When Software Vendors Cluster — and Why That’s Good for Movers

This is what our phones look like. The apps don’t compete - we use each and every one of them when necessary and they happily share files and photos. And we hope that movers phones will soon host moving software apps that can easily photos and files just like the rest of the world - that’s called thumb based integration. If we can peacefully share a full aisle at IAM in gritty NY, we can play nicely on a screen top too;)

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The Red Light District in Amsterdam. Via Montenapoleone in Milan. Why do similar businesses always end up clustering together?At IAM 2025 in New York, it was the same story — several software booths lined up side by side in the same aisle.Matthieu Odijk said it happened purely by coincidence, but everyone seemed to love the result. Next year in San Diego, it’s going to be the same — plus cage fights between software companies under UFC rules.  Time to start training.