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Integrated communications are becoming more ubiquitous and profitableRecently I have attended a number of symposia hosted by unified communications vendors including Microsoft, Google, and Siemens. I have been impressed by the level of interest and dedicated effort going toward integrated multi-media solutions. Presence is getting built in to backbone systems that can deliver/gather presence information from multiple mobile platforms, use geo-location data, translate between text / voice / video, and auto-incorporate organic groups of interest when topics emerge. These tools will have an extraordinary impact on business in the future. Flying Cars...
So, how long will it take for flying cars to be commonplace? Will they ever? As of this week, there is a viable flying car that will be on the market for under $200,000 in the near future. What implications will this have f
I have not written for long time...I have been working on a whole load of materials on social media and virtual communities. I expect to begin going through the materials and posting my thoughts on them.
Virtual Worlds enable New Business Opportunities
Digital Archives Make Massive Content AvailableWhen I first published this article, I noted that there is a massive movement in content acquisition and management. Old uncopywrited materials are being scanned and placed into digital media. In some cases they are being opened up to the public. Here is a nice story on NPR that brings a piece of this movement into perspective.
Social Media and Virtual Communities (old course number 659)This is a course for the students with a strong interest in new technologies and how they may be used to create new business opportunities, particularly new social networking media. Topics covered will include social networking and how the business world leverages them, virtual worlds and technologies, skills in designing and implementing social media for business value using sharepoint and iTunes U (hands on projects). As Disney describes it, to some degree we will "imagineer" the future of business in this course... what would you do in business if anything were possible?
On Software as a Service in the Wall Street Journal's SmartMoney MagazineI was quoted in an article in the Wall Street Journal's SmartMoney Magazine today concerning the future of Software as a Service (SaaS). This is a trend that has developed in the past four years and become a viable option for more and more functions to be provided over the Internet. We even see SAP taking this strategy for delivery of capabilities to Small and Medium Enterprises with their recent Business ByDesign suite. The basic idea is that you can avoid the heavy capital outlays up front and have immediate functionality akin to the features large corporations enjoy.
Unified Communications and ICT integrationHow do you explain the tremendous hype and true excitement about the iPhone? It is not a particularly revolutionary device in that its features all already existed in various places. It's key is integration - simplifying and streamlining the complexity of communications today. People are willing to pay for any device that does this well. Imagine a device you could wear that would serve as an accessory when not needed and morph into a phone, camera or other device form when needed. This sort of device is being developed now in research labs (Here's the video.). This unification of communications as a goal of cell phone providers sets up the broader topic of unified messaging. Unified messaging is a hot topic right now. It promises integration of telephone, email, and various other ICTs into one interface with unified search, storage, and topic cataloging of content.
What happens when computing processing and storage become fully virtual?Lately, the IT world has been humming with a variety of acronyms and buzzwords as usual. We hear about SOA and ITIL as well as "virtualization." Here virtualization generally refers to the ability to separate the computational capabilities associated with a business process from specific servers or other hardware. In effect, grid computing in which any terminal on a given grid can access the functions available.
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About DominicDominic Thomas Here is a sustainable school project I completed as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 90s. (Yes, that's me in the middle of the picture at the dedication of the school!) Tags in all vocabularies
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