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Agam Shah is a journalist with two decades of experience writing about enterprise technology. He previously was a technology reporter at The Wall Street Journal, S&P Global, The Register and the former IDG News Service. His work has appeared in The New York Times, ESPN, and other publications. He has also authored a UN policy document on disability and media.

He covers Microsoft, collaboration/productivity software, generative AI, and AR/VW/mixed reality products for Computerworld and general news assignments for sister sites CIO, CSO, Network World, and InfoWorld.