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Irwin Lazar

@imlazar.bsky.social
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President/Principal Analyst @Metrigy.bsky.social, data-driven insights into business #collaboration, #ucoms, #hybridwork, #WFH since 2006, CISSP. Social networker since Orkut. Baseball fan (@nationals) too!

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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Good recap of AI risk discussions at #DF26 today - www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/n...
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Nvidia's Huang diverges with CEOs of Anthropic, OpenAI on AI safety at Dreamforce
Comments from the two tech leaders landed days after Anthropic's Dario Amodei published an essay urging the AI industry to slow the pace of model development.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My InfoComm ( @infocomm.bsky.social ) #IC26 wrap-up is now available as complimentary content. I share our research-based insights into the latest announcements from Barco, @cisco.com , HP , @microsoft.com, Neat, NetSpeek, Zoom and more. Check it out below: www.metrigy.com/product/info...
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InfoComm Exhibitors Advance Video Quality, Interoperability, and Management - Metrigy
Author: Irwin Lazar, President and Principal Analyst What's the news? The annual InfoComm trade show held in Las Vegas from June 13-19, 2026, represented an expansion of the conference’s focus on work...
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I don't think there are any consumer routers made in the US? www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-jus...
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The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Router Models Made Outside US
The surprising order means any new Wi-Fi router models sold in the country must be US-made, or receive an exemption from the Pentagon or Homeland Security Department.
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
AI Conundrum: Why MCP Security Can't Be Patched Away www.darkreading.com/application-...
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AI Conundrum: Why MCP Security Can't Be Patched Away
The security risks MCP introduces into LLM environments are architectural, and not easily fixable researcher says at RSAC 2026 Conference
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Mitel elevates hybrid cloud control with Edge and WX | TechTarget
Explore how hybrid UC has become a strategic advantage with Mitel's Edge and WX announcements at Enterprise Connect.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Excited for #ZohoDay26 kicking off shortly. Can't wait to hear about Zoho's initiatives for the rest of 2026 and beyond.
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Mark Zuckerman @markzuckerman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
#SweetFancyMoses Thank you everyone! natsjournal.com
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Lisa Schmeiser @lschmeiser.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
What could possibly go wrong?
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
You want to read this: www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
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This Is the Vaccine Story RFK Jr. Doesn’t Want You to Hear
The Trump administration says we should learn from other countries. Maybe they should have looked someplace besides Denmark.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 20/01/2026
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Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones
Verizon changed prepaid brands' policy a week after FCC waived unlocking rule.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
My latest for No Jitter looks at how agentic AI will transform the way employees work with apps, data, and each other. www.nojitter.com/digital-work...
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Agentic AI poised to transform workplace collaboration
AI in workplace collaboration is rapidly moving beyond summarization and content generation.
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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Another similarity of LLMs to humans: if you expose them to a lot of disinformation, they will believe it. Which you can exploit, apparently called "LLM grooming". So LLMs fail at three levels: /1 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda
Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible
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Carter Lusher @carterlusher.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🚨Analyst News Roundup – 3rd Quarter 2025 🚨 Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 55 minutes | 8:30 am PST | 4:30 pm GMT | 10:00 pm IST Join me for a fast-paced, insight-packed live webinar that breaks down the latest news from the IT industry analyst ecosystem. Register & more info bit.ly/3Q25_Analyst...
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
@cloudflare.social blames a configuration file issue for yesterday's outage: blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-...
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Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
As #MSIgnite ramps up today, here's what our latest Metrigy research says about Microsoft Teams, and more importantly, what customers are saying about it. #MicrosoftTeams www.nojitter.com/digital-work...
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It’s time for a Microsoft Teams reality check
Microsoft dominates the UCaaS market, but challengers dog its heels.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
My latest No Jitter post looks at the evolution of collaboration workspaces and whether or not AI will become the de facto user interface for work. www.nojitter.com/digital-work...
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Connected Workspace Apps Aim to Minimize Busywork
The era of app-switching could soon be over once digital workspaces harness AI to add task management and workflows to a centralized viritual space.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
43 years in the game and Donny Baseball finally makes it to the fall classic after multiple near-misses.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
At #AIWorld Oracle's Larry Ellison talks about the impact of AI noting that the "biggest opportunity is the use of models to solve humanity's most difficult and enduring problems."
Larry Ellison at Oracle AIWorld
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Kicking off the @cisco.com press and analyst meeting at #WebexOne 2025 in San Diego with Anurag Dhingra!
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Spending a few days with Lumen at their annual analyst forum. This year's theme is "The Trusted Network for AI” #lumenAR
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
RHP Davey Johnson - the guy who got the Nationals over the hump and into the playoffs.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Red teams quickly hack #GPT-5: www.securityweek.com/red-teams-br...
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Red Teams Jailbreak GPT-5 With Ease, Warn It's ‘Nearly Unusable’ for Enterprise
Independent red teams have jailbroken GPT-5 within 24 hours of release, exposing severe vulnerabilities in context handling and guardrail enforcement, warning model is not enterprise-ready.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
End of an era: AOL cancels dial-up Internet services. appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
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You had mail: AOL finally discontinues dial-up Internet service
More than 40 years after starting as a very early Apple service, AOL is finally ending its dial-up Internet service, shuttering a service that helped usher in the Internet age for tens of millions of ...
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
As you probably have heard by now, NiCE has announced an intent to acquire Cognigy to expand its #Agentic #AI offerings. Metrigy's Robin Gareiss shares her take, and provides guidance for #CX leaders, in this complementary research note: metrigy.com/product/metr...
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MetriNote - NiCE Plans Cognigy Buy to Bolster Conversational AI, Agentics
NiCE has announced plans to acquire industry-leading AI agent provider, Cognigy, for $955 million; regulatory approval is pending. Once the deal is finalized, NiCE plans to operate Cognigy as a separa...
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Been a rough week for music, lost in all the other news is the passing of George Kooymans, lead guitarist and co-vocalist for Golden Earring. He's credited with writing their iconic hit "Twilight Zone". RIP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1sf...
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Golden earring - Twilight zone
YouTube video by I-Ascend
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
RIP Ozzy. www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...
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Ozzy Osbourne, pioneering heavy metal singer and Black Sabbath frontman, dies at 76
Word of Osbourne’s demise came weeks after the ailing front man reunited with his original Black Sabbath bandmates.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Microsoft SharePoit vulnerability info: www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/m...
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Microsoft hit with SharePoint attack affecting global businesses and governments
Patches have been issued for two versions of Microsoft's SharePoint software, while one version remains vulnerable.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Great post by Dr. Peter Attia on what the recently hyped MIT study on cognition and AI may mean, and what it doesn't mean: --------------- peterattiamd.com/ai-and-cogni...
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Thinking critically about a new study on AI and cognition
New results suggesting that the use of AI causes cognitive deficits have triggered widespread fear, but is this interpretation justified?
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InfoComm @infocomm.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The 2025 #InfoComm wrapped with 39,579 registrants, 817 exhibitors and 30,998 verified attendees from 97 countries. And 35% of verified attendees were end users - a new record! 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen. See you in Vegas in 2026 and back in Orlando in 2027!
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Apple announces phase-out of Intel-based Mac support - arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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Apple details the end of Intel Mac support and a phaseout for Rosetta 2
Rosetta app translation features for Intel apps won’t stay around indefinitely.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Really nice post by AudioCodes detailing the various integration models for connecting Microsoft Teams and contact center platforms: www.audiocodes.com/blog/3-ways-...
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3 Ways to Integrate a Contact Center with Microsoft Teams
Considering a CCaaS integration with Microsoft Teams? Get a detailed look at all three CCaaS integration models offered by Teams and how they’re different.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
ChatGPT refuses to turn itself off - www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-safe...
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New ChatGPT model refuses to be shut down, AI researchers warn
OpenAI’s o3 model raises AI safety fears after sabotaging commands for its own self-preservation
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Lots of announcements today from Google I/O:
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Farewell Skype.
Skype end of life
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David Danto @njdavidd.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
@astrokatie.com - a wonderful discovery is if you add a random curse/swear word to your Google search it bypasses the AI response in the results ... and is surprisingly satisfying.
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Brian Elliott @elliottsf.com · 24/04/2025
"This isn't just about hitting numbers. It's about creating shared understanding, fostering collaboration across teams, and helping people see how their work connects to the bigger picture." @atlassian.bsky.social 's Molly Sands on goals and culture: theworkforward.substack.com/p/goals-that...
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Goals That Matter: The Atlassian Blueprint
How transparent tracking and ruthless focus created their culture of accountability
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Microsoft updated its Contact center integrations for Microsoft Teams page. The "Power" model is now "Unify" (using Teams Phone Extensibility). The page also now shows contact center vendors and which model that Microsoft has certified them for. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...
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Teams Contact Center - Microsoft Teams
An overview of the integrated contact center as a service (CCaaS) solution for Microsoft Teams
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 21/04/2025
We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
Bluesky’s logo, a trusted verifier’s scalloped checkmark, and a standard verified blue check mark.
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 22/04/2025
What we’ve launched today is the first step for how we’re going to evolve verification. The initial set of trusted verifiers includes news orgs who’ve agreed to take on the task of verification for their journalists. In the future, this set will expand, as well as how apps can choose to use them.
Verification pop-up for badge issued by Wired
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David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New: CISA’s threat hunting division warned 500+ staff it will discontinue Google-owned VirusTotal and has already ceased use of Censys. Nightwing and Peraton contractors also had to turn in their phones Thursday: www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
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CISA warns threat hunting staff of end to Google, Censys contracts as agency cuts set in
“We understand the importance of these tools in our operations and are actively exploring alternative tools to ensure minimal disruption,” said the email sent to several hundred CISA cyber threat hunt...
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Zoom currently experiencing a meetings outage per their status page - status.zoom.us
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Zoom Status
Welcome to Zoom's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.
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David DiMolfetta @ddimolfetta.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
NEW: In an 11th hour move, CISA spokesperson says the agency extended the contract for the MITRE-backed CVE Program last night:
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
New Google Workspace announcements from #GoogleCloudNext include new analytics tools for Sheets, audio summarization of Docs, workflow automation, video creation, new Gemini capabilities in Meet and Chat, and new data residency capabilities. workspace.google.com/blog/product...
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Announcing the latest AI capabilities in Google Workspace with Gemini | Google Workspace Blog
New AI capabilities in Google Workspace help every business drive results, including with automated workflows powered by agentic AI.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Summary of #GoogleCloudNext announcements this morning - cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
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Welcome to Google Cloud Next '25 | Google Cloud Blog
Welcome to Google Cloud Next 25. Discover AI innovations, advancements in infrastructure, and learn how AI is transforming business.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
#GoogleCloudNext opening keynote starts at 9 AM PT - watch live here cloud.withgoogle.com/next/25 #AI
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Experience Google Cloud Next 25
Save the date! #GoogleCloudNext is back in Las Vegas on April 9–11, 2025.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
At #GoogleCloudNext www.stocktitan.net/news/SPHR/go...
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Google's Revolutionary AI Transform Wizard of Oz for Sphere's Massive 16K Display
Google Cloud and DeepMind AI technology will enhance the classic film to stunning 16K resolution across Sphere's 160,000-square-foot display. Full tech details inside.
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai opens up #GoogleCloudNext at The Sphere
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Brian Elliott @elliottsf.com · 06/04/2025
Focus on creating joy at work? In this market? In the chaos of 2025, employee-centric leadership is the only way to build teams capable of the resilience and drive needed for long-term success. My latest, based on an interview with Debbie Lovich: theworkforward.substack.com/p/joy-in-thi...
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Joy? In This Job Market?
Debbie Lovich on Employee-Centric Workplaces and the Implications for Gen AI Adoption
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Irwin Lazar @imlazar.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Trump tariffs driven by a math error: www.aei.org/economics/pr...
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 01/04/2025
We’re hiring a Head of Product! This is the perfect role for a creative, strategic, and experienced product leader who wants to help shape the future of social. Apply here: jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...
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