Futurists enjoy taking out their crystal ball and projecting future innovations. They are typically wrong. George Orwells book 1984 that was published in 1949 did not come close with its projections. In the 1960s I recall a Walt Disney television show describing automobiles that required no driver and were guided by some form of magnet-like strip imbedded in the streets or … [Read more...] about Historians versus Futurists: Who is More Valuable?
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Smart Government Summit
SMART GOVERNMENT SUMMIT (28TH TO 29TH APRIL 2015) Trade Visitor - Free' Join an exclusive TWO-DAY conference. Get the opportunity to meet, greet and network with government executives, decision makers and key policy makers from regional and global government organizations and agencies. Over 200 experts and leaders from various industries, public and private sectors … [Read more...] about Smart Government Summit
7 Factors to Consider When Choosing Between Public or Private Cloud
By now it should not come as a surprise that Big Data and the Cloud are two trends slowly converging into one major trend. Many organizations are thinking of a cloud solution for their IT and that is not a surprise. In fact, already in 2012 KPMG found that 81% of organizations were either evaluating cloud services, planned a cloud implementation or had already implemented a … [Read more...] about 7 Factors to Consider When Choosing Between Public or Private Cloud
Energia de Portugal 2014
Energia de Portugal 2014 is a tech accelerator program taking place in Lisbon. Applications are opened for Portuguese, Chinese and Brazilian startups. Participation in Energia de Portugal requires full time presence of selected teams in Portugal for a period of a month. For Chinese and Brazilian startups accepted in the program, the organization will fund transport … [Read more...] about Energia de Portugal 2014
Who Is Paying The Bill For Data Breaches?
Data breaches have become a common thing of today unfortunately. Many companies that store massive amounts of credit cards, passwords or other personal information have been attacked in the past few years. Only recently we saw the biggest data breach ever, when over a billion account credentials where hacked from over 420.000 websites. Some 1.2 billion username and … [Read more...] about Who Is Paying The Bill For Data Breaches?