During a spate of Pivotal Conversations podcast recordings I had the change to quickly talk with RedMonk’s Rachel Stephens about financials, something she knows plenty about. She gave some handy tips on how to read them. Check out the interview, subscribe to the podcast!

During a spate of Pivotal Conversations podcast recordings I had the change to quickly talk with RedMonk’s Rachel Stephens about financials, something she knows plenty about. She gave some handy tips on how to read them. Check out the interview, subscribe to the podcast!

A bit of a jumbled article for general audiences , but some more numbers of tech companies’ cash on hand and numbers around 2016 acquisitions: The value of software deals in 2016 topped $115 billion for acquisitions closed or pending, according to data gathered by Bloomberg. That’s up about 19 percent from 2015. But: Overall …...

A bit of a jumbled article for general audiences , but some more numbers of tech companies’ cash on hand and numbers around 2016 acquisitions: The value of software deals in 2016 topped $115 billion for acquisitions closed or pending, according to data gathered by Bloomberg. That’s up about 19 percent from 2015. But: Overall …...

From William Fellows at 451:  > AWS Managed Services (AMS) includes change management, provisioning and configuration management, event and incident management, security management, patch management, continuity management (backup/restore), and reporting, supported via APIs and AWS services. AWS Managed Services infrastructure building...

From William Fellows at 451:  > AWS Managed Services (AMS) includes change management, provisioning and configuration management, event and incident management, security management, patch management, continuity management (backup/restore), and reporting, supported via APIs and AWS services. AWS Managed Services infrastructure building...

There’s a pretty good, brief overview of what all this digital, IoT, etc. stuff could mean for the auto industry by Victor Kingery (of GE) over on DZone. He outlines are three areas: Connected cars – gathering all the info onboard and using it for, at least, preventive maintenance and some auto insurance tweaking. Self-driving …...

There’s a pretty good, brief overview of what all this digital, IoT, etc. stuff could mean for the auto industry by Victor Kingery (of GE) over on DZone. He outlines are three areas: Connected cars – gathering all the info onboard and using it for, at least, preventive maintenance and some auto insurance tweaking. Self-driving …...

More from The Attention Merchants First, on advertising as a decision making lubricant: Information cannot be acted upon without attention and thus attention capture and information are essential to a functioning market economy, or indeed any competitive process, like an election (unknown candidates do not win). So as a technology for gaining...

More from The Attention Merchants First, on advertising as a decision making lubricant: Information cannot be acted upon without attention and thus attention capture and information are essential to a functioning market economy, or indeed any competitive process, like an election (unknown candidates do not win). So as a technology for gaining...

I was CEO of the Wireless Industry Association and I was proud of the job that I did. But the least proud moment of my public policy life was when I opposed the commission’s efforts to allow people to take their phone numbers with them when they switched from, say, AT&T to T-Mobile. [When arguing … Continue reading More movement...

I was CEO of the Wireless Industry Association and I was proud of the job that I did. But the least proud moment of my public policy life was when I opposed the commission’s efforts to allow people to take their phone numbers with them when they switched from, say, AT&T to T-Mobile. [When arguing … Continue reading More movement...

Mobile Order & Pay has gone from making up 20% of total transactions at only 13 stores a year ago to nearly 1200 this year Gotta get those stars. Link

Mobile Order & Pay has gone from making up 20% of total transactions at only 13 stores a year ago to nearly 1200 this year Gotta get those stars. Link

the NYT added 276,000 net subscribers to its news products during the fourth quarter, finishing the year with 1.6 million. The Times called it “the single best quarter since 2011, the year the pay model launched.” I’m one of those subscribers. I have to say, the editorial culling and feeling of completeness when I scroll … Continue...