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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 Phil, it sure is taking a bit longer than I'd...
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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 exquisitely sensitive detectors." This kind...
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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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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 ) signs up for cloud , we want to be sure that...
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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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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. They also announced an effort to coordinate...
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Many home users have Windows 7 in their hands (and more importantly on their machines), almost everything I've heard has been positive. I know HP has been working on preparing for deployments and various support services for Windows 7 , including the 7 days of 7 Enterprise clients have their activities...
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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 a whole other kind of computers -- people. Yes...
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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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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 that SMU held in San Antonio. Their rankings came...
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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 to face up to what's going on around them...
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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 I had to rearrange my examples on the fly since...
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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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I have come across many IT environments that have been developed to meet the objectives of the in-house IT teams rather than the needs of the businesses that they are supporting. The complexity of integrating "neat technology" for few or no business needs is seen as an interesting challenge...
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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