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I'm struck by the extent to which Apple and Tesla are executing a model very similar to IBM's. While IBM has evolved to put the customer at the center always, Apple and Tesla are nuanced in that respect, much like IBM was in the past. ...

Microsoft "likely has a number of large contracts with the government, and they are typically far more exposed if a government wants to go after them, so they tend to be far more cautious," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Apple and Google do not h...

I'm on the road about 50 percent of the time, and I'm often asked by those who don't travel much for advice on how to have a better trip -- what to carry with you, where to sit, how to manage frequent flier programs, and so forth. I figured I'd cover that now, given the kids are going back to school, and a lot of families are preparing to go on their last summer trip. ...

Security firms stimulate sales opportunities based on vulnerabilities. Reports such as the Eclypsium disclosures are sales vehicles, contended Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, and it is not unusual to see the results overstate the problems "In this instance...

"Data allows a podcaster to better hone their content and attract both advertisers and more listeners," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It is critical to building a podcasting business if you know how to use it," he told the E-Commerce Times. "You ca...

"If cash were best, Discover would be king, but they aren't, so it likely isn't," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I expect Apple may have to alter this in the future." On the other hand, the Apple fan base "has historically been willing to take an Ap...

Like many of you, I'm tired of being upset about mass shootings and the government's seeming lack of progress to end them. I'm particularly tired of the partisan bickering around talking points that have no basis in fact. The left wants this to be about guns. The right, fearing that this effort will reduce gun sales, wants to blame mental illness and video games.

Like many of you, I watched eight-plus hours of Democratic debates last week, and they seem to be getting worse over time. The last effort made it look like CNN was trying harder to create drama than to help people make a choice among the candidates. ...

The technology could help people "who have lost the ability to speak but still have cognitive capability that would allow understanding and the ability to form speech-related thoughts," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. However, training the algorithm...

Launching a new car company and getting it to global scale isn't something that happens often, and it has been a long time since there has been a successful launch of one in the United States. Tesla really stands alone as the only new U.S. car company of scale since American Motors and Studebaker failed decades ago, when three auto companies then dominated the U.S. industry. One of those car companies, Chrysler, first was owned by Mercedes and then Fiat. ...

The investigation "will put a microscope on big tech and it will empower those who focus on compliance, but without a decision framework, this is just likely to create confusion and reduce these firms' ability to execute short term," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

Shipping is the weak link in Square's offering, because "it introduces too much time and risk into the process," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "It's likely a step in the process to develop something that doesn't require shipping and provide the same...

Microsoft is all about collaboration and open source since Satya Nadella took the reins. He recognizes that AI is the latest and greatest arms race, observed Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "As a result, they are embracing Open AI to increase the speed of d...

I was struck by a recent video of a soldier who apparently took some woman's parking spot and then went off the rails when she objected. He bad-mouthed the U.S. military and the U.S., abused his wife, and put his child at risk. ...

There are several holidays tied to buying stuff. For Halloween, we buy all kinds of crap we shouldn't be eating and feed it to our kids. When Valentine's Day approaches, husbands and boyfriends live in fear of forgetting it, or getting their significant other's card, gift or flowers wrong again. ...

Like a lot of you, after reading about the departure of Jony Ive, I'm trying to wrap my head around Apple without a design focus. (Tim Cook has disputed the WSJ article -- remember when the WSJ and Walt Mossberg were basically Apple's marketing arm?) ...

I watched the Democratic debates last week and was struck by three things: I'd likely rather watch paint dry; the application of technology to improve the experience was nonexistent; and I'd bet that if the Democrats don't up their game President Trump will have them to thank when he wins re-election. ...

As things stand now, the tech companies know the value of the data they're collecting and consumers don't know that value, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, an advisory services firm in Bend, Oregon "Typically, when one side knows the value of something...

I'm giving myself extra wiggle room because we know things rarely happen as fast as we think or progress as slowly as we hope. We all thought we'd have flying cars by the end of last century, for instance, but we are due to be up to our armpits in them by the end of next decade if the impressive number of trials continue to go well. ...

I attended Cisco Live last week, and one of the things that impressed me was how many amazing things the company has been doing that have nothing to do with products, services or revenue. ...