Energy Storage Is Entering Its Tech-Growth Moment

After spending much of my career in the heart of the technology industry, helping companies like Apple and Qualcomm take innovations from early promise to global scale, I recently made a move that, on the surface, might look like a step into a completely different world: I joined the energy sector. What has surprised me …

Video Analytics & AI Integration: The Smart Eye of Modern Surveillance

Introduction As buildings and cities grow more complex, simply recording surveillance footage isn’t enough. What we need is intelligence—systems that can analyze, interpret, and act on what’s happening in real-time. That’s where Video Analytics and AI Integration steps in. From perimeter security and behavior analysis to traffic management and safety compliance, AI-powered video analytics is …

The Modern Intelligent Video Surveillance Stack

In an era where data drives decision-making, video intelligence has evolved far beyond its roots in passive monitoring. What was once termed “video surveillance” is now Intelligent Video Surveillance (IVS): a dynamic ecosystem that leverages AI, edge computing, and hybrid infrastructures to transform raw footage into strategic insights. This shift addresses the longstanding issue of …

Strengthening Physical Security: The Role of Video Surveillance and Access Control

In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, physical security remains a foundational aspect of any organization’s overall risk management strategy. While cybersecurity tends to dominate headlines, breaches in physical security can be just as damaging—leading to theft, data compromise, business disruption, or even harm to personnel. Two of the most critical components in a comprehensive physical …

he Build-Your-Own Era of Procurement Tech

For twenty years (more?) enterprise procurement teams have been trapped in a false choice: pick a single, monolithic “suite” and sign up to never change it or stitch together best-of-breed point tools (loads of great features but who wants to teach their teams how to use 11 different platforms?). With AI this seems to be …

From Workflows to Wildcards: The Rise of Probabilistic Systems in Procurement Tech

Most enterprise procurement systems were designed for a world that no longer exists. A world where demand could be forecast by looking at last year’s sales. Where procurement operated like a train timetable — suppliers on the rails, prices (largely) fixed aside from negotiated savings (often lost year-over-year), and risk confined to weather delays and …

AI in Procurement: Rethinking the Build vs Buy Strategy for Source-to-Pay

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reopening a strategic debate many enterprises believed had largely been settled over the past decade: should companies build their own technology or rely on external platforms? In procurement, this question is becoming increasingly relevant for Source-to-Pay (S2P) technology. A familiar debate in enterprise technology For many years, the dominant approach was …

The Last Mile: A Story of Human Progress

For a thousand years, commerce moved at the speed of human encounter. From medieval marketplaces to Victorian storefronts, from mail carriers to modern couriers, one fundamental constraint shaped all exchange: two people had to meet. This ancient ritual – the handover – seemed as immutable as gravity itself. Until now. We stand at the threshold …

The Last Mile of AI: Why the “Context Layer” Matters and is the New Competitive Moat

AI has moved from the innovation lab to a productivity mandate. But as enterprise leaders are discovering, AI doesn’t fail because the models are “wrong”—it fails because the underlying data foundation can’t deliver trusted, context-rich information in real time. As we look toward 2026, the bottleneck isn’t the algorithm; it’s the orchestration of data and …

How Postal Operators Are Reimagining Last Mile Delivery with Smart Scanning Technology

In logistics, the last mile is often the most complex and costly segment of the delivery chain. To overcome its challenges, many postal operators are turning to artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and mobile-first tools. Among the frontrunners, Swiss Post and PostNord have both taken bold steps to integrate smart technologies that transform how their …