The IT industry’s reliance on acquisitions is a necessary driver of innovation, though they often seem to get in the way of competition and progress. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, recorded during Cloud Field Day 21, features Ray Lucchesi, Jon Hildebrand, Ken Nalbone, and Stephen Foskett considering whether acquisitions in the IT industry are a necessary evil or a detriment to innovation. Acquisitions are often seen as a double-edged sword, with both positive and negative implications. On one hand, acquisitions can fuel innovation by providing smaller companies with the resources and market access they need to scale their ideas. On the other hand, they can stifle competition, lead to cultural clashes, and sometimes result in the disappearance of promising technologies or products.
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Jon Hildebrand | ||
Virtualization/Data Center/Cloud/Orchestration/Automation Enthusiast |
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Ken Nalbone | ||
Specialist Engineer. Tech Community Leader. Loves to geek out about tech and food! |
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Ray Lucchesi | ||
Ray Lucchesi is president of Silverton Consulting, blogs at RayOnStorage.com, co-hosts GreyBeardsOnStorage.com podcast and has worked in data storage for over 30 years mostly in marketing and engineering new disk and tape automation products. |
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Stephen Foskett | ||
Stephen is the President of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group and focuses on AI, edge, and cloud |
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