I always think that everyone like’s a birthday and then I’m reminded that there are one or two who would rather forget. Well, even if you don’t IBM does like a birthday. We celebrated our Centennial a couple of years ago (see this video of all our achievements during that time), and now we’re delighted […]
I think we need to change our vocabulary. I remember being on a course focused on finances and we were encouraged not to say “CapEx” and “OpeEx” but instead their full phrases “Capital Expenditure” and “Operating Expenditure” so that we would really focus on what they meant. So while we keep using the phrase “B2C” […]
Today I had the honour of talking at Dundee’s Women in Science festival. I had picked the subject “What is the Millenial Virtuous Cycle?… and other social impacts”, with the “Millenial Virtuous Cycle” being a rather interesting cycle of innovation being predicted by IBM Research in this year’s Global Technology Outlook (link to 2013’s report) […]
In my previous post I started thinking about the influences which will change data centres in Life and Pensions organisations. There are a few more topics I believe will have an impact. The first is DevOps. Introduction of DevOps It’s more than just one of the latest buzzwords, DevOps is the sort of practice which […]
In response to conversations with some Life and Pensions organisations recently I have been pondering the future of the data centre in that sector. Regulatory challenges, internal operational strategy, and intellectual property all influence the future of the data centre in the Life and Pensions sector. Although the provision of information technology is not the […]
These days everyone wants to access the function they need to do their job in the shape of apps for their smartphones and tablets don’t they? More and more app stores are available whether iTunes, Windows Store, Google Play, IBM PureSystems Centre, and so on. A conversation I had recently got me thinking more about […]
… to get it wrong. That was another conclusion from a Smarter City workshop and I think it’s so important. Not every good idea will work in every area in every city. But not every idea that fails in one area will fail in another too. So don’t be afraid to trial things. After all, […]
I’ve been thinking about this ever since I sat down in a workshop with Sustainable Glasgow to discuss the future of the city centre in Glasgow and what changes are required, with limited resources, to cater for future needs. The climate is changing, and it’s likely to get wetter and warmer. Anna Beswick, of Adaptation […]
In 2011 I had the privilege of being a part of an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge team, a team deployed to Glasgow to tackle the issue that is Fuel Poverty. Making our goal “affordable warmth” we recommended a long list of actions for Glasgow, and not all of them were based on technology, but about […]
I’ve been thinking about the “how” of Smarter and reading the vision for Smarter Cities at IBM.com is an inspirational one. But for those who already have commitments on resources (people, budget specifically) then the approach to Smarter can be achieved with smaller steps. Let’s think about a single view of the citizen and what […]
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