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Maribel Lopez

Founder and Principal Analyst at Lopez Research LLC

California, United States

I'm an industry analyst, speaker and business advisor at Lopez Research focused on digital transformation. I'm the author of a John Wiley & Sons book called Right-time Experiences and Co-founder of the Emerging Technology Research Council. I help companies understand and navigate di...

Maribel Lopez Points
Academic 0
Author 378
Influencer 119
Speaker 9
Entrepreneur 20
Total 526

Points based upon Thinkers360 patent-pending algorithm.

Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Individual
Last Media Training: 02/03/2020
Last Media Interview: 10/13/2020

Areas of Expertise

5G 33.76
AI 31.23
Analytics 44.44
Big Data 33.74
Business Strategy 30.12
Cloud 32.45
COVID19 31.74
CRM 30.41
Customer Experience 31.00
Customer Loyalty
Cybersecurity 30.44
Data Center 30.30
Digital Transformation 33.43
Diversity and Inclusion 30.30
Emerging Technology 32.29
ERP 30.06
Future of Work 36.51
IoT 30.59
Leadership 30.60
Mobility 55.08
Digital Disruption 30.29
Marketing 30.28
Sustainability 30.69
Retail 30.13
RPA 30.27
HealthTech 33.03
Quantum Computing 34.77
Metaverse 31.28
Innovation 30.65

Industry Experience

Publications

39 Article/Blogs
Managing Multicloud: A Conversation With VMware
LinkedIn
January 23, 2023
Companies of all sizes embraced cloud computing, with organizations deploying workloads and applications across a mixture of private infrastructure and public clouds. The terms multi-cloud and hybrid cloud are part of today’s technology lexicon. Multi-cloud refers to using multiple cloud computing services from different vendors in a hybrid infrastructure. Instead of relying on a single vendor for all its cloud computing needs, a business may use multiple clouds to access best-of-breed cloud services, diversify infrastructure risk and minimize vendor lock-in.

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Tags: Cloud

Wendy's Cooks Up New Experiences With AI, Cloud And Edge Computing
Forbes
January 12, 2023
Wendy's new restaurant design standard, Global Next Gen, use AI, edge computing and a new optimized layout to deliver more convenience, speed, and accuracy for its customers and delivery partners.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation

Making Employee Resource Groups And ESG Work Better Delivers Business Value
Forbes
October 10, 2022
Companies are increasingly working to address significant workplace and global challenges through wellness, environmental and social governance (ESG) programs. Many organizations have signed up for wide scale ESG goals. Others recognize the difficulties of creating engagement and culture in a distributed environment. In boardrooms across the globe, companies are posing the question of how they will execute, measure, and monitor progress. To find out how companies were addressing this challenge, I interviewed Susan Hunt Stevens, the CEO of WeSpire.

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Tags: AI, Sustainability, Leadership

AI And CCaaS Help Marshall McLennan And McKesson Build Business Efficiencies
Forbes
September 08, 2022
Firms have a pressing need to enhance their digital sales and support solutions to address new customer demands. Businesses look to AI and CCaaS to support these efforts.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Mobility

Honeywell Shrinks The Industrial Skills Gap With AI
Forbes
August 22, 2022
Massive labor shortages will require companies to rethink how technology can help their clients thrive in such an untenable position.

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Tags: AI, Mobility, RPA

Microsoft’s Viva Sales Opens Up CRM Prospects By Easing Sales Woes
Forbes
June 23, 2022
Microsoft's Viva Sales aims to eliminate CRM data siloes for salespeople. The companion app integrates with Microsoft solutions and will support third-party CRM suites.

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Tags: Cloud, Mobility, CRM

The Data and Culture Transformation Imperative
linkedin
May 06, 2022
In 2022, every IT leader Lopez Research speaks with has embraced digital business concepts for at least part of their workloads. Today, these leaders understand that being digital isn't enough. We're moving beyond digital transformation to an environment where companies need to accelerate their ability put data its data into action. Companies also need insights to help them proactively support the business. I call this the digital acceleration era.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Sustainability

Tech Offerings Aim To Help Businesses Realize Sustainability Goals
LinkedIn
April 07, 2022
Over the past five years, it's become vogue for companies to sign up for aggressive climate change goals. There are some simple methods that companies have adopted to demonstrate progress, such as cutting back on travel, switching to virtual conferences, and allowing employees to participate in hybrid work. However, these shifts were driven more by the pandemic than robust sustainability plans.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Sustainability

Delivering the Right Retail Experience Requires an Edge Strategy That Connects to the Cloud
LinkedIn
April 06, 2022
It’s clear that market expectations have changed for retailers in the past several years. Many retail experiences can’t fulfill today’s changing customer expectations. Retailers must reimagine and evolve digital and in-person experiences to create what Lopez Research calls right-time experiences. An RTE delivers the right information to the right person at the right time. These experiences are contextual, learning, predictive and prescriptive. To enable new experiences, retailers need to create a distributed infrastructure that supports analytics from the edge to the cloud. The architecture must be high-performing, resilient, and scalable – even at the edge.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Retail

New Tech Offerings Aim To Help Businesses Realize Sustainability Goals
Forbes
February 15, 2022
Over the past five years, it's become vogue for companies to sign up for aggressive climate change goals. There are some simple methods that companies have adopted to demonstrate progress, such as cutting back on travel, switching to virtual conferences, and allowing employees to participate in hybrid work. However, these shifts were driven more by the pandemic than robust sustainability plans.

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Tags: Cloud, Mobility, Sustainability

NVIDIA Broadens Focus On Women In STEM At GTC
Forbes
October 25, 2021
Diversity and inclusion strategies remain a hot topic in board rooms across the globe. Over the past several years, technology companies have been heavily criticized for the low representation of women and minorities in technical and leadership roles. Many of these companies have since created hiring metrics and programs to recruit new talent. However, this isn’t a problem that can be fixed overnight. While women comprise nearly half the workforce, they hold only 28% of the jobs in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), according to the National Girls Collaborative Project.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Diversity and Inclusion

Re:connection - Creating a world of opportunities with video
LinkedIn
July 21, 2021
The emergence of touch interfaces in a smartphone was a breakthrough that took mobile computing to the next level. Today, we’re experiencing another breakthrough with the near-ubiquitous availability and adoption of video. Whether it’s TikTok to share a personal experience or your favorite video collaboration tool at the office, people engage with each other in new and highly visual ways.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Dell Bets On APEX As-A-Service Model To Drive Growth
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May 12, 2021
Dell Technologies shared its progress in delivering APEX, a set of private, hybrid cloud, and as-a-service solutions from Dell. The services will compete with hyperscalers and HPE.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Taking Touchless Interactions To The Next Level With Millimeter Wave
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May 11, 2021
Organizations across the globe are enabling touchless solutions with a wide range of existing radio technologies, such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Near Field Communications NFC and Bluetooth, to fulfill the need for touchless solutions.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Customer Stories Showcase Traction For Microsoft’s Business Apps Division
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May 10, 2021
Part of this success reflects a multi-year journey where Microsoft embarked on integrating its business applications into a more comprehensive suite and adding extensions to Teams and the Power Platform.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Apple’s Enterprise Push Bears Fruit
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April 29, 2021
Companies must update devices to support new workflows such as contactless delivery, richer collaboration and instant access to data through on-device analytics. Apple's working to capitalize on this need with new hardware and embedded security. The push is winning upgrades.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Cambium Networks Shares Why Now Is The Time For Wireless Broadband
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April 07, 2021
Organizations around the globe are updating networks to support changes in business operations. Cambium Networks shared why Wi-Fi6 and 5G will both play a role in feed broadband access.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Gelsinger Places $20B Bet And Upends Its Manufacturing Strategy To Return Intel To Growth
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March 23, 2021
Gelsinger shared bold vision for manufacturing. Intel's new IDM 2.0 combines Intel's internal factory network, third-party capacity and new Intel foundry services.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

How NVIDIA And VMware Aim To Make Enterprise AI Easier With Joint Solutions
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March 23, 2021
Companies need to spend more time creating new employee workflows, products and customer experiences to succeed in a highly competitive environment. The NVIDIA VMware collaboration supports this.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Four Ways Honeywell Used IoT Practices To Improve Vaccine Delivery
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March 09, 2021
Honeywell leveraged its IoT expertise to improve vaccine delivery by pulling together cameras, AI, mobile and a security platform. The results were impressive and it created a playbook with lessons learned from the experience.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Intel Shares Four PC Security Must-Haves To Support Distributed Work
Import from forbes.com
February 19, 2021
Distributed work requires companies to rethink security strategies. PCs provide the foundation of a company's security efforts but the security landscape has changed. Intel shares insights on what's needed to defend against modern attacks.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Honeywell Boosts AI Life Sciences Portfolio With $1.3 Billion Sparta Systems Buy
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December 22, 2020
Honeywell will buy Sparta Systems and integrate its products into Honeywell Forge to make it easier for life sciences manufacturers to gain critical insights from manufacturing and quality data.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Interviewing Poly on the Future of Work
Lopez Research
September 02, 2020
The future of the workplace dominates virtual board rooms across the globe. Every executive Lopez Research speaks with has plans to restructure physical workplaces and digital remote work scenarios. These new hybrid workplace strategies reimagine three categories of work that include full-time remote work, full-time return to the office and nomadic work. A nomadic worker is an individual who spends a portion of their time at an office and a part of their time working remotely. Any of these workers will also be individuals that travel, work in coffee shops, or otherwise need connectivity to corporate services on the go.

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Tags: Future of Work, COVID19

3 Ideas For Rethinking Leadership In 2020
Lopez Research
September 01, 2020
Given the turmoil of the past several months, it’s clear that we’re entering a new era in our history. Organizations have the opportunity to refresh their company’s mission, products and practices during this transition. What should we be doing and whom will we look to for leadership during these times? Several technology leaders come to mind. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella inspires us with a mission “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We strive to create local opportunity, growth, and impact in every country around the world.”

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Tags: Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion

The Rise Of Hybrid Work Leads To Dell’s New Hybrid Computing Client
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August 31, 2020
With COVID-19 forcing a massive transition to the cloud, organizations across the globe are reevaluating how to deploy and deliver applications to support new ways of working. Dell offers a new hybrid client solution.

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Tags: Cloud, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

IBM’s Customers Show Us Why It’s Important To Build A Quantum Computing Strategy Today
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August 29, 2020
While it's early days in quantum computing, IBM's customer use cases showcase how businesses are looking to the nascent technology to solve real-world problems.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Navigating Through The Pandemic To Hybrid Work: An Interview With Poly’s Tom Puorro
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August 19, 2020
Tom Puorro, executive vice president and general manager of products at Poly, shares his company's take on technology requirements for a new hybrid workspace.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

IBM Fights Back In Cloud Wars With Specialty Clouds, Highlights Enterprise Wins
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August 12, 2020
IBM's not down and out in the cloud wars just yet. In the last few weeks, big blue showed how it's fighting the battle with AWS using specialty clouds and services.

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Tags: Cloud, Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

HPE Bets Big On Software To Help It Win The Cloud Wars
Lopez Research
August 11, 2020
Digital transformation moved from buzz word to reality within a matter of months as companies responded to the COVID-19 crisis. Antonio Neri, CEO of HPE, speaking at the HPE Discover keynote said, “The future everyone talked about before the pandemic is now here, ahead of schedule.” He went on to say the enterprise of the future will be edge-centric, cloud-enabled, and data-driven. Most importantly, Neri said we’re evolving from the Information Age to the Age of Insight. For this, HPE said it’s focused on building an edge to cloud platform that connects, protects, analyzes, and acts on data, whether it’s in the cloud or at a company’s site.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, COVID19

Samsung’s B2B Strategy Offers More Than Just A Pretty Display
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August 05, 2020
The Galaxy Note20 series aims to strike a balance between work and play Today at the virtual Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung launched Galaxy Note20 smartphones and the Tab S7 series tablets.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Amazon’s AWS And Vodafone Focuses On Unlocking Enterprise Opportunity With 5G And Edge Computing
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July 31, 2020
At the recent AWS Telco Symposium, Jennifer Didoni, Head of 5G Cloud and Services for Vodafone Business, addressed just this question in her speech titled in the right place at the right time – moving to the Edge.

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Tags: Cloud, Emerging Technology, 5G

Talend Bolsters Efforts To Help Companies Cross The Data Quality Chasm
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July 31, 2020
Data integrity issues cost companies millions in lost productivity, bad business decisions, and lost data revenue opportunities. Business strategies are useless without the right tools to improve data quality.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

How Ford Drives Business Agility With Design Thinking
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July 26, 2020
Ford infuses design thinking, through a group called D-Ford, across the entire organization to support both employee and consumer innovations.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Microsoft Showcases How Companies Are Using Technology To Thrive During A Pandemic
Lopez Research
July 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic forced companies of all sizes to shift business practices. Technology plays an increasingly important role as organizations enable remote work and contactless engagement. Microsoft showcased many examples of how companies were transforming their business at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit. Alysa Taylor, Corporate Vice President Microsoft Business Applications & Global Industry, launched her keynote with a discussion of how the world and Microsoft have changed. “This is a whole new era for us. Historically, big transformation initiatives that would happen over the years have condensed out of necessity to weeks or even in days.”

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Tags: Digital Transformation, ERP, CRM, COVID19

Leadership In A Post-Pandemic World Requires More Than Supporting Remote Work
Import from forbes.com
July 10, 2020
Organizations have the opportunity to refresh their company's mission, products and practices during this transition. Responsible use of technology is a key part of this transition.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

HPE Bets On Ezmeral To Help It Win The Cloud Wars
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July 08, 2020
HPE upped its game in the cloud computing wars by adding new cloud-native capabilities and a software stack called Exmeral

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Tags: Cloud, Customer Experience, Emerging Technology

NVIDIA Aims To Change The Computing World With New A100 Line
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June 09, 2020
NVIDIA's A100 and EGX platforms change the scale and internetworking of data center computing. The GPU changes the game in AI processing because it can do both inference in training on one chip.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Data Center

Shifting From Remote-Lite To Remote Right, Businesses Must Prepare For A Post COVID-19 World
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May 14, 2020
As flexible work locations become part of our permanent new normal, businesses will evolve their current practices to deliver "remote right" strategies that provide policies and technology to support securely working anywhere.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Evaluating Apple’s Services Strategy Ahead Of The Apple Watch 5 Release
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September 07, 2019
Apple is set to launch a new smartwatch and other product​ enhancements in September. Yet hardware innovation is only half the battle. Apple must win at a services strategy to grow.

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Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

1 Book
Right-Time Experiences: Driving Revenue with Mobile and Big Data
Amazon
October 06, 2014
Grasp how mobile, big data, and analytics are combining to change business processes
Right Experience, Right Results: Improving Profits, Margin, and Engagement with Mobile and Big Data illustrates how businesses can use mobility, big data, and analytics to enhance or change business processes, improve margins through better insight, transform customer experiences, empower employees with real-time, actionable insight, and more. The book depicts how companies can create competitive differentiation using mobile, cloud computing big data, and analytics to improve commerce, customer service, and communications with employees and consumers.

In the past, the technologies used to deliver personalized and contextual services were either unavailable, unaffordable, or reserved solely for the consumer market. Today, however, the next wave of computing—mobile, cloud computing. big data, and analytics—has provided the foundation for businesses to create adaptive, personalized applications and services. Delivered point-of-need, these smarter services allow enterprise products and services to meet the burgeoning demand for always-connected, accurate, and real-time information. Right Experience, Right Results: Improving Profits, Margin, and Engagement with Mobile and Big Data is your guide to the new way of doing things. The book includes:

Real world examples that illustrate how companies across various industries are creating better business processes by integrating new technologies
A three step action plan for getting started and overcoming obstacles
An electronic checklist with numerous actions that help get you up and running with incorporating mobile, big data, and analytics
A guide to drawing insight from mobile, social, and other sources to create richer experiences
If you're a CEO, chief marketing officer, marketing director, or business manager, Right Experience, Right Results gives you everything you need to harness technology to breathe new life into your business.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Mobility

1 Founder
Lopez Research
Lopez Research
February 01, 2008
Lopez Research tracks trends for a wide range of technology topics including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, connected devices and A.I. Our clients range from start-ups to global firms, including 10 of the Fortune 30.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, Mobility

1 Influencer Award
Who’s Who in IIoT?
Onalytica
September 15, 2020
These Who’s Who lists are created using the Onalytica platform which has a curated database of over 1 million influencers. Our platform allows you to discover, validate and categorise influencers quickly and easily via keyword searches. The lists are made using carefully created Boolean queries which then rank influencers by resonance, relevance, reach and reference, meaning influencers are not only ranked by themselves, but also by how much other influencers are referring to them. The lists are then validated, and filters are used to split the influencers up into the categories that are seen in the list.

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Tags: IoT, Leadership

7 Media Interviews
Interact at Your Digital Edge
Equinix
November 02, 2022
Become demand driven. This session will discuss how building a digital presence alone is not enough to compete. Discover how they bridged the virtual and physical world by establishing a secure edge presence to build business relevant insights and transform the user experience - where business happens.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Let's Talk Shop with Maribel Lopez | All About Edge Computing
YouTube
October 11, 2022
An exciting episode with a fellow analyst and researcher. Maribel is the "queen" of the edge! a can't miss episode. We discussed all things edge computing and even had some fun with the Metaverse. From theoretical to practical applications of the edge, this episode is packed with insights and real world information.

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Tags: AI, Quantum Computing, Metaverse

Apple Unveils New Watches, iPhones, and Airpods
Bloomberg Technology
September 07, 2022
Emily Chang speaks with Lopez Research's Maribel Lopez about new consumer products and features from Apple's iPhone 14 event.

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Tags: IoT, Mobility, 5G

What Cybersecurity Lessons Were Learned in 2021? Maribel Lopez Looks Back with Us | Intel Business
YouTube
January 07, 2022
What were the biggest cybersecurity topics of the past year? What can we learn from them? In this episode of Cyber Security Inside, Camille and Tom get into the biggest cybersecurity topics of the past year with Maribel Lopez, Founder and Principal Analyst at Lopez Research. You’ll learn about: The large scale attacks on infrastructure this year on a wide range of companies. Where the attacks were occurring to have the biggest impact on systems. The development of artificial intelligence and how far along we are in that area. Ways to convince companies and decision makers to focus on cybersecurity. And more! Check it out.

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Tags: Cybersecurity, Digital Disruption, Future of Work

Faster to the Future Episode 2: Pat Gelsinger with Maribel Lopez
Soundcloud
October 15, 2020
In episode 2 of the Faster to the Future podcast, industry analyst Maribel Lopez joins VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. They discuss the business, culture and digital transformation needed to support the massive shift to remote work brought on by the pandemic.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption, Future of Work

IPhone 12 to Create a Good Quarter for Apple: Analyst
Bloomberg
October 13, 2020
Maribel Lopez, founder and analyst of Lopez Research, talks about Apple Inc.'s latest range of iPhones that support 5G. At a virtual event, the company showed off the iPhone 12 in black, red, blue, green and white with a 6.1-inch screen. It starts at $799. A smaller version, the iPhone 12 mini, costs $699. The phones use aluminum sides. There’s also an iPhone 12 Pro, starting at $999 and a iPhone 12 Pro Max that costs at least $1,099, both with stainless steel edges. Lopez speaks on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Tags: Analytics, Marketing, 5G

Key Elements of Cyber Security You Can't Ignore
Cyber security Inside
September 10, 2020
Tom: In today's podcast we're going to explore the key elements of cyber security that you just can't ignore. And for that topic, we've got a guest I'm really excited about: Maribel Lopez. She is a founder and Principal Analyst at Lopez Research focused on digital transformation. Maribel Lopez founded the Emerging Technology Research Council, which is a community of business and technical leaders in Fortune 1000 companies focused on driving innovation and business value with mobile and other emerging technologies.

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Tags: Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

80 Podcasts
25. Greg Jones, CTO of Kajeet Discusses Smart IoT Connectivity
Apple Podcasts
January 03, 2023
Greg Jones has Global experience as a Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Data Officer spanning more than 30 years in the technology. Extensive experience in Mobile Communications, Heathcare, Education, and Management Consulting. He has led startups through Strategic Sale/IPO, as well as managed global teams of nearly 1000 people in major corporations. Expertise in product management, technology innovation, agile development, SaaS, AI/Machine learning, and Cloud Computing.

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Tags: Innovation, Quantum Computing

23. Wendy's Restaurants on Designing the New Customer Experience With AI and Cloud Computing
Apple Podcasts
December 21, 2022
Wendy's CIO shares his thoughts on building a next generation customer experience, and designing with cross-functional teams. Vaconi shares how cloud computing, mobility and AI provide the technical foundation for delivering on new business opportunity.

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Tags: AI

S2. #26 Three Requirements for a Successful Workplace with Accenture's Christie Smith
Apple Podcasts
December 13, 2022
In this podcast with Accenture's Christie Smith, we discuss the organizational learnings from the company's recent book Radically Human and the changes in required to successfully navigate the future of work.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

22. A Conversation on Digital Inclusion, AI and the Future of Work with Christie Smith Of Accenture
Apple Podcasts
December 13, 2022
In this podcast with Accenture's Christie Smith, we discuss the organizational learnings from the company's recent book Radically Human and the changes in required to successfully navigate the future of work.

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Tags: AI

24. Don Deloach of Rocket Wagon Venture Studios on Navigating Risk in IoT Implementations
Apple Podcasts
December 06, 2022
In this podcast, we discuss edge computing topics, such as cyber physical transformation, risk and advice for IoT implementations.

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Tags: Innovation, Quantum Computing

S2. #25 Balancing the Needs of Individuals and the Business with Jeremy Pollak
Apple Podcasts
December 01, 2022
In this podcast, Pollak shares thoughts on how to make hybrid work as effective as possible with frictionless employee experiences. We also discuss optimizing the office and maximizing real estate.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

23. Defining The Hybrid Edge Cloud With MIMIK Technology's Fay Arjomandi
Apple Podcasts
November 16, 2022
In this episode we speak with Fay Arjomandi the CEO and Founder of MIMIK Technology

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Tags: Innovation, Quantum Computing

21. Joe Burton of Telesign Shares How AI Protects Our Digital Identity
Apple Podcasts
November 16, 2022
In this podcast we discuss the intersection of digital identity, security and artificial intelligence.

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Tags: AI

20. Groq's Michelle Donnelly On How AI Enables New Computing Opportunities.
Apple Podcasts
November 02, 2022
In this podcast, I speak with Michelle Donnelly, the Chief Revenue Officer at Groq, about how advancements in AI accelerators are enabling companies to process workloads that were previously unimaginable.

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Tags: AI

S2. #24 Allison Dew On Designing the Future of Work and Marketing
Apple Podcasts
November 01, 2022
In this podcast, we discuss opportunities and challenges in managing a hybrid workplace.

Allison Dew is Chief Marketing Officer for Dell Technologies. In this role, Allison is directly responsible for the global marketing organization, strategy, and all aspects of Dell Technologies marketing efforts including brand and creative, product marketing, communications, digital, and field and channel marketing.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

22. Jeff Tennery of ALEF On Simplifying Private 5G and Edge API Platforms
Apple Podcasts
November 01, 2022
In tis episode, we interview Jeff Tennery, the COO of Alef. Prior to joining Alef, Jeff founded leading freelance platform company Moonlighting, which was acquired in January 2021 by CareerGig. Founded in 2014, and backed by the largest US media companies, the Moonlighting platform supported over 860,000+ freelancers and generated over $50M in annual gig revenues. Jeff has over 30 years of senior executive leadership roles at Verizon, AT&T and Millennial Media. Over the past decade, Jeff has achieved notable success in the mobile application economy, serving in advisory and EIR roles to venture capital firms, as well as start-up companies in mobile video, mCommerce, mobile location data, mobile gaming, blockchain and media.

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Tags: Innovation, Quantum Computing

S2. #23. Kristyn Emenecker of Playvox on Improving Employee Engagement
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October 25, 2022
 Kristyn Emenecker is Playvox’s Chief Product & Strategy Officer.Kristyn’s role at Playvox is to lead product strategy and to create innovative and modern solutions that deliver increased, differentiated value to customers. Playvox is a contact center provider, serving more than 300 all-dig

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Tags: Analytics, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

21. How the Edge Changes Gaming With William Bell of PhoenixNap
Apple Podcasts
October 18, 2022
In this podcast with speak with William Bell, the Executive Vice President of PhoneixNap, on the many ways edge changes performance in numerous industries.

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Tags: Innovation, Leadership, Quantum Computing

S2 #22 Fostering An Inclusive Culture in Remote and Hybrid Work with TXI's Gayle Silverman
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October 18, 2022
Gayle Silverman is the Principal, Product Delivery Lead at TXI, a product innovation firm that delivers engaging experiences and custom software. Within the healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and education sectors, TXI partners with clients from startups to Fortune 100s to fuel growth by giving user

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Tags: Analytics, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

19. Sharon Mandell, CIO of Juniper, on How Companies Are Using AI in Networking.
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October 18, 2022
In this podcast, Sharon Mandell describes how AI helps her team at Juniper and Juniper Networks'  IT customers to deliver better experiences.  Links to information discussed in the podcast. 2022 Juniper Networks AI Report: https://juni.pr/3CyRdyuAssessing AI Security Risk: https://www.microso

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

S2. #21 Dustin DeVries of Caffeine Interactive Technologies on Distributed Management
Apple Podcasts
October 11, 2022
He is the Co-Founder of Caffeine Interactive Technologies, an agency that focuses on planning strategies and architecture, ensuring that software implementations are straightforward based on clear ways to measure success. He enjoys working with clients to build the right technology, whether it's a multi-tiered mobile app built with React and Laravel or a simple website based on WordPress. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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Tags: AI, Cloud, Leadership

S2 #20 Peter Scott on How AI Impacts Our Jobs and Lives
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October 04, 2022
AI impacts our jobs and our lives. I asked Peter Scott to share his thoughts on the challenges  and opportunities for AI.  Peter Scott (AI leader and author of Artificial Intelligence and You) is an expert on all things AI, Peter Scott is on a mission to help us to get along with artificial intell

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Tags: Analytics, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

18. Peter Scott On Challenges and Opportunities with AI
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October 04, 2022
Peter Scott (AI leader and author of Artificial Intelligence and You) is an expert on all things AI, Peter Scott is on a mission to help us to get along with artificial intelligence. He has given TEDx talks, spoken to audiences as diverse as transformational leaders, executives, and British parliame

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Future of Work

S2 #19 Logitech's Scott Wharton on Improving Collaboration and the Workplace
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September 07, 2022
Scott Wharton  is the VP and General Manager, Video Collaboration Group at Logitech. Since joining Logitech in 2015, Scott has led the Video Collaboration division from a small player to the market leader, now one of the company’s largest and fastest-growing businesses. In this episode,  we disc

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S2 #18. Maribel Lopez Shares Her #1 Productivity Tip For the Year
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August 31, 2022
I've tried many things but meeting free days provide the focused time to take certain projects to the next level and create more structure in your week. Give it a try and let me know what you think at podcast@lopezresearch.com. Also what topics would you like to hear more about on the podcast?Y

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17. Tracy Frey of Uncommon Impact Ventures on Creating Diversity In Startup Funding
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August 31, 2022
Tracy Pizzo Frey is the Founding Partner, Uncommon Impact Ventures. Founder, Restorative AI. She was a one time dancer, teacher, forest explorer, Googler and is currently a mom. Uncommon Impact Ventures invests in technology solutions led by founders who share our values to create products, equity,

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S2# 17 The Power of Employee Engagement With WeSpire's Susan Hunt Stevens
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July 13, 2022
In this episode, I ask Susan Hunt Stevens, the founder and CEO of WeSpire, to discuss the methods and tools to  tackle opportunities  such as ESG, DEI and employee engagement.  About SusanSusan Hunt Stevens is the Founder & CEO of WeSpire,, an award-winning employee experience technology tha

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Making Accounting Better With AI: An Interview With Vic.ai CEO
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July 12, 2022
Alex Hagerup, the CEO of Vic.ai, shares the difference between using AI for  automation versus autonomy in accounting. About Alex:Alexander is a serial tech entrepreneur with a strong passion for artificial intelligence. Prior to launching Vic.ai, he founded two other technology companies; his las

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S2 #16. Using AI Automation to Improve Work: An Interview with NTT's Anisha Biggers
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June 29, 2022
AI Automation is a hot topic in enterprise IT circles but getting it right requires more than a set of Robotic Process Automation tools. In this podcast, I speak with Anisha Biggers from NTT DATA Services on the how and why of automation.  We discuss topics such as return on value versus return on

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15. IBM Research Fellow Dr. Michael Factor Discusses Hybrid Data Fabric
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June 29, 2022
There are numerous challenges to working with distributed data. How do we secure, analyze and govern data in a hybrid cloud world? In this podcast, Michael Factor from IBM Research describes what a hybrid data fabric is and how it helps companies gain value from data in distributed locations. Michae

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14. Ade Adewunmi of Cloudera Fast Forward Labs Defines MLOPs and Why It Matters
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June 21, 2022
Machine Learning Operations (MLOps or ML Ops) is a set of practices that aims to deploy and maintain machine learning models in production reliably and efficiently, as defined in various publications.  In this podcast we take on the topic of  MLOPs. What is it and is it like DevOps for AI?  Turns

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S2 #15 Paula Ratliff of Women Impact Tech Speaks on How Hybrid Word Can Benefit The Workplace
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June 14, 2022
The future of the workplace looks different in a post COVID world. In this podcast, we discuss a changes in the workplace and how to to build a new culture with Paula Ratliff. She  is the President of Women Impact Tech where she leads strategic direction and daily operations. Paula has spent the pa

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13. Merve Unevar of IBM Research on How AI Helps Automation, Data Integration and Digital Transformation
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June 14, 2022
In this podcast, Merve Unuvar, the  Director of AI Platforms and Automation team in IBM Research AI, talks  about automation trends including AI-enabled low code automation, API management, and how to deal with unstructured data. About MerveMerve Unuvar is leading the global research strategy for

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S2 #14. The Evolution of Hiring and Gig Work in a Distributed Workplace with PeopleCaddie's Tim Rowley
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June 01, 2022
In this episode, we talk about the changes in hiring such as how do we find and assess talent. Is is 9-5 a thing and is there a better way to find contract labor. We also touch on AI and diversity and inclusion. BioTim Rowley is CTO and COO at PeopleCaddie, a digital talent marketplace focused exclu

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12. Lacework's Chris Pedigo On Securing The Cloud and Machine Learning
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May 31, 2022
Machine learning and cybersecurity are tied at the hip. In this podcast, Chris Pedigo, the Go-to-market CTO for Lacework, discusses key trends, common misconceptions and advice for navigating a rapidly evolving security market. You can follow Chris at https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispedigo/ You can

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#11. What's Next In Natural Language Processing and How Does It Help Business With IBM's Shila Ofek_Kiofman
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May 24, 2022
Natural Language Processing in AI isn't a new field, but it's  advanced rapidly since 2019. Are we at the human-level of understanding  with NLP and what can be done today? Models trained on generic data sets often fail to retrieve the right information for businesses. Today, technology

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S2 #13 Creating an Edge Native Strategy: An Interview With Intel's Sachin Katti
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May 17, 2022
At Intel's VISION conference, Maribel Lopez interviewed Sachin Katti, the Chief Technology Officer for Intel’s Network and Edge Group, about the shifts he sees in embracing a distributed future of work.  As a CTO he is  tasked with setting the technology direction for Intel’s division foc

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#10. Pensa Systems on Making Retail More Efficient and Profitable WIth AI & Computer Vision
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May 17, 2022
How can computer vision and machine learning change retail? In this podcast, I interview Richard Schwartz of Pensa Systems. The company offers an automated retail shelf intelligence solution that uses patented computer vision and artificial intelligence to scan all products and categories within a 

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#9. How AR, VR and AI Help Individuals Overcome Fears With Afsana Akhter of Amelia Virtual Care
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May 12, 2022
In this podcast, I speak with Afsana Akhter about how Amelia Virtual care uses newer technology such as augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence  to help individuals overcome fears from their homes and at professional facilities. Her bio Afsana Akhter, CEO of Amelia Virtual Ca

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S2 #12 How Small Businesses Can Embrace Responsible Data: An Interview With Samuel Burmeister of Tall Books
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May 10, 2022
Sam is the owner of Tall Books, an Australian -based bookkeeping business. He is passionate about small business and the role he plays in assisting business owners to succeed. Sam is a member of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers & the Institute of Public Accountants. When he’s not working

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S2 #11. How to Improve Return to Office and Hybrid Workplaces With Larry Gadea of Envoy
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May 03, 2022
Creating a hybrid work or distributed work  isn't easy.  It requires many decisions on who can work remotely, how to decide which days are in the office and how to create an office environment that's worth a commute. Larry Gadea of Envoy shares insights on how to navigate the challenges

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#8. Tips on Building an AI Automation Strategy From NTT DATA Services' Anisha Biggers
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May 03, 2022
AI Automation is a hot topic in enterprise IT circles but getting it right requires more than a set of Robotic Process Automation tools. In this podcast, I speak with Anisha Biggers from NTT DATA Services on the how and why of automation.  We discuss topics such as return on value versus return on

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#7. Don White of Satisfi Labs Shares Why Your AI Assistants Need A Specific Purpose
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April 21, 2022
Whether it's the virtual assistant on your phone, a chatbot in your mobile banking app or on a website, we've all experienced the good and the bad of virtual agents.  Everytime there's a negative experience we blame the technology.  Yet conversational AI interfaces have reinvented t

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S2 #10 Satisfi Labs On Opportunities for AI Assistants, Why They Won't Replace People and Voice In The MetaVerse
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April 19, 2022
 Whether it's the virtual assistant on your phone, a chatbot in your mobile banking app or on a website, we've all experienced the good and the bad of virtual agents.  Everytime there's a negative experience we blame the technology.  Yet conversational AI interfaces have reinvented

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#6. Dr. Mona G. Flores Of NVIDIA Defines Federated Learning and Shares How It's Being Using In Healthcare Today
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April 05, 2022
In this episode, Dr Flores shares the opportunities for AI and federated learning . She discusses examples in healthcare including, Gatortron, the largest clinical language model.About Dr Flores.Mona G. Flores, M.D. - Global Head of Medical AI at NVIDIADr. Mona G. Flores is the global head of medica

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S2 #9 Tips For Improving Distributed Work with Alfredo Ramirez of Vyopta
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April 04, 2022
In this podcast, I interview Alfredo Ramirez, the CEO and co-founder of Vyopta. In this podcast, he tackles the challenges of creating culture for distributed work, the need to evolve current thinking and the role of AI in delivering business value. He also dispels some common management misconcepti

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S2 #8 Using Desktop-as-a-Service To Support a Flexible Future of Work With Citrix's Vishal Ganeriwala
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March 29, 2022
With the pandemic,  companies reevaluated VDI and the market evolved to a new landscape of DaaS. In this podcast, Vishal Ganeriwala talks about how DaaS has evolved into several models and how various organizations are using it to create business value. You can subscribe to the podcast, the newslet

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#5 Heidi Williams on NLP, AI and inclusivity
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March 29, 2022
Heidi Williams of Grammarly shares thoughts on the differences between building a Grammarly for consumers versus businesses. She also shares how the company approached creating inclusivity in AI. Heidi’s Past podcast interviews:  How to Handle Hypergrowth w/ Grammarly's Heidi WilliamsShort B

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#4 Four Tips for Creating Better AI and ML with Maribel Lopez
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March 24, 2022
In this episode, Maribel Lopez of Lopez Research shares her thoughts on four components required to create better AI strategies. You can find an article I wrote about  this at  https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/transformation/4-tasks-to-ensure-your-companys-ai-is-ethicalYou can find links to th

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S2 #7 Cloudera's Sarah Shin on Changing Expectations in Hybrid Work
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March 22, 2022
Sarah Shin shares how changing employee expectations on Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG),  AI and DEI are changing work with insights from Cloudera's new studLimitless: The Positive Power of AI study. You can subscribe to the podcast, the newsletter  and view additional c

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S2 #6 Matt Fairhurst the CEO of Skedulo Talks Trends in Supporting the Deskless Worker.
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March 15, 2022
The future of work must support deskless workers at the office and in the field. In this podcast, Matt Fairhurst, the CEO of Skedulo discusses the importance of this segment and shares trends.You can subscribe to the podcast and view additional content at https://reimaginehybridwork.comSocial links

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S2 #5 Genefa Murphy of Five9 on How Better Employee Experiences Leads to Better CX
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March 08, 2022
 Genefa Murphy, the CMO of Five 9, shares statistics and insight on how employee experience (EX) and customer experience  (CX) are intrinsically linked. We also discuss how distributed  work changed the contact center and how AI and automation will improve both EX and CX. More information about h

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#3. Alice Xiang of Sony AI on the Importance of AI Ethics in Machine Learning
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March 08, 2022
Alice Xiang is  the Head of AI Ethics Office the AI Ethics Office in Sony Group Corporation, and also leads the AI Ethics Research Flagship in Sony AI. She joined Sony AI after working as the Head of Fairness, Transparency, and Accountability Research at the Partnership on AI. A lawyer and statisti

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#2 Navigating the New World of Big Data With Hillary Ashton of Teradata
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March 08, 2022
Hillary Ashton is the Chief Product Officer for Teradata. She leads the global products organization, a diverse team responsible for innovation, product management, engineering and quality.  Recently she's focused on Teradata's the hybrid multi-cloud platform.  In 2019 she was named to t

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#1 Dr. Carlotta Berry on Reducing Bias in Robotics and STEM
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March 07, 2022
Dr. Carlotta A. Berry  is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She is also the 2021-2024 Dr. Lawrence J. Giacoletto Endowed Chair for Electrical and Computer Engineering.Her research interests are in robotics education, interfa

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S2 #4 Creating Engagement With David Meerman Scott
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February 28, 2022
How do you create a long standing business? You turn employees and customers into fans. In this podcast, David Meerman Scott shares thoughts on creating fans, the dangers of Facebook and updates to the 8th edition of his book the New Rules of Marketing and PR. You can find out more about David at ht

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S2 #3 Marketing Edition RHW: Niki Hall from Contentsquare Talks About Customer Obsession.
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February 21, 2022
Marketing continues to be a key strategic element of any business plan. In this episode, we talk about several strategies for improving engagement with Contentsquare's CMO, Niki Hall. You can follow her on Twitter at @NikiHalland LinkedIn at  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikizhall/Follow me on

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S2 #2 Daniel Newman of Futurum Research Talks About Hybrid Work and the Metaverse Reality
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February 14, 2022
Daniel Newman, Futurum Research founder and principal analyst shares insights on hybrid work, culture and the metaverse. You can follow him on twitter at @danielnewmanUVand LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellouisnewman/Follow me on Twitter at @MaribelLopez and https://www.linkedin.com/in

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S2 #1 Marketing Edition of RHW: Amisha Gandhi of Tipalti share strategies for driving engagement.
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January 14, 2022
In this episode, Amisha Gandhi (@AmishaGandhi) the SVP Marketing at Tipalti (@Tipalti) discusses the power of connection and community versus just getting a sale. What are some of the strategies for driving engagement? Listen for more Follow her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amishagandhi/ Follow me

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Marketing Edition of RHW: Amisha Gandhi of Tipalti share strategies for driving engagement.
Apple Podcasts
January 14, 2022
In this episode, Amisha Gandhi (@AmishaGandhi) the SVP Marketing at Tipalti (@Tipalti) discusses the power of connection and community versus just getting a sale. What are some of the strategies for driving engagement? Listen for more Follow her at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amishagandhi/ Follow me at @MaribelLopez & https://www.linkedin.com/in/maribellopez/ Also don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast.

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Verint's Celia Fleischaker
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November 16, 2021
Maribel speaks with on Celia Fleischaker, the Chief Marketing Officer of Verint on creating winning customer experiences and employee engagement. You can follow her at: Celia’s Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/celiafleischaker/Celia’s Twitter: @cfleischakerURL: https://www.ve

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Microsoft's Jared Spataro Shares A Vision For Modern Work
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November 04, 2021
Jared Spataro, Microsoft's CVP of Modern Work, shares insights from the Work Index Research study and opportunities for creating a better hybrid work envrionment. You can follow Jared at @jared_spataro and follow him on LinkedIN at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredspa/

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What is the AND Economy and How Does Foldable Tech Fit In? An Interview with Samsung's John Curtis
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October 08, 2021
John Curtis from Samsung Electronics America shares how companies need to embrace hybrid work and how mobile technology supports this. He recently wrote a blog that you can read here. https://insights.samsung.com/author/john-curtis/ You can follow him and the company here. Twitter ht

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Neil Miller on the 5 Elements of Digital Workspace
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September 30, 2021
Everyone needs a digital strategy. In this podcast, Neil Miller of theDigitalWorkplace.com shares his thoughts on the five elements your company must master to support hybrid work. Please subscribe to the podcast and follow me at: http://twitter.com/MaribelLopezhttps://www.linkedin.

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How Experience-First Networking Helps IT Deliver Hybrid Work: An Interview With Juniper Networks Jeff Aaron
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September 24, 2021
In this episode, we address what is experience-first networking and how does it create the right foundation for improving business. You can follow Jeff here: https://twitter.com/jeffreysaaron/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-aaron-3aa0112/You can follow me at https://www.linkedi

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Redefining How Video Can Change Management and Meetings: An Interview with Qumu's TJ Kennedy
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September 16, 2021
We've all participate in more video conferences this year but how do we make video work better. In this session, we discuss how to use video to streamline meetings, create culture, and show up as our authentic self. It's time to rethink video. You can follow and reach TJ h

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Employee Experience, empathy and the new world of hybrid work: An interview with Citrix's Chris Voce
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September 09, 2021
It's easy to say we'll change corporate culture but it's hard to do. Chris Voce, who is a Customer Engagement Strategist at Citrix shares some insights from a recent study on hybrid work. Link to the research that Mr. Voce discussed: https://www.citrix.com/fieldwork/e

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People strategies for hybrid work: A discussion with Unisys' President & COO Eric Hutto
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September 02, 2021
Many businesses are testing the waters with back to the office policies. In this episode, Eric Hutto from @unisyscorp discuss what matters for the future of work. You can follow me at @MaribelLopez . You can follow Eric onTwitter: https://twitter.com/erichutto and LinkedIn: https://

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AI Edition: Shifting focus from data-driven to outcome driven with Kirk D. Bourne
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July 22, 2021
In this interview I spoke with Kirk D. Borne. At the time of the interview Kirk worked at Booz Allen but he's now the Chief Science Officer at DataPrime Inc.. In this episode we discuss how companies should think differently about AI. Too many companies focus on data versus outc

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How will video continue to change the workplace? An interview with Michael Litt, the CEO of Vidyard
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July 15, 2021
It's no surprise that video adoption has changed the way we work. However, change is constant. In this discussion, Michael Litt, the CEO of Vidyard, shares thoughts on what companies should be thinking about as it relates to using video. Company Twitter: @vidyardCompany LinkedI

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Healthy Buildings Part 2: An Interview Rachel Ellerman of Johnson Controls
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July 01, 2021
Leaders are reimagine what in office work should be in 2021 and beyond. In this podcast, I asked Rachel Ellerman, Digital Solutions Product Manager at Johnson Controls, to share her insight on the future of healthy buildings.

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Navigating The Challenges Of Hybrid Work. A Discussion With Cisco's Jeetu Patel
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June 17, 2021
Cisco's Jeetu Patel talks about the new hybrid work culture and how to use #technology to support it. You can follow Jeetu on Twitter at @jpatel41 and Maribel at @MaribelLopez

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What's Happening In Tech? Maribel Lopez Speaks With Zeus Kerravala of ZK Research
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June 03, 2021
May is a big month for technology conferences. In this episode, Zeus Kerravala shares his thoughts on what were some of the highlights from major technology vendors. You can follow him at @Zkerravala on Twitter & https://www.linkedin.com/in/zkerravala/ Follow Maribel https://tw

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Healthy Buildings Are The Future of Work: An Interview with Delos' CEO Paul Scialla,
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May 13, 2021
The future of hybrid work puts wellness at the forefront. But what does it take for the real estate industry and facilities managers to support wellness? In this episode, I interviewed Paul Scialla, the founder and CEO of Delos and founder of the International Well Building Institute

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Honeywell's Tamara Adams Shares Insights On The New World Of Connected Buildings
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May 07, 2021
Smart buildings isn't a new concept but companies are rethinking building functionality as employees return to the office. In this episode, Tamara Adams, VP of Global Sales & Marketing at Honeywell Connected Enterprise shares her insights on what's hot in smart building

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Bill Baver from NTT shares smart city concepts and insights that can be applied to a hybrid work world
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April 28, 2021
This was one of the first podcasts I recorded. While one might not associate smart cities with hybrid work, these solutions showcases how the Internet of Things and data management can create new workplace experiences. Imagine how these solutions can be used in creating the office of

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AI Edition Google's Tracy Frey: Creating Responsible AI.
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March 31, 2021
AI changes how companies process data but how do we create AI that responsible? Every organization needs to build an AI ethics into their machine learning pipeline. This podcast talks about what responsible AI means. Follow Tracy at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-frey Follow me o

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107: Let's Talk About Cloud Computing With Jo Peterson of Clarify360 & Bobby Allen of Turbonomics
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March 24, 2021
What's happening in cloud computing today and how is it changing? Two experts, Jo Peterson and Bobby Allen, share practical insights on building a cloud strategy. Listen to this to make sure that you're controlling your cloud journey. You can learn more about Jo Petersen

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A discussion on creating intelligent workplaces with HPE Aruba's Alan Ni
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March 16, 2021
Alan Ni discusses creating intelligent buildings and supporting remote work.

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Talend CEO Christal Bemont challenges us to reimagine what is innovation and corporate culture.
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March 15, 2021
This podcast focuses on the leadership aspects of a post COVID distributed work world. Bemont covers everything from the need for every organization to become a digital data-driven company to creating culture in a hybrid work world.

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AI Edition of Reimagine Hybrid Work with IBM's Lisa Amini
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March 03, 2021
AI is moving fast. Maribel speaks with one of IBM's premier researchers, Lisa Amini, to discuss her research and trends in the AI field. A key takeaway is that tools for automation and simplifying AI are on the horizon.

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Digital Transformation: HP Inc’s Anneliese Olson speaks on changing business practices for a shifting workplace
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March 03, 2021
COVID-19 taught us that markets can change overnight. For this episode, Olson and I discussed how enterprise business practices changed during the pandemic, how HP Inc. pivoted to support new needs, and what it takes to build a corporate culture in a distributed work world. You can l

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Episode 102: Poly's Tom Puorro Shares On How Collaboration and The Workplace Will Change In A Post- Pandemic Work
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March 03, 2021
EVP Products Tom Puorro talks about the changing technology expectations, collaboration requirements and new return to office workplace trends.

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Blake McConnell of ServiceNow Discusses Creating a Safe Workplace & the Importance of Employee Communication
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March 02, 2021
Blake McConnell, ServiceNow's EVP of Products, shares insights and advice on how companies are navigating return to the office.

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Reimagine Hybrid Work
Apple Podcasts
March 02, 2021
The future of work is now hybrid work. Business and IT leaders are designing strategies to restructure physical workplaces and digital remote work scenarios. These new hybrid workplace strategies reimagine three categories of work that include full-time remote work, full-time return to the office and nomadic workers While the categories sound the same, the way organizations design their technology and work policies to support these scenarios changed in a post-COVID world. This podcast will help business and IT leaders understand trends, employee expectations and best practices for adopting technologies and services to support the hybrid work. Additionally, it will explore strategies for evolving a corporate culture to support distributed work, new hiring practices and employee management strategies. Target audience: IT and business executives that are designing workplace technology, corporate culture and employee benefit strategies to specifically support a hybrid workplace.

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2 Speaking Engagements
On the Quest to Unify Data and Analytics
Data Defined
September 23, 2020
There’s so much data being generated, yet much of it remains untapped. Getting in the way of that value are too many platforms, a lack of collaboration, and an abundance of siloes. Why is it so hard to deploy a unified data and analytics strategy?



Join us for another episode of Data Defined where we dive into the past, present, and future of unifying data and analytics strategy. Our panel of industry experts will dive into:

Challenges organizations face when converging enterprise products
Solutions to make an end-to-end strategy possible
Benefits of unifying data management and analytics

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Bringing the Power of the Data Center to IoT & Edge AI | VB Transform 2020
Venture Beat
July 27, 2020
Bringing the Power of the Data Center to IoT & Edge AI

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The Merge: Ethereum Upgrade Reshapes Crypto's Universe
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September 13, 2022

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Twitter Whistle-Blower Says Users Need to Be Protected
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September 13, 2022

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Melinda French Gates Says Gender Equality Has Stalled
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September 13, 2022

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'Bloomberg Technology' Full Show (09/12/2022)
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September 12, 2022

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Amazon's $13 Billion Bet on NFL
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September 12, 2022

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Sorare Teams Up with NBA for NFTs
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September 12, 2022

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'Bloomberg Technology' Full Show (09/09/2022)
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September 09, 2022

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How Streaming Will Change Sports
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September 09, 2022

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Robinhood Launches New Investor Index
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September 09, 2022

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PROOF CEO on Expansion, Future of NFTs (Video)
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September 09, 2022

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Amazon Makes $13 Billion Bet on NFL
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September 08, 2022

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Takeaways From Apple's IPhone Announcement
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September 08, 2022

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Bloomberg Technology Show 09/07/2022: Apple's New IPhone
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September 07, 2022

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1 Webinar
Evaluating Cloud Strategies in 2022 with Maribel Lopez, Jo Peterson and Craig Chvatal
YouTube
December 01, 2021
In this video, I interview Intel's Craig Chvatal and Clarify360's Jo Peterson on trends in cloud computing and hybrid cloud.

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