Author: tania
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The growing influence of independent analysts
Having worked with many of the leading analyst firms over the last 3 decades, it has been fascinating to work as an independent over recent years. More and more independents seem to be springing up either from an analyst or vendor background. Most vendors and service providers are happy to invite ‘us’ alongside the well-represented…
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Accessibility for the disabled – an opportunity for the telecoms industry that benefits everyone
What is accessibility? Simply put, how people with disabilities can use the same technology as their able bodied peers for work and personal lives. The numbers and the business case for accessibility are compelling. With a billion people in the world (1 in 7) suffering from some form of disability, most of us will be…
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The Six Million Dollar man 40 years on. Wearables, Smartphones, 3D printing. Cost to you <$100k!
As a teenager in the 1970s I loved Steve Austin, the astronaut who crashed and was rebuilt. Remember the tag line “Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology, the capability to make the world’s first Bionic man”! It captured my imagination and has come to the front of my thinking now as I…
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What tech is out there for disabled people?
Recent interview with Telefonica about accessibility technology available today and in the future. I’m not the one in the bow tie…. Lewis Insight Interview with Telefonica
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You’re blind: How do you ‘read’, join in social media and find your way around, let alone run a business?
Picture the scene: a blind man walking down the street moving white stick to and fro. He is muttering to himself while clicking a small black thing in his left hand. What is he doing? Actually, he is running his business, doing email, messaging, reading documents, checking-in for his flight and working out the best…