Rob Enderle

Microsoft is hell-bent on trying to change the world.  There is an old saying that if all you build is hammers, everything looks like a nail. But in this case, everything is a “nail,” because virtually anything that even tries to act automatically–and especially autonomously–defines what it can do with software. Archimedes said something to […]

I’m at Dell Technology World in Las Vegas this week, and one of the more interesting meetings I had was with one of its security firms, SecureWorks. Last week I was at BlackBerry’s analyst event, and it was interesting to contrast the two offerings. Cylance is a security company now owned by BlackBerry, and both […]

I’m at Dell Technologies World this week in Las Vegas. One of the most interesting things about the host company is that it went through an almost impossible effort to go private, and then it became public again. Both efforts were incredibly creative in an industry that mostly connects “creativity” with “illegality,” and for good […]

I was at BlackBerry’s analyst conference this week, and there were a number of things that kind of set me back on my heels. For instance, Bain & Co. indicated it manages its entire fleet of smartphones using BlackBerry’s technology and part of one technician–not a full tech, not a department of techs, just a […]

HP Inc. has the world’s leading security feature for personal computers at the moment. That was my conclusion based on this week’s announcement from the Innovation Summit in Barcelona (I was there) of updates to its market-leading Sure View and the announcement of Sure Sense. What makes HPI different from its peers is that it […]

Qualcomm made a major set of AI/5G announcements this week at a San Francisco media event, including the release of new smartphone processors with enhanced artificial intelligence potential and a server-based AI accelerator. But the most interesting thing that was said actually came at the end, when most folks appeared to have nodded off or […]

I’ve had a really annoying problem that just doesn’t want to go away: I’m talking about not being able to download my movies so I can simply watch them on a plane on my PC. I have this brand-new Dell XPS 13 laptop with a gorgeous OLED screen and a unique movie-playing application from Dell […]

I’m really not a fan of where Apple took the smartphone market when it created the second generation of the smartphone. If you think back, smartphones prior to the iPhone were focused on communication, making money and keeping the information secure.  BlackBerry, Palm, Nokia and Microsoft were all competing on which could do these things […]

I have a problem: I get bored really easily, which means I’m always with something that will keep me entertained.  Typically that is my Amazon Fire HD tablet, which is my go-to entertainment device. But I’m also a huge supporter of Indiegogo, where I often find new and amazing products that are cutting edge. My […]

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) was last month, and while I didn’t attend, I’ve been going through the various announcements and the advancements that Qualcomm announced regarding C-V2X and in car entertainment. This is the vehicle-to-everything technology that is designed to surround Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Automotive 4G and 5G efforts and enhance the cockpit offerings it […]

The IT industry has knocked the virtual reality movement backward five to 10 years from realizing true VR.  When a new technology comes to market, the best way to launch it is to start with an enterprise application and then cost-reduce it for the consumer market.  But we went backward by first targeting consumers with […]

SAN FRANCISCO–Occasionally, I run into a product that just has me sitting back wondering if I stepped into some kind of alternative universe.  One of the first products that gave me this impression was the old AS400 from IBM. It was kind of like if you took an Abrams Tank and created a server with […]