A Closer Look At Q-SYS’ June 2026 Activate
Innovation Through Intentional Choices The collaboration industry has always had a tendency to converge around common approaches. One manufacturer introduces a successful feature and others quickly follow. A preferred operating system emerges and suddenly most room systems begin to look…
Insider Report May 2026
Curated Enterprise Communications News and Insights from May 2026 Curated Enterprise Communications News and Insights from May 2026 Featured These are confusing times. The stock market keeps hitting new all-time highs, but the celebrations are muted by layoffs and a…
The Smartest Meeting Rooms Are Built for Reality, Not Ideology
For years, enterprises approached meeting room strategy a little like rooting for a favorite football team. Once an organization picked its side, the room was expected to wear that jersey, run that playbook, and defend that platform at all costs….
In Memoriam: The Microsoft Surface Hub
The Microsoft Surface Hub (2015–2024), once the titan of the future of work and an ambitious pioneer of large-scale collaborative computing, steps out of the boardroom for the last time. It leaves behind a legacy defined by its audacity. Microsoft…
Checking-in with Jeff Lawson
Pre-releasing this video interview for paid TalkingPointz Subscribers. The video will debut on LinkedIn and TalkingPointz on May 20th, 12:30 ET. Pre-releasing this video interview for paid TalkingPointz Subscribers. The video will debut on LinkedIn and TalkingPointz on May 20th,…
The Myth of the Unequipped Room
At least twice in recent weeks, I’ve heard manufacturers explain that new products debuting at the upcoming InfoComm 2026 are specifically targeting the smaller huddle room market because of the enormous number of unequipped meeting spaces around the world. The…
Goodnight Dial Tone
I never thought I’d voluntarily disconnect a phone line. As someone who started his career at AT&T headquarters, learning the history, structure, and mythology of “the Bell System,” the idea almost feels sacrilegious. Somewhere, a retired Bell Labs engineer probably…
Insider Report April 2026
Curated Enterprise Communications News and Insights from April 2026 Curated Enterprise Communications News and Insights from April 2026 Featured Economic signals are flashing red across the board. Fuel costs are spiking, inflation has resurfaced, and ordinary consumers are tightening their…
TalkingPointz Research: NAB2026 – The National Association of Broadcasters Conference 2026 Report
David Danto/TalkingPointz at NAB 2026 David Danto attended NAB 2026, his 42nd year attending the NAB Conference. Here is a summary of his findings and experiences. [caption id="attachment_46233" align="alignleft" width="308"] David Danto/TalkingPointz at NAB 2026[/caption] David Danto attended NAB…
The Specter in the Room
In just the last week or two, Microsoft made it clear that its Surface Hub line is coming to an end. There will be no Surface Hub 4. Surface Hub 3 is the final chapter, with end-of-sale and end-of-life…
Enterprise Connect 2026 Deep Dive #EC26
Enterprise Connect is the largest multi-vendor event for enterprise communications. Every year, TalkingPointz publishes a Deep Dive on the event as an annual snapshot of the industry. This report is for paid, full subscribers only. This year, both Dave and…
MDEP Calling Microsoft
Will Microsoft return to smartphones? Never say never. The time to return is likely approaching. Microsoft’s high-profile retreat from the mobile market, which included the write-off of the Nokia acquisition and shuttering Windows Phone, the Apple-Google mobile OS duopoly…
Beyond Video: My Perspective on Zoom
Hold the Phone I recently attended Zoom Perspectives, the company’s nearly annual analyst event. This isn’t your Uncle’s meeting app. I say Uncle because Zoom is only 15 years old, too young for a paternal reference. But “perspectives” was right…
Insider Report March 2026
Curated Enterprise Communications News and Insights from March 2026 Curated Enterprise Communications News and Insights from March 2026 Basically, one question currently dwarfs everything in enterprise communications: When will the Strait of Hormuz substantially reopen? The size of the disruption…
Flying in America: The Gold Standard Has Rust
Let’s be honest: American aviation, once the undisputed champion of the skies, has traded its gold standard for a participation trophy. We used to brag about our rigorous engineering; now, we’re just grateful the wings stay on. The industry insists…
Microshifting is the Remote Era’s Competitive Advantage
Time for 9-to-5 to Die The new term is microshifting, and it represents a structural pivot in workforce scheduling. It signals the definitive end of the industrial-era contiguous workday. For nearly a century, the hassle of commuting dictated the eight-hour…
The Potential Rebirth of InfoComm
(As originally posted on LinkedIn here) After many years of trying, it took a herculean effort by InfoComm show organizers to get Microsoft to exhibit at that show at all. If we set the Wayback machine to June 2014, when…
Room Videoconferencing and Video Bars in 2026: A Practical Buyer’s Framework
We are currently living in a post-ISE, pre-InfoComm market. That matters because ISE tends to show where the manufacturers want the market to go, while InfoComm is often where buyers, integrators, and end users start deciding what of that vision…
Insider Report February 2026
Curated Enterprise Communications News and Insights from February 2026 Curated Enterprise Communications News and Insights from February 2026 <Sorry, had some email challenges this month>. Featured NVIDIA, the largest company on the planet, reported impressive fourth-quarter results, including a 94%…
The Blog That Erased $300 Billion
The dramatic market reaction to a paper from Citrini Research and a widely-shared blog post by AI influencer Matt Shumer illustrate three new realities: Viral posts and sensational research on AI are shaking investors. Investors are confused and fearful of…