Lots of industries are becoming saturated with competitors, to the point where they’re becoming commoditized. And a funny thing happens when an industry that was once nascent becomes the next big thing: Everyone thinks they can do your job. But it doesn’t signal the end for startups; instead, it’s a renaissance, a period of both rebirth and adaptation.READ»
Windows,
my dear friend, don’t take this the wrong way, but you’ve gotten old,
slow and even a little hairy these days. You take too long to boot up,
and you’re chock full of programs I never use. It’s time for you to ...READ»
The core of the frenemy theory is this: The very nature of the cloud is collaborative, and users don’t want to be hamstrung by a certain service. If your company chooses to make other cloud services work well together, you’re going to attract a loyal user base.
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Private-sector IT organizations are often known more for pushing back, wearing people down, and never quite achieving alignment with business needs; they'd do well to look to education IT for lessons in how to do it better. READ»
Cloud storage alone is not enough to solve the blur of data that is swamping our devices and our digital lives. What consumers want is a Curated Cloud, and that's what the Kindle Fire delivers.
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With the next update of iOS to version 5 on October 10th, it's going to happen again: Apple is going to invent the future by reinventing the past. And we'll all be ready for it because Apple has spent years preparing us for what ...READ»
"The cloud" is the biggest and most overused buzzword in the tech industry. Here's how one cloud startup is getting ahead by eschewing the jargon and keeping it simple for consumers. READ»
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Right now: Tesla as the Big Three's Big Fourth, sending texts from within Facebook, Google's Android demands and NFC pioneering. Refresh later for more!READ»
The home of the future will be bedecked with smart sensors that send their data to the cloud so you can manage the house from afar--yes, we've heard this story we've before. But now Microsoft is helping build a smart city in Portugal packed with exactly these smart dwellings.READ»
Nimbus, a biopharmaceutical company that leverages cloud computing to discover medicines, is working on a lymphoma cure, as well as a fat-burning drug that mimics exercise.READ»
More technology does not always mean more openness and collaboration. Consider the divergent examples of Tunisia, writing its new constitution via the collaborative, open-source PiratePad, and Hungary, writing its guiding document via the very proprietary iPad.READ»
GE announced this week that it is offering $520 million to buy Lineage Power Holdings, a company that sells data center and telecom power conversion gear.READ»
Big Blue is turning NATO's IT operations in Virginia into a private cloud that could help the organization smooth out command, control, surveillance, and intelligence projects, and improve decision-making on the ground. READ»
Researchers at the University of Bristol found that global media consumption will reach 2,570 exabytes per year by 2030. How can "Green IT" power our thirst for so much data?READ»
By accelerating diagnosis turnaround times, HP and the Clinton Health Access Initiative hope to bring timely treatment to tens of thousands of infants infected with HIV. How data centers, cloud computing, and SMS-enabled printers could be the future of public health in Kenya.READ»
Microsoft's Partner Conference for 2010 is just getting underway, and already some big news is coming out of the event: MS is officially revealing its Azure cloud computing platform, and noting big first-run customers like eBay and ...READ»
Senior Director, Disaster Management, Microsoft
Redmond, Washington
Bonilla, 37, coordinates emergency communication solutions for stricken communities.
"In a time of disaster, you're often stuck starting with a damaged ...READ»
