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In This Issue: Navigating New Technology and Relationships | Dell PowerEdge R640 Rackmount Server | 6 Questions to Ask Before You Purchase a Networking Switch | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – Navigating New Technology and Relationships
Happy Monday!
If you’ve been following Chris’s Friday CK Daily’s about our core values, then you know one of them is Make it about relationship. This week I’ve been reflecting on a whole new take on that.
Ever since I saw the Apple Vision Pro release last week; I’ve been wondering about the future of work and what’s in store for us and the next generation. The release totally reminded me of “Ready Player One” (both the book and the film) and I’m amazed at how far technology has come. I know VR and AR aren’t necessarily new concepts and I even know someone who has business meetings in a VR environment with his coworkers, but the features of this new Apple headset seem to be something quite different and a step above. I imagine this will be the opening of another metaverse (hopefully a positive one), but thinking about it more, I feel like we’re creating technologies to help us connect more in a virtual space, and perhaps unintentionally losing technologies that help us connect in “real life”.
If the pandemic taught me one thing, it’s that social isolation definitely has negative effects on our society, or children, and our families. Is this emerging technology going to be a tool that will help society or a tax that will unintentionally burden society? I’m not quite sure yet, but I do know the feeling I get from seeing a good friend I hadn’t seen in over 3 years, and that’s overwhelmingly positive. Call it fate, but the same week Apple released this device that very friend and former coworker made a visit to our office from China, and though we’ve had zoom calls, and have messaged each other, talking to my friend in person was definitely 1000 times better. I hope I don’t lose that feeling as I adopt and wander into new technologies. I’m not sure it’s possible to replicate it, but it certainly has made me appreciate my relationships and friendships.
I hope you have a great week and find ways to make it about relationship!
Cris
Product Spotlights & Updates
Dell PowerEdge R640 rackmount servers strike the ideal balance between density and scalability. These powerful, 2-socket servers combine scalable computing and enhanced storage into a compact 1RU form factor to deliver performance and scalability for the toughest workloads.
Learning Center Article – 6 Questions to Ask Before You Purchase a Networking Switch
Learning Center Article – 6 Questions to Ask Before You Purchase a Networking Switch
You have a network plan. You know how you’re going to set everything up to make everything work. It’s time to do some purchasing.
Before you fill out your credit card information, take a minute to make sure you’re getting exactly what you need. By asking just six questions, you can avoid purchasing mistakes that limit networking capabilities or send you way over budget.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Netflix has seen its four biggest days of subscriber additions in the four-and-a-half years that data provider Antenna has been tracking the service. The boost comes soon after Netflix began rolling out its password sharing crackdown in the U.S.
- Secondary ticket sales for Inter Miami FC have increased 28 times since Lionel Messi announced his move to Major League Soccer.
- Binance’s native coin tumbled this week along with several other cryptocurrencies after SEC Chair Gary Gensler made clear he’s deepening his crackdown on the industry.
- After struggling mightily last year at Sonoma Raceway in the debut season for NASCAR’s Next Gen car, Martin Truex Jr. pulled off a dominating 180-degree turnaround in Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350. Overcoming an inopportune caution and leading a race-high 51 of 110 laps, Truex scored his second victory of the season and his fourth at the 1.99-mile road course.