Enterprise Computing
Hugs to Boring
This week, a company I never think about scooped up another one I had forgotten existed. It was a reminder that we shouldn’t underestimate the boring. One of those companies is called Poly, and if you know what it does, gold star to you. It makes gadgets like telephone headsets for corporate call centers and […]
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Russia, Blocked From the Global Internet, Plunges Into Digital Isolation
“For the moment I do plan to work in Russia,” he said. “How this may change in the future, especially if YouTube will be blocked, I don’t know.” Unlike China, where domestic internet companies have grown into behemoths over more than a decade, Russia does not have a similarly vibrant domestic internet or tech industry. […]
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Cisco and Splunk Have Discussed Acquisition Deal
Cisco Systems, the technology conglomerate, has held discussions with the software company Splunk about buying it, although no deal is currently on the table, two people familiar with the matter told The New York Times on Friday. A deal may not happen at all, but if talks resume, Cisco could pay more than $20 billion […]
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Jim Warren, Early Influencer in Personal Computing, Dies at 85
Jim C. Warren Jr. was born on July 20, 1936, in Oakland, Calif., the only child of Jim Sr. and Gladys Warren. The family soon moved to Texas, where his father, a pilot, flew military transport planes during World War II. Mr. Warren grew up in San Antonio. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics […]
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