As promised, here are some random thoughts from the National Retail Federation Loss Prevention Show in Orlando earlier this week… Video was everywhere – 3 out of 4 exhibitors at the show had some form of video in their booth, many of them demonstrating some form of video analytics (tracking people in and out of [...]
Tomorrow I go to the National Retail Federation Loss Prevention Expo in Orlando. For those of you that have ever been to this conference it is a great opportunity to get in front of a large number of security and LP professionals from the leading retail brands in the US and beyond. While MVaaS has [...]
The Celtics victory was the result of very talented individuals that played extremely well as a team. The Lakers loss, despite having the single most talented player, was in part due to the failures of some members of his supporting cast and in part because he couldn’t do everything himself. He had some incredible games, [...]
For those of you that aren’t basketball fans, let me give you a quick overview of the match up between the Celtics and the Lakers. The Lakers were favored going into the series. Their team is built around a player, Kobe Bryant, that is generally thought to be the best individual player on the planet. [...]
I’ve been a die-hard Celtics fan for a long time. I followed them religiously when they were horrible from the early 90’s until last year. This year has finally been a year where I can actually root for them to win (in years past I wanted them to lose to get a better draft position) [...]
A couple of posts ago I compared changing your company’s DNA (culture being another word for it) to quiting smoking. While I’ve never been a smoker, it appears to me that there are several challenges people face while trying to quit that also apply to changing your DNA. Your natural urges and habits work against [...]
Successful Security VAR Seeks Compelling Managed Service Product; No Old School Providers Need Apply It’s always a good day when you get an inbound call from someone that you’ve never met that is interested in exactly what you do that turns out to be a great opportunity for your business. Yesterday was a good day. [...]
Providing further evidence of the growing recognition of MVaaS, Envysion just won the Colorado Technology Association’s (CSIA) Apex Award for Most Innovative New Technology Product. Most Innovative Technology Product – This award is presented to the company whose technology-based product consistently delivers verifiable business value. The product must demonstrate a high level of technical innovation and [...]
Can you change your DNA? This isn’t a riddle with some clever twist to it – the answer to this question will vary from company to company. Some companies will be able to and others won’t. If you look back at my prior post on this topic, I suggested that a company’s DNA was [...]
No, I’m not talking about genetic engineering. I’m talking about whether a company can change the very core elements of how it both views and approaches its business and the world around it. A company’s DNA is a complex result of the people that work there, the values and beliefs that they share, the practices and [...]