In Summary: 2023
Declining Revenue was the theme in 2023. That resulted in Musical C-Suite Chairs, stock declines, and layoffs. Telcos are in a bad spot. Way too much debt and declining profitable …
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What Can We Expect in 2024
More of the same really. We had 2 major bankruptcies in 2023 – GTT and Avaya. We also have a bunch of shaky balance sheets to watch in 2024. Lumen …
A Look Back at 2023
This was quite a year. Avaya went bankrupt again! They think they came out smelling like a rose, but they are donating customers to other providers every day. Mitel doubled …
The Scansource Event 2023
I drove over to the Scansource event in Orlando yesterday. There was some hope that Scansource would announce a replacement for JD, but no. They may be taking their time …
A Special Kind of TSD
First off, why are they called Technology Solutions Distributors? They don’t distribute anything but commission checks. They don’t do logistics, handle inventory or anything like distributors. They are Brokers. Commission …
Cloud Comm Tidbits of the Week (9/6/2023)
A lot of action in the Cloud Comm Provider space recently. Zoom did a Microsoft Teams thing with Zoom IQ. Zoom AI Companion (formerly known as Zoom IQ), the …