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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 shift behavior. "Researchers at Eindhoven University...
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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 the number of core hours and increased the amount...
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Jim Miller and Mateen Greenway (a couple of other fellows here at HP) just posted an article on hp.com about Three Ways to Thrive in an Uncertain Economic Upturn . These are a different perspective of some of the same issues Jean and I talked about in our Innovation During a Downturn podcast a few weeks...
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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 it is not really a standards body, OMA is working...
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In the October IEEE Spectrum there was an article on How to Beat Information Overload . that I found very timely since, during this past week, there were a number of cases where I saw a question go out to a distribution list asking for technical insight and numerous answers coming back using " reply...
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There is a good interview of Tim O'Reilly that validated many of the posts we've made in this blog over the last 5 years. He also published a white paper that goes into more details . The way business value is generated in the future will be changing, as we have the intersection of sensors and...
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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 reasons to look at 2010 in a positive light...
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An article in Computerworld recently talked about the gap between what is taught in universities and what is needed to be valuable in the workplace. The article lists: 1) Inadequate grip on business realities 2) A narrow worldview 3) Social networking skills but wobbly relationship skills 4) Lack of...
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Recently HP released a video about application portfolio assessment discussing some of the tools allowing developers to see into the complexity of the code they maintain. It is clear that there are many mechanisms now available that didn't exist a few years ago. I've blogged in the past about...
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A few times on this blog I've talked about the use of the downturn as a jumping off point for innovation and advantage . The other day Jean Lehmann and I were interviewed by about why now is a prime time for innovation. I've put a link to the MP3 file here. Click here to play this audio clip
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In a recent article in Computerworld there was a discussion of the phenomenon of cloud computing expanding uncontrollably in an enterprise. Cloud was compared to the client/server and departmental computing shift that took place in the late 80s and 90s. I agree that this is a concern, but as presented...
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The BBC has an article: Mobile phones get cyborg vision that got me thinking about the number of times I've seen examples of augmented reality demonstration projects recently. This article states: "Via the video function of a mobile phone's camera it is now possible to combine a regular...
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Following on from Charlie Bess' article about the different definitions of Enterprise Architecture , I thought I would expand the discussion a bit and look at the different types of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) roles as illustrated in the following diagram: The basic dimensions of the CTO roles...
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One of the things we've talked about before is moving bits not atoms . When you do need to move atoms, make sure that they will be used. Amazon has selected HP to print books on demand . This is critical because a significant percentage of books never find a home. This is one of the areas that HP...
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The SOA in Healthcare Conference was held in Chicago, June 4-6. In Shahid Shah's SOA in Healthcare blog, outlined the topics presented and noted that the need for SOA in healthcare is stronger than ever, and I agree. However, he focused on SOA as a paradigm for the composition of business applications...