February 2012
9 posts
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“The Consumerization trend is all about employees wanting to use the same...”
– Quote found at a HorizonWatching blog post: 2012 Trend Report: Consumerization
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“We are facing a huge deficit in people to not only handle big data, but more...”
– Quote by Dean Yi Deng of the College of Computing and Informatics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Quote found in an online article at Forbes titled “Big Data and Data Scientists — It’s An Issue Of Degree(s)”
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“IBM is unveiling three free volunteer kits to better educate students, parents...”
– Quote found in n IBM press release “IBM Releases Free Internet Security Training Tools to Educate Students, Teachers and Parents on Digital Responsibility”
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“IBM’s Watson is an emerging technology at the intersection of Big Data,...”
– Quote found in a HorizonWatching blog post: HorizonWatching 2012 Trend Report: IBMs Watson Technology
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“A continually evolving breed of unknown, persistent, targeted, and adaptive...”
– Quote found in an IDC press release: “More Formidable Security Threats and High-Profile Attacks Drive Enterprise Demand for the Security Services Threat Intelligence Market, Which IDC Forecasts to Reach $905 Million by 2014”
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“Competitive advantage cannot be sustained other than by ceaselessly pursuing new...”
– Quote by Jorge Lopez, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. Quote found at Gartner Says Second Half of the Information Age to Focus on Exploitation of Technology and the Information It Processes
January 2012
15 posts
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“What is becoming clearer is that the real value from ‘Big Data’ will...”
– Quote by Philip Carter, Associate Vice President at IDC Asia/Pacific. Quote found in an IDC Press Release: IDC Expects “Big Data” to Drive the Next Wave of Investments in Business Analytics for CIOs in Asia/Pacific
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“Worldwide information volume is growing annually at a minimum rate of 59 percent...”
– Quote found at a Gartner press release page: Gartner Says Solving ‘Big Data’ Challenge Involves More Than Just Managing Volumes of Data
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“Everyday, we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data–so much that 90% of the data...”
– Quote from an IBM website: What is big data? – Bringing big data to the Enterprise
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“What is thinking? What is intelligence? What is the role that computers should...”
– 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
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“Why do we still use a keyboard and mouse to interact with digital information?...”
– 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
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“The world is in transition and in the year ahead, mobile will be both the...”
– 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
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“Public cloud services will grow five times faster than overall IT enterprise...”
– Quote by IT research analyst firm Gartner in press release: “Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending to Reach $2.7 Trillion in 2012”
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“The global public cloud services market will more than triple in size over the...”
– Quote found in a press release by the research firm, Ovum. See “Public cloud services market to hit revenues of $66 billion”
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“Demand for private clouds is expected to double as many organizations look for...”
– Quote found at IBM press release: “IBM Introduces New Portfolio of Private Cloud Offerings”
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“virtualization as an IT initiative is still in its adolescence, and is...”
– Quote by Gartner found on Gartner’s website for it’s Hype Cycle for Virtualization, 2011 report, authored by Gartner Analyst Philip Dawson
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December 2011
13 posts
6 tags
“For years, observers have been wondering when malware would become a real...”
– Quote by Tom Cross, manager of Threat Intelligence and Strategy for IBM X-Force. Quote found at “IBM X-Force Report Reveals Mobile Security Exploits to Double in 2011”
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“Although better hardware design can reduce energy consumption, companies must...”
– Quote found in an IBM Redbook titled “Smarter Data Centers Achieving Greater Efficiency”
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“Unprecedented growth in information volume and complexity combined with...”
– Quote found on a Gartner website: Trends That Business Intelligence Leaders Cannot Ignore
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“Retailers are optimistic that a combination of strong promotions and lean...”
– Quote by said NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay. Quote found in a National Retail Federation press release NRF Forecasts Holiday Sales Increase of 2.8 Percent to $465.6 Billion
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“The bottom line for me with any new emerging technology…whether it is is...”
– Quote found in a HorizonWatching blog post on typepad at “Culture Plays A Big Part In Social Business Adoption”
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“Last month, IBM released it’s 2011 IBM Tech Trends Report, which is one of the...”
– Quote found on HorizonWatching post on Typepad at IBM: 2011 Technology Trends Survey Results and Report
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“It turns out, teenagers aren’t avoiding careers in engineering because...”
– Quote found in a Oregonian article titled: Intel survey of teenagers shows they don’t know what engineers do, limiting them from choosing those careers
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“Neither tools nor people alone can solve the challenges of Big Data. They must...”
– Quote by Michael Driscoll, Ph.D Boston University, Co-Founder and CTO at MetaMarkets. Quote found in an EMC press release titled: “New Global Study: Only One-Third of Companies Making Effective Use of Data”
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“Cloud and data center traffic is exploding, driven by user demand to access...”
– Quote by Suraj Shetty, vice president of product and solutions marketing, Cisco. Quote found at a Cisco press release article titled “New Cisco Global Cloud Index Projects Cloud Computing Traffic to Grow 12-Fold by 2015; Cloud to be 51 percent of Data Center Workloads by 2014”
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“The industry’s shift to the 3rd Platform will accelerate in 2012, forcing...”
– Quote by Frank Gens, senior vice president and chief analyst at IDC. Quote found in an IDC Press Release: IDC Predicts 2012 Will Be the Year of Mobile and Cloud Platform Wars as IT Vendors Vie for Leadership While the Industry Redefines Itself
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“As much as 20% of this (I.T.) total spending will be driven by the technologies...”
– For more, see HorizonWatching blog post:
IDC: 2012 Predictions for Information Technology Industry
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“Gartner Reveals Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2012 and...”
– See December 1, 2011 Gartner press release “Gartner Reveals Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2012 and Beyond”
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“Public cloud services will grow five times faster than overall IT enterprise...”
– Quote from Gartner in an October 17, 2011 press release “Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending to Reach $2.7 Trillion in 2012”
November 2011
18 posts
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“Worldwide information volume is growing annually at a minimum rate of 59 percent...”
– Quote found at Gartner Says Solving ‘Big Data’ Challenge Involves More Than Just Managing Volumes of Data
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“The results are clear. Mobile computing, cloud computing, social business and...”
– Quote by Jim Corgel, General Manager ISV and Developer Relations, IBM. Quote found in IBM press release: “IT Professionals Predict Watson Technology To Transform Education Industry”
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“I’m convinced this is a transformational technology. Until now, we have always...”
– Quote from Bill Gates in his blog post “The Power of the Natural User Interface” where he talks about the potential of Kinect technology.
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“Touchscreens could be extinct if researchers pioneering new human-computer...”
– Quote found at Infoworld.com in an article by Nick Barber of IDG News Service. For more, see the article “Beyond touch: A look at next-gen user interfaces”
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“President Obama has identified cybersecurity as one of the most serious economic...”
– Quote found at whitehouse.gov website: The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
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“The amount of information created and replicated will surpass 1.9 zettabytes...”
– Found in an IDC Press Release: IDC Expects “Big Data” to Drive the Next Wave of Investments in Business Analytics for CIOs in Asia/Pacific
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“Disruption is continuously afoot in every market and eventually comes to...”
– Quote found on a Gartner website introducing a keynote recap for keynote speaker Clayton Christensen, a professor at Harvard who coined the phrase “disruptive technology” over 15 years from now. For more, see 2011 Gartner Symposium ITxpo Live Orlando
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“We are very excited about sending the world’s most advanced scientific...”
– Quote by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Quote found at Mars Science Laboratory: NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover To Mars
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“Looking out five years, Forrester sees three technology ‘trains’ impacting the...”
– Quote by Matt Brown, vice president and practice leader at Forrester Research. Quote found at Forrester Press Release: Half of US Information Worrkers Split Time Between Office And Remote Locations
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“We strongly believe the consumerization trend will emerge as one of the key...”
– Quote by Ian Song, IDC senior research analyst, Enterprise Virtualization Software. Quote found at IDC Consumerizaton of IT: An IDC Survey
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“Combined sales of smartphones and tablets will be 44 percent bigger than the PC...”
– Quote found at Gartner Says Consumerization Will Drive At Least Four Mobile Management Styles
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“The global public cloud services market will more than triple in size over the...”
– Quote found in an Ovum press release titled “Public cloud services market to hit revenues of $66 billion”
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“Worldwide enterprise IT spending is projected to total $2.7 trillion in 2012, a...”
– Quote found at a Gartner Press Release titled “Gartner Says Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending to Reach $2.7 Trillion in 2012”