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I finally got to see the cover of the book where I wrote a chapter

Looks like it will not be out in print until late in Q1 of 2010 but it gets closer every day. I may do a podcast with Phil in December if I get time on my view of technical trends. Although I've not had to do too much to get my material ready for...

Published 11-24-2009 10:37 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Trends, Technology adoption

Central Nervous System for the Earth

The New York Times had an article on HP labs activities to gather information on a massive scale . It's a research and development program to show an example of building a planet-wide sensing network, using billions of "tiny, cheap, tough and...

Published 11-23-2009 6:45 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Sensors, Business value generation , Edge computing , Emerging technologies , Energy , Trends, Technology adoption, Analytics

Green, Computer Aided Persuasion and the Interface at the Edge

An article in New Scientist explores how user interface researchers are investigating computer aided persuasion as a technique to assist people to make choices. To me this is a perfect example of understanding how to use the edge computing interface to...

Published 11-20-2009 6:15 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Business value generation , Energy , Green IT, Trends, Applications, attention engineering, Technology adoption, User Interface

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now

This week I've talked with a couple of organizations about cloud deployments and expected benefits. One thing that I found interesting is the difference in HP's perspective from other providers. When a service provider (like HP Enterprise Services...

Published 11-14-2009 1:28 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Cloud Computing , Trends, Technology adoption, Architecture

Business Schools and Information Technology

I was sitting in on a meeting of the Information Technology and Operations Management ( ITOM ) curriculum committee at SMU the other day. One of the interesting things that has happened at business schools across the country is that they have reduced...

Published 11-11-2009 11:39 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Business process modeling , Business value generation , Cloud Computing , Trends, Applications, Modeling, business rules, Business-IT Alignment

Multi-core, where will it end?

A number of times I've mentioned the rise of parallel processing and multi-core as well as the effect on development and the kinds of solutions that are consumed . I was talking with some folks at TI the other day about the projections of multi-core...

Published 11-06-2009 8:31 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Infrastructure , Innovation , Trends, Multi-core, Parallel computing

Toronto City Innovation Conference

Earlier this week I was the keynote speaker for the Toronto Innovation Showcase . One of the things the mayor announced was the Toronto Open project. This activity opens up much of the cities information for the residents of Toronto to mashup into applications...

Published 11-05-2009 11:34 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Collaboration, Consumerization , Edge computing , Innovation , Trends, Applications, Technology adoption, Pervasive computing, Organizational relationships, User Interface

It must be getting closer to the end of the year than I thought

I am seeing more of the “ technologies you can’t ignore ” or “ technologies that will change everything ” articles. I usually don’t see a rush of these until December

Published 10-31-2009 4:29 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Trends

Revisiting 3D printing

I've done entries on personal fabrication and 3D printing ( printing organs ...). Until this point, these techniques have been applied mostly to software materials. Now it's been extended to printing 3D objects directly in metal . The current...

Published 10-29-2009 1:26 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Green IT, Manufacturing , Trends, 3D, Efficiency

Tech jobs replaced by cloud

Over the past few months I've seen numerous articles talking about tech jobs being replaced as organizations implement cloud, like this one in CIO magazine . This is really not anything new. When the mainframe came on the scene in the 50s, it replaced...

Published 10-28-2009 11:00 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Cloud Computing , Trends, Technology adoption, Adaptation, Protectionism

Mashup standards

I was reading SD Times the other day while riding an exercise bike at the gym (hey, you have to do something to keep your mind occupied) and I came across an article on the Open Mashup Alliance . I had quite a number of questions about the OMA . Although...

Published 10-25-2009 1:36 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Business value generation , Standards, Trends, Technology adoption, Web 2.0, Personalization, Flexibility, User Interface

Technical trends from an HR perspective

A few weeks ago I participated in a technical trend conversation aimed mainly at the oil and gas organizations. Last weekend I did something similar but this time talking with some individuals from various HR organizations - at an HR Roundtable Summit...

Published 10-19-2009 11:55 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Trends, IT Services, Technology adoption

Tuesday, October 13th is "National Face Your Fears Day"

It even has an official site to help folks confront and overcome the fears that hold them back. There are many things that keep people (and IT organizations) from doing what they need to do to move their organization forward. One of the first is an inability...

Published 10-12-2009 3:36 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Trends, Technology adoption

Technical trends from an Oil and Gas Perspective

A week or so ago I spoke at an SAP User Group meeting in Houston about technical trends. It wasn't until I was there that I realized I was going to be third out of four presenters talking about technical trends. Needless to say, by the time I presented...

Published 10-10-2009 10:53 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Energy , Trends, Technology adoption

Tech is leading the way???

In an article stating that we should Look to tech to see the economy's future , it appears that demand for high tech items is on the upswing and that Tech will prosper in 2010 . It's been stated before that HP is bullish on 2010 . There are numerous...

Published 10-08-2009 7:55 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Enterprise Architecture , Business value generation , Infrastructure , Trends, Business-IT Alignment

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