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My 2024 year in Blogs Recap

This blog takes a stroll back down the 2024 memory lane and looks at some of the highlights I have seen through 2024 from a technology (I fo.cus here mainly on Cisco and Microsoft) and what we achived at Cisilion – where I’m the CTO. We are sarting with January and working thriugh to December 2024.

January 2024

February 2024

  • Cisilion opened our new corporate brand and also opened our new Client Experience Centre. Technological Innovation and Personalised Engagement in the Era of Digital Collaboration – News & Blog – Cisilion. This included new logo, new corporate values and a new website https://www.cisilion.com. We reimaged our values of Trust, Excellence and Agility and are embedding these across all we do.
  • Cisilion were also crowned one of 17 partners in the UK as Microsoft Cyber Security Investment Partner due to our exemplar work in helping organisations leverage the best of Microsoft Threat Protection, Identity and Access Control and Data Protection.
  • Cisco Live 2024 saw over 16,000 people – the largest in person attendance in more than 6 years. The theme was very much aligned with the industry buzz and innovation around AI with Cisco emphatic statement “there is no AI without a network”. This was very much the theme and focussed on Cisco’s innovations and vision around the network and Data Centre fabric for the AI era that is among us. 

Mar 2024

  • Cisco completed the acquisition of Splunk which they acquired in November 2023 for $28billion.Cisco say that the combination of Cisco and Splunk will provide truly comprehensive visibility and insights across an organization’s entire digital footprint, delivering an unprecedented level of resilience through the most extensive and powerful security and observability product portfolio on the market.
  • Microsoft Security Copilot goes Generally Available: and is priced on PAYG basis. Microsoft’s Copilot for Security available April 1st – Modern Work and AI Blog
Cisco and Splunk

April 2024

  • Cloud Security: Cisco Announces Cisco Hypershield . Not planned for release until sometime in 2025, Hypershield is different to traditional security products and is integrated directly into the network’s fabric, offering a revolutionary approach to protecting digital infrastructure services in data centres, protecting applications, devices, and data across public and private data centers, clouds, and physical locations.Cisco Hypershield: New Era of Distributed, AI-Native Security

May 2024

  • The AI Powered PC: Microsoft announce the next generation of Computing with the Copilot+ PC, built in partnership with Qualcomm. At the heart of the Copilot+ PCs lies groundbreaking ARM CPU and NPU technology, capable of over 45 trillion operations per second, powering a new era of AI experiences on Windows PCs. They are designed to run AI workloads with unprecedented efficiency and speed, outperforming competitors and enabling features like Recall, Cocreator, and Live Captions. These will power the next wave of edge AI. https://robquickenden.blog/2024/05/sufacepro11-laptop7/
Copilot+ PC

June 2024

July 2024

News: Global Outage

  • CrowdStrike update bug causes global IT outages as update bricks Windows devices and costs the economy big time with flights grounded and huge disruption everywhere.

How did CrowdStrike causes Windows Screen Recovery loop on millions of Windows devices

Cyber Security

Fun and creativity

August 2024

September 2024

News: Cyber Security

Security:

Customer Success:

October 2024

Work

November 2024

December 2024

Accreditations:

Happy and prosperous 2025

I’d finally like to thank all my followers and subscribers a very happy new year!

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Reasons to fall in Love with the Yealink A24 DeskVision:

The Yealink DeskVision A24 is a revolutionary all-in-one collaboration device that blends the best of innovate monitor and UC hub with a leading class Android powered Teams Collaboration display that can be used as a personal device, huddle or bookable meeting endpoint. The Yealink DeskVision A24 is a leading example of innovation in this space, integrating a 24 inch 4K touch-display, “pop-up” privacy camera, high definition speaker, wireless charging, microphones, and touch screen monitor to offer a best-in-class desktop collaboration experience.

if you’d rather skip to the video review – you can do so here:

The device costs £1,699 RRP which is great value compared to the competition on the market and adds to the huge line up of premium Teams and Zoom certified devices that they have to offer.

Yealink A24 DeskView
Yealink A24 DeskVision

Innovative, Sleek and Beautifully crafted

What I love about this device that sets it aside, IMO, to other devices in this space, is that the display can be positioned from 90 degree vertical to almost horizonal with it’s smooth arm, in motion very similar to that of the Surface Studio. This makes it idea for Whiteboard use as a second screen [though if it supported use of a Surface Pen that would make it even more awesome].

Yealink A24 Deskvision in horizonal Position
Yealink A24 DeskView in lay flat position

This is a really premium device – good quality, sturdy and functional. The look and feel is clean and minimalist and offers seamless switching between “Teams” mode and Second Screen mode. The movement of the device is also sleek and simple, offering full range of motion from vertical to almost horizonal making it perfect for different uses such as meetings, whiteboarding and collaborative apps – this is made possible through the unique light hinge designed to enable the screen to be tilted as needed in a very “Surface Studio” like design.

Using the A24 as a second screen (with touch).

For added usability, there’s also lot of ports to plug peripherals into allowing it to serves as a UC workstation complete with a USB hub (which could power and charge my Surface Pro) and wireless charger for smartphones.

Yealink A24 DeskVision Rear
Yealink A24 DeskVision rear

Yealink DeskVision A24 Key Features

  • Microsoft Teams Display running Android 10
  • Dual Display Mode (Teams Display and second screen)
  • Superior audio and video
  • Qi wireless charging for mobile phones etc
  • Touchscreen for whiteboard collaboration
  • Ports include 2x USB C (65w charge), USB C, Ethernet, headphone jack, HMDI In,
  • Wireless Connectivity
  • Bluetooth.

Leaders of the pack

At the launch of the device, Albert Kooiman, Director of Microsoft Teams Devices Partner Engineering and Certification said “Yealink consistently keeps expanding their portfolio with powerful Teams devices. These devices will offer sought after hybrid workplace collaboration experiences, delivering a great meeting experience combining quality Teams audio, video, and touch and inking, that can all be easily deployed across personal, hot desking and meeting rooms scenarios.”

As of Feb 2023, Yealink are the global market leader for Teams Rooms devices with a market share of [Source: Yealink].

Summary and Verdict

In short, Yealink’s DeskVision device is a great device that really can help bridge the gap between whiteboard collaboration and video conferencing device that can also serve as a really premium second-screen.

Through customer demos, feedback in the channel and colleagues, the A24 is real market leader in this (rather crowded vendor and product space) and delivers real people-centric meeting experiences and empowering meetings with all the capabilities and power of Microsoft Teams.

The device costs £1,699 RRP which is great value compared to the competition on the market.

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