"What is thinking? What is intelligence? What is the role that computers should and will play in our lives,
and what are the boundaries between humans and computers? IBM’s Watson demands that we reconsider
each of these questions"

Quote found in an IDC Link pdf document from February 17, 2011 authored by Susan Feldman, IDC Research V.P. Check out the document at: What is Watson:  The IBM Jeopardy Challenge

(Source: google.com)

@3 days ago
#ibm #watson #artificial-intelligence #AI #DeepQA #IDC 

"The world is in transition and in the year ahead, mobile will be both the protagonist and subject of this instability. The winners in this evolving landscape will be those players that can capitalize on the global mobile gold rush and treat each user as a unique customer."

Quote by Jason Armitage, senior analyst at Yankee Research.  Quote found in a Yankee press release:  Yankee Group’s Predictions: Instability Will Rule Mobility in 2012
@4 days ago with 1 note
#mobile-computing #mobile #mobility #wireless #smartphones #tablets 

"The global public cloud services market will more than triple in size over the next five years to reach revenues of $66 billion in 2016. The market will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.4 per cent from the $18 billion it will reach at the end of 2011."

Quote found in a press release by the research firm, Ovum.  See “Public cloud services market to hit revenues of $66 billion”
@4 days ago
#cloud #public-cloud #cloud-computing #cloud computing #iaas #paas #saas #ovum 

Infographic: Value of Cloud Computing Services Through the Years | CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing Community 

Cloud Computing through the years

@4 days ago
humanscalecities: Daily Chart: Over half of China’s people now live in urban areas

humanscalecities:

Daily Chart: Over half of China’s people now live in urban areas

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"Why do we still use a keyboard and mouse to interact with digital information? This mode of human-computer interaction, invented more than 40 years ago, severely constrains our ability to access and interact naturally with digital content."

Quote found at MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group website.  I am using the quote in my HorizonWatching Trend Report on Human Computer Interaction
@3 days ago with 2 notes
#MIT #human-computer #HCI #mouse #keyboard #touch #gesture #speech 

"Public cloud services will grow five times faster than overall IT enterprise spending (19 percent annually through 2015)"

Quote by IT research analyst firm Gartner in press release:  “Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending to Reach $2.7 Trillion in 2012”
@4 days ago
#cloud #cloud-computing #cloud_computing #paas #iaas #saas 

"Demand for private clouds is expected to double as many organizations look for ways to gain greater flexibility from their computing resources while still maintaining control of their data. Forrester predicts the private cloud market to rise from $7.8 billion in 2011 to more than $15 billion in 2020."

Quote found at IBM press release:  “IBM Introduces New Portfolio of Private Cloud Offerings”
@4 days ago
#cloud #cloud-computing #private-clouds #saas #paas #iaas #virtualization 
The Top 10 Smart Cities On The Planet fastcompany:

The Top 10 Smart Cities On The Planet

fastcompany:

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@6 days ago with 119 notes
#smarterplanet #smart cities 

"virtualization as an IT initiative is still in its adolescence, and is disruptive to IT users and providers"

Quote by Gartner found on Gartner’s website for it’s  Hype Cycle for Virtualization, 2011 report, authored by Gartner Analyst Philip Dawson
@6 days ago with 1 note
#virtualization #gartner