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  • Episode 65: Platform Lockin
    Carolyn and Seth discuss the challenges with massive tech platforms, including unintended consequences, changes to the model, and the potential for lockin. Both consumers and businesses have more responsibility than ever to evaluate the platforms they are using and build exit strategies for when things go wrong.
    Farhad Manjoo on Twitter and journalism: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/opinion/covington-twitter.html
    Casey Johnston on Gmail storage limits: https://theoutline.com/post/6997/why-is-my-gmail-suddenly-full?zd=1&zi=dhzqdvrj
    Kashmir Hill on blocking Amazon: https://gizmodo.com/i-tried-to-block-amazon-from-my-life-it-was-impossible-1830565336
    David Samuels on technology surveillance: https://www.wired.com/story/is-big-tech-merging-with-big-brother-kinda-looks-like-it/
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  • Episode 64: 2019 Trends

    Carolyn and Seth give a preview of CompTIA's 2019 IT Industry Outlook, looking at three of the trends that will be featured. Cloud computing, edge computing, and 5G will form the new economic infrastructure. IoT and AI will drive advances in ambient computing. Companies enabling the business of technology will grow their skills and change their models to sell and support emerging technology. The IT landscape continues to change, and there are growing opportunities and growing responsibilities for IT professionals.

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  • Episode 64: 2019 Trends
    Carolyn and Seth give a preview of CompTIA's 2019 IT Industry Outlook, looking at three of the trends that will be featured. Cloud computing, edge computing, and 5G will form the new economic infrastructure. IoT and AI will drive advances in ambient computing. Companies enabling the business of technology will grow their skills and change their models to sell and support emerging technology. The IT landscape continues to change, and there are growing opportunities and growing responsibilities for IT professionals.
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  • Episode 64: 2019 Trends
    Carolyn and Seth give a preview of CompTIA's 2019 IT Industry Outlook, looking at three of the trends that will be featured. Cloud computing, edge computing, and 5G will form the new economic infrastructure. IoT and AI will drive advances in ambient computing. Companies enabling the business of technology will grow their skills and change their models to sell and support emerging technology. The IT landscape continues to change, and there are growing opportunities and growing responsibilities for IT professionals.
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  • Episode 63: 2018 in Review

    Carolyn and Seth take a look back at the year in technology. As tech has become more ingrained in business and society, the big story is that there is no single event or innovation that stands on its own. From social media to emerging technology, the discussions happening in the IT industry are becoming broader and more concerned with wide-reaching consequences, and the industry will have to adjust its approach and its skills in order to deal with the implications of a digital revolution.

     

    2018 CompTIA highlights: https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/blog/comptia-blog/2018/12/03/read-all-the-ways-comptia-advanced-the-business-of-technology-in-2018

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  • Episode 63: 2018 in Review
    Carolyn and Seth take a look back at the year in technology. As tech has become more ingrained in business and society, the big story is that there is no single event or innovation that stands on its own. From social media to emerging technology, the discussions happening in the IT industry are becoming broader and more concerned with wide-reaching consequences, and the industry will have to adjust its approach and its skills in order to deal with the implications of a digital revolution.
     
    2018 CompTIA highlights: https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/blog/comptia-blog/2018/12/03/read-all-the-ways-comptia-advanced-the-business-of-technology-in-2018
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  • Episode 63: 2018 in Review
    Carolyn and Seth take a look back at the year in technology. As tech has become more ingrained in business and society, the big story is that there is no single event or innovation that stands on its own. From social media to emerging technology, the discussions happening in the IT industry are becoming broader and more concerned with wide-reaching consequences, and the industry will have to adjust its approach and its skills in order to deal with the implications of a digital revolution.
     
    2018 CompTIA highlights: https://www.comptia.org/about-us/newsroom/blog/comptia-blog/2018/12/03/read-all-the-ways-comptia-advanced-the-business-of-technology-in-2018
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  • Episode 62: The New CompTIA A+

    Carolyn and Seth talk with Teresa Sears, CompTIA's senior director of product development, about the upcoming A+ certification. The A+ certification is designed to build problem solvers for today's digital world, moving past traditional help desk activities to embrace a wide range of IT functions. The updated A+ will launch in January 2019, and Teresa describes some of the changes that IT pros can expect to see.

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Join Carolyn April and Seth Robinson, from CompTIA's research team, as they serve up the latest topics in tech. A mix of market data and guest appearances sets Volley up for engaging discussions on…