R. Randal Riebe
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Is 2017 the breakthrough year for artificial intelligence (AI)? If the activity level in the first six months of the year is any indicator, the response would be a resounding “yes.”

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Recurring revenue models continue to be on the rise in our industry, as well as others.

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Are your customers’ and prospects’ expectations vastly different than what they were just a few years ago?

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One of the largest drivers of business evolution in our industry today is the changing nature of vendor routes to market and its impact on channel programs.

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Although not really new, the Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the “trendy” technology topics right now.

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IPv6 has become a hot topic again with a variety of articles, blogs, and media coverage both inside and outside the AV industry.

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As the AV industry continues to migrate away from hardware-based infrastructure to software-based infrastructure components, what impact this will have on the AV integration reseller channel?

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Google has been getting a lot of media attention around its augmented reality (AR) internet-enabled glasses—Google Glass.

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What do Massachusetts General Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and University of Michigan Hospital all have in common?

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The future poses much opportunity specific to the AV industry.

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Joining some 400,000-plus other people, I recently finished reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

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Wow, it’s already the December issue of Systems Contractor News.

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Today’s business environment has dramatically changed in the past few years.

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As we look forward to 2011, you may want to give some thought to Albert Einstein’s quote, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
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