident, and we can see that it has paid off with all
November 7, 2019
Microsoft Strikes Back at Amazon With U.S. DOD JEDI Cloud Win
by Jim Lundy Microsoft recently won the ten year $10 billion U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) cloud contract that is code named JEDI. Everyone thought that Amazon, which has a CIA contract was the shoe-in. Enter Microso
November 4, 2019
Altify Acquired By Upland Software
by Jim Lundy On October 7th, customer revenue optimization (CRO) provider Altify was acquired by Upland Software, a cloud-based enterprise work management provider backed by private equity. For those wondering what CRO
October 31, 2019
Zoomtopia 2019: Zoom’s Secret to Success And Pivot to the UCC Market
by Jim Lundy This week, Zoomtopia 2019 took place in San Jose, California and while happiness was still the theme, Zoom signaled it wants to compete in the larger UCC market where larger providers have a more establishe
October 18, 2019
Panopto Helps Power-up Zoom Recordings
by Jim Lundy This week, Aragon attended Zoomtopia 2019, Zoom's third annual user conference. We will be recapping Zoomtopia 19 in a separate blog, but suffice to say it was a strong event. Panopto, now a Zoom partner
October 15, 2019
Poly Re-Establishes Leadership with Studio X Series Launch
by Jim Lundy There has been a lot of change at Poly (formerly Polycom) over the last three years. Those turbulent times have come to an end under the leadership of CEO Joe Burton and his handpicked team of executives. T
October 11, 2019
Avaya and RingCentral $500M Partnership Will Force UCC Consolidation
by Jim Lundy View a PDF of this First Cut. Summary: Avaya and RingCentral announced a strategic partnership that will see Avaya selling Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral (ACO) to its large on-premise install base.
October 1, 2019