Excession Events Podcast

This weeks episode is a recording of the popular and lively Huddle Room discussion at Infocomm16 sponsored by the IMCCA.

Here is the Keynote at Infocomm16 Future Trends in Las Vegas. I discuss how business models are as important or more important than new technology

Pagekicker is changing the way books are written. The Pagekicker AI is capable of trawling the Internet for sources and creating a book on a topic of the users choice, instantly. In this interview Simon Dudley interviews the founder of Pagekicker about the present and future of this interesting technology.

Part 2 of the in-depth interview with Phil Edholm of PKE consulting. This this part we discuss Moore's and Metcalfe's laws, the incredible increase in compute power over the last 20 years and its ramifications for the Unified Communications and Video Conferencing industries

Part one of my in-depth interview with Phil Edholm of PKEConsulting.com. In this first half we discuss the world of IP telephony, the Unified Communications space, Video Conferencing including Cisco, Polycom, Lifesize, Logitech and Tely.

This is the second part of the presentation I gave at the XSP16 event in LA in March 2016. In this talk I discuss the urgent requirement for businesses to reinvent the role of the sales function.

This episode is a recording of the presentation I gave at XSP16 in LA in March 2016. The presentation calls for and gives a roadmap on how to, reinvent the role of sales. It was presented to 530 IT CEO's and senior managers, but many of the lessons are applicable to many industries

Here's the second half of the interview with Scott Wharton, VP & General Manager, Video Collaboration Group at Logitech.

This week’s Excession Events Podcast is my indepth interview with Scott Wharton, VP and General Manager of the Logitech for Business division of Logitech. Our conversation is extremely wide ranging. As a result I decided to split the Podcast into two pieces. One out today, and the other in a few weeks. There was the additional reason that the second half of the interview Scott talks about some exciting new products which are not released as yet. Much as I would have liked to spill the beans I will wait until early February to let you hear Scott’s thoughts on these. In the Podcast we discuss technology, the UC space, Artificial Intelligence, the F-35 fighter and scaring people at dinner parties. We also discuss Scott’s thoughts on the existing Video Conferencing market, the divestiture of Lifesize by Logitech, the growth of the Cloud providers, and his vision for empowering clients to fill the 50m meeting rooms Globally that have no Video capabilities at all. The Scott Wharton Interview on the Excession Events Podcast About the Author: Simon Dudley Simon is a contrarian. He makes a habit of being the guy who questions the orthodoxy, the guy who doesn’t believe it just because the good and the great said it’s true. This has not always been good for his ascent up the corporate greasy pole. However it’s been very good for his employers if they are prepared to listen. The Book The End of Certainty "How to thrive when playing by the rules is a losing strategy" explains why groupthink and the doing what you’ve always done is no longer the right move. To keep tabs on his work please follow him on: ExcessionEvent.com

The Joe Vitalone Interview. Joe Vitalone EVP for Mitel discusses the UC and Video Conferencing industries. The secrets of his success, what's worked and what hasn't in his career and offers some great advice.

In a wide ranging interview Simon Dudley of Excession Events talks with Eric Yuan CEO and Founder of Zoom.us. Simon and Eric discuss the latest developments in the industry, where it is all going, who the likely winners and losers will be and how he stops himself going mad from all the power.

The Josh Srago interview. Josh Srago serves Manager of AV Engineering for an integration firm in the San Francisco Bay Area, is the founder of SoundReason.org and the Editor-in-Chief at AVNation.tv. A lot of his writing covers the affects of government policy on technology and examines the relationship of technology and other industries.

This weeks episode is the Interview with Long time CTO of Lifesize Casey King. Casey gives us a fascinating interview discussing the amazing turn of events that got him where he is today. Talks about how to keep up with technological change and has some great advice for people trying to keep up in a fast changing world.

The Howard Lichtman interview. This week I interview Howard about his background, how he got into the Video Conferencing industry, what his up to now and where he thinks it's all going.

The Interview of Mark Loney, CEO of Starleaf and Simon Dudley Chief Contrarian at Excession Events.