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Symposium Partner Event in UK: The Changing Nature of Innovation and the Role of the CIO to Drive and Lead the Opportunity

As the global economy slowly begins to emerge from the downturn, companies are evolving their focus on cost cutting to look for opportunities to emerge in the new “normal” more competitive and positioned for growth.  The role of technology in innovating out of the downturn is far-reaching, and the opportunities for CIOs to take the [...]

Through the Prism of IT Transformation for Tomorrow’s Enterprise Datacenters: Q&A

Through the Prism of IT Transformation for Tomorrow’s Enterprise Datacenters: Interview with Annie Shum As indicated in our recent post “Extending the Scope of the Agile Executive”, Cote and I have recently reached the conclusion that The Agile Executive needs to cover structural changes in order to give a forward-looking view to its readers. We [...]

Emerging Technology Watch: An Internet 1000 Times Faster than Today’s?

Optical Flow Switching (OFS) for High Speed Internet with Low Cost Posted By Bob Gourley Imagine the possibility of an Internet 1000 times faster than the one of today. Dr. Vincent Chan, a great hero of modern telecommunications (and a mentor I’ve been honored to serve on an advisory board with) is leading research into [...]

Google introduces Google Prediction API to enable pattern learning in its Cloud Storage to make real-time decisions in your applications

The following information is extracted from the Google Web site: What is the Google Prediction API? The Prediction API enables access to Google’s machine learning algorithms to analyze your historic data and predict likely future outcomes. Upload your data to Google Storage for Developers, then use the Prediction API to make real-time decisions in your [...]

The Four Ways IT Is Revolutionizing Innovation simultaneously: measurement, experimentation, sharing and replication

MIT Sloan Management Review The Four Ways IT Is Revolutionizing Innovation Michael S. Hopkins 05.21.10 There has always been a performance gap between companies that embrace technology and companies that resist it–what Erik Brynjolfsson, Schussel Family Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, director of the MIT Center for Digital Business and co-author of [...]