HP to Acquire Poly HP plans to acquire device maker Poly for $3.3B. The acquisition of the enterprise headset, video and conference calling device business will complement HP’s February 2021 purchase of HyperX and its gaming gear. The deal should close this year. HP announced the plan to acquire Poly (NYSE: POLY) for $3.3 billion this week. Poly formed as a mashup of … [Read more...] about HP to Acquire Poly: HP to Buy Collaboration Device Maker Poly in $3.3B Deal
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CIOs: Don’t Bet On the Future of Augmented Reality Just Yet
CIOs: Don't Bet On the Future of Augmented Reality Just Yet A recent report from Camera IQ, The Gateway to the Metaverse: AR Marketing & Consumer Behavior in 2022, reported that 76% of consumers had used augmented reality. A slightly higher 78% said they were likely to share a brand's AR (AR) experience with their community. Reports like this should be considered … [Read more...] about CIOs: Don’t Bet On the Future of Augmented Reality Just Yet
Returning to the Office: The Looming Coordination Problem With Collaboration Technology
Returning to the Office: The Looming Coordination Problem With Collaboration Technology As people return to the office, they may not return to their office—the office from before the pandemic, the one with the dead plant and the dated ketchup packets, the one with the flashing Ethernet light anxiously seeking a handshake for the last two years. When people return to the … [Read more...] about Returning to the Office: The Looming Coordination Problem With Collaboration Technology
The Top 5 Takeaways from Enterprise Connect 2022
The Top 5 Takeaways from Enterprise Connect 2022 Conferences have returned. That is perhaps the biggest takeaway from Enterprise Connect held March 21-24 in Orlando, Florida—a show dedicated to people working virtually. I will leave that to sink in. Of all the conferences, Enterprise Connect should take the lead in reducing the conference greenhouse footprint by … [Read more...] about The Top 5 Takeaways from Enterprise Connect 2022
Ten Things No One Tells You About Your First 60 Days as CIO
Your first "60" days as CIO There is no shortage of articles and posts on the web about the first 60 days as CIO. All of those pieces of content offer good, pretty obvious, politically correct advice. Hopefully, this post will prove a little different. We attempt to fill in the gaps left in other lists from a few decades of observing CIOs struggle through the first 60 days … [Read more...] about Ten Things No One Tells You About Your First 60 Days as CIO