April 23, 2012
"In the past, people have said, maybe it’s 50 years away, it’s (Quantum Computing) a dream, maybe it’ll happen sometime. I used to think it was 50. Now I’m thinking like it’s 15 or a little more. It’s within reach. It’s within our lifetime. It’s going to happen."

— Quote by Mark B. Ketchen, Manager, Physics of Information, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York on the topic of Quantum Computing.  Quote found in an online New York Times article titled  “I.B.M. Inch Closer on Quantum Computer”

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Filed under: Quantum Computing Quantum-Computing Quantum IBM Trends Emerging Technology 
April 23, 2012
"It’s (Quantum Computing) one of our most significant fundamental research projects now, and may be one of the largest fundamental ones,"

— Quote by Bill Gallagher, Senior Manager of Quantum Computing, IBM Research.  Quote found in an online Computerworld article titled  “IBM’s new future: Quantum computing”

8:24am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zf2aXyKA8rK6
(Notes: 14)
  
Filed under: Quantum-Computing Quantum Emerging technology trends 
April 3, 2012
"Seventeen percent of global IT spending will be generated by BRIMC in 2012, representing nearly $658 billion, and the markets remain far from saturated. While professional and consumer market opportunities can be found in many emerging markets, Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico and China (BRIMC) continue to perform particularly strongly, and this is where over half of emerging markets’ IT spending will be concentrated in 2012."

— Quote by Luis Anavitarte, research vice president and head of emerging markets research at Gartner.   Quote found at in a Gartner press release titled: “Gartner Says Emerging Markets Will Generate $1.22 Trillion in IT Spending in 2012”

7:38am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zf2aXyJ0GPGd
Filed under: gartner it-spending technology Asia A/P brazil bric brimc india russia china mexico 
March 20, 2012
"With increased urbanization and substantial economic opportunities, major African cities like Nairobi are coming under more pressure than ever to transform. For Nairobi to reach its full potential as a regional powerhouse, new technologies and approaches are required to modernize the city’s systems and to make it a better place to live, work and do business."

— Quote by Tony Mwai, Country General Manager, IBM East Africa.   Quote found in the online IBM News room in a press release titled:  IBM Report: Technology Holds the Key to Nairobi’s Development and Increased Competitiveness  ony Mwai, CGM IBM East Africa (left) and Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Information at the launch of the Nairobi Smarter Cities white paper report.

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Filed under: Niarobi africa technology smarter-cities smart-city smart-cities ibm smarter-planet 
February 28, 2012
"To put America back to work, parents, teachers, students, civic leaders, and private sector employers must collaborate on new and innovative approaches to public education. Today’s announcement will help close the skills gap not only in the City of Chicago, but in any city that chooses to implement the playbook and open a grades 9-14 school."

— Quote by Stanley S. Litow, Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs at IBM.   Quote found in an IBM press release “IBM Unveils Playbook for U.S. Cities to Develop Grades 9-14 Schools That Prepare Students for Technology Jobs”

12:23pm  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zf2aXyHBOeDs
Filed under: education ibm k1-12 technology skills parents teachers students smarter-planet smarter-cities smart-cities 
February 6, 2012

Possible #future products and services…via video “A Day Made of Glass” (by CorningIncorporated)

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(Notes: 23)
  
Filed under: future trends glass display human-computer-interaction HCI technology multi-touch 
February 1, 2012
"Competitive advantage cannot be sustained other than by ceaselessly pursuing new ways to compete, and changing one’s culture to match the new needs"

— 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

9:23am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zf2aXyFjGLs0
(Notes: 37)
  
Filed under: gartner competitive-advantage competition information technology 
December 13, 2011
"The bottom line for me with any new emerging technology…whether it is is analytics, cloud computing, or social business is that successful implementations of new technologies must have three strategy elements integrated and in place 1) Technology Strategy (the new emerging applications and tools) 2) People Strategy (changes to skills, organization, and culture) 3) Business Process Strategy (changes to tasks, activities, etc.)."

— Quote found in a HorizonWatching blog post on typepad at “Culture Plays A Big Part In Social Business Adoption”

9:18am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zf2aXyDCT8PP
(Notes: 16)
  
Filed under: emerging technology future adoption IT emerging-tech culture strategy leadership 
December 13, 2011
"Last month, IBM released it’s 2011 IBM Tech Trends Report, which is one of the top reports I suggest you read about tech trends going into 2012. It’s a great report because it’s developed from a survey of more than 4000 IT professionals from 93 countries and 25 different industries."

— Quote found on HorizonWatching post on Typepad at IBM: 2011 Technology Trends Survey Results and Report

9:16am  |   URL: http://tmblr.co/Zf2aXyDCSvCI
(Notes: 5)
  
Filed under: ibm tech trends emerging technology 2012 
December 2, 2011
"As much as 20% of this (I.T.) total spending will be driven by the technologies that are reshaping the IT industry – smartphones, media tablets, mobile networks, social networking, and big data analytics."

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For more, see HorizonWatching blog post:

IDC: 2012 Predictions for Information Technology Industry

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(Notes: 1)
  
Filed under: idc technology 2012 trends predictions 
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