I have to agree with you about calling out Mott's assertion that real business applications don't come from VCs. There are numerous examples, including Salesforce, of enterprise businesses that have been built from startups,...
In reply to: Innovation Sources
Really important insight here, Jonathan. I'd add that we heard from top IT leaders at two other major companies at the InformationWeek Conference -- GE and Capital One -- who also said that they were shifting significant...
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I think throwing hard numbers like 90/10 out there when talking about IaaS, DCaaS or even SaaS is a mistake. If you are looking at how you do IT based on the amount of work you do internally vs the amount you do externally...
In reply to: In our out
" I think it's disrespectful. How can you trust someone who doesn't believe in what you say? " @Susan I couldn't agree with you more on this. Health care practioners often act incredibly arrogant and ignore what patients...
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Would you pay out of pocket for a better glimpse at what your genetic makeup and lifestyle say about your future health?
In reply to: What would you pay for a genomics-enhanced health assessment?
With sporting events, solo sports (the closest equivalent to The Voice) will be relatively easy compared to team sports. Each additional player introduces so many more variables. In one sense, though, most sports are easier...
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There are certain aspects of Windows 8 which I really like, update .1 or not, but it still doesn't feel very intuitive. Playing around with it for the first time it took me a few days to figure out how to turn the thing...
In reply to: Intuitiveness
DevOps is a great step ahead in the managing the process of software development. But the main challenge is to organize the work of diferent IT departments. At our software development company we're still struggling to introduce...
In reply to: DevOps
Alison, " . . . thought both the condition and the side effect were in my head . . ." In other words, he meant: "I don't know anything about your condition, therefore, it doesn't exist." " . . . until my husband told...
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Thanks, Ariella.
-Susan
In reply to: Re: Amazon, yes. 3D, ehh...
Brian, "equally interesting is the wonderful technology behind waterproofing." Yes, very interesting. "sound waves needs to travel both in and out from the speaker and microphone, materials that do not rust...
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Thanks for the information, Eric. It's very clear.
-Susan
In reply to: Re: Waterproof: Why only 30 minutes?
6 weeks out of US consecutively is the limit before they cancel your entire service.
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Ariella, "or maybe they just left her practice then. I did." That's the reason why you are still alive. Those "doctors" should pass certain controls from time to time to make sure they are not killing people, or...
In reply to: Re: Wisdom of the Crowd
"Maybe they all died before they could reach her" LOL @ Susan. Yes, or maybe they just left her practice then. I did.
In reply to: Re: Wisdom of the Crowd
What's funny about this is the fact that degree progams that would instill critical thinking skills are shunned, with quips like "Would you like fries with that?" I'm talking about liberal arts degrees. I went to...
In reply to: It's all in the liberal arts!
I would have read this, but an ad on every slide exceeded the utility of the information. I am sure it was a good article, maybe put it in a less obxnous place next time.
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I myself once had to have a second set of a facial Cat Scans done for no other reason than Facility A couldn't read the electronic output of Facility B. This shouldn't happen. There should be some type of "API" on every...
In reply to: Perhaps this is a place for a Federal Mandate
FB Ad revenues grew in the last six consecutive quarters as the social media website leveraged its growing popularity to charge higher rates per ad.
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>I was under the impression that high-demand employees moved pretty freely among the big Silicon Valley companies. Actually, employees in California have some of the strongest protection against labor mobility...
In reply to: Re: Poaching
I have doubts that the jury system can adequately assess patents, given their complexity. And the idea that software can be patented is just wrong. It's akin to allowing people to patent instructions like, "Place bread on...
In reply to: Re: Apple versus Samsung again; Fewer patents should be issued
InformationWeek Government, May 2014Protecting Critical Infrastructure: A New Approach
NIST's cyber-security framework gives critical-infrastructure operators a new tool to assess readiness. But will operators put this voluntary framework to work?
Building a Mobile Business Mindset
The differences between mobile apps and conventional Windows clients, or even web applications, are far more than skin deep. Yes, the touch-versus-keyboard interface, APIs, and programming languages are new, but that’s arguably the easy part. There are profound differences in how the two are built, the functionality each prioritizes, the release cycles on which they’re developed — even the attitudes, values, and work styles of the developers creating them.
2014 State of Storage Survey
If you look at vendor financials, the enterprise storage business seems stuck in neutral. Don't believe it.
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