Strategy in TECH...
In what was a rapidly developing situation last week, California distributor Electronic Stockroom announced on Monday this week that it was closing its doors. Owner Glen O’Brien will refocus his energies on his sales representative company, Novidor & Firestorm. But Electronic Stockroom was also a founding member of the national distributor group, Catalyst AV.
What will Catalyst AV do now that the large California territory is without a member?
Seiko Epson Corp. will launch their own version of smart glasses in April, according to a report by the Japan Times. These glasses, called Moverio BT-200, run on Google’s Android operating system and allow users to watch movies and browse the Internet…all while walking around.
Japan’s public broadcaster, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) announced today that it has successfully completed the test of a long-range terrestrial broadcast of a high quality 8K video signal – a system that they call Super Hi-Vision. The news is seen as significant, as previous tests had only achieved reliable broadcasting over much shorter distances.
We wish you a safe, healthy, and prosperous 2014…Strata-gee.com, the Strata-gee SYNCH & The Stratecon Group.
Nuvo Technologies announced today that it has released an AMX-certified driver to integrate their Wireless Audio System into AMX automation systems. According to the company, the driver is available to be downloaded on the AMX dealer website now. [Read more…] about NuVo Launches Driver to Integrate Their Wireless Audio System into AMX Automation Systems
It was a very uncomfortable phone call. The caller? A longtime subscriber to Strata-gee.com’s newsletter, who is also a fairly well-known industry personality. He was passionate. He was adamant. He was fired-up. We had blown it – he told editor Ted Green – and in so doing, had called our very credibility into question.
Imagination is one of the last remaining legal means you have to gain an unfair advantage over your competition.
Pat Fallon, Fallon McElligott Rice
Today, we learned that Microsoft Corp. is acquiring Nokia Corp.’s mobile phone and services business in a deal valued at $7.2 billion. This news seemed to be a real surprise to many who have viewed Microsoft’s mobile efforts (i.e. Windows Phone) as weak at best. This news follows Google’s move in 2011 to acquire Motorola’s mobile hardware business. What’s this all about? Well at least in part, it shows that Steve Jobs was right all along…
