Information-technology and Wuhan – opportunities and challenges for enteprises and governments

Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan - one of the most famous and spectacular Towers in China

 On December 9, 2008, SSV Network colleague Patrick Berbon and I attended a 2008 China-US IT Forum event in Silicon Valley for information-technology corporate leaders and government officials from Wuhan, China.

As a panelist, I contributed thoughts about information-technology marketplace opportunities and challenges for enterprises and governments.

One attendee from Silicon Valley introduced himself to me and mentioned he is a member of one of the SSVN Meetup-hosted communities.  Patrick and I met people who may add to the overall SSV Network community.

I appreciate event-organizer Henry Chen’s making this possible.

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IBM on five innovations that will change our Lives

An IBM report reveals five innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live, and play over the next five years.

The report is based on market and societal trends expected to transform our lives, as well as emerging technologies from IBM’s Labs around the world that can make these innovations possible.

In the next five years, technology innovations will change our lives in the following area:

Energy saving solar technology will be built into asphalt, paint and windows

Health – you will have a crystal ball for your health

Talking Web – you will talk to the Web . . . and the Web will talk back

Personal Shopping Assistants – you will have your own digital shopping assistants

Memory – forgetting will become a distant memory

By Daya Baran at November 30, 2008 , WebGuild

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