On Wednesday NASA announced its first Chief Technology Officer, a new position established to lead IT innovation at the space agency. This person will be responsible for the agency's Enterprise Architecture division and for introducing new and emerging technologies into IT planning and implementation.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=30758
Friday, May 7, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
India's 3G auction - Better late then never
Bidding in the the Indian 3G auction has now reached upwards of $10 billion. Its taken the government four years to get here (see my Oct 31, 2006 op-ed in the Economic Times), but better late than never.
In Sep. of 06 I had made a presentation to the Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) on the benefits of using an auction mechanism for selling the spectrum. This had not been done in the past in India and from what I could surmise, they were leaning towards a beauty contest. Subsequently, I wrote an op-ed in the Economic Times that got published on Oct. 31 2006.
The big question is how are these funds to be utilized? My colleague and friend Prof. Arun Sundararajan and I opined on this in the summer of 2007 with Knowledge@Wharton.
In Sep. of 06 I had made a presentation to the Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) on the benefits of using an auction mechanism for selling the spectrum. This had not been done in the past in India and from what I could surmise, they were leaning towards a beauty contest. Subsequently, I wrote an op-ed in the Economic Times that got published on Oct. 31 2006.
The big question is how are these funds to be utilized? My colleague and friend Prof. Arun Sundararajan and I opined on this in the summer of 2007 with Knowledge@Wharton.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Digital Biology Disruption of Health Care
The data explosion in biology is bringing about a disruption in health care, in which people will shift their thinking toward wellness.
http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/05/04/big-ideas-for-health-it-from-hood-smarr-lazowska-highlights-of-the-ovp-tech-summit/?single_page=true
http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2010/05/04/big-ideas-for-health-it-from-hood-smarr-lazowska-highlights-of-the-ovp-tech-summit/?single_page=true
A New Player in the E-book Industry
Google is entering the E-book market. As expected, they are taking a very open approach. It will be interesting to see how/if the will be able to help define this growing industry.
Neither Rain nor Sleet, but IT Got 'Em
An unbelievable, recent example of the innovative disruption of IT. Is TV next?
http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15911952
http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15911952
Apple continues to change the way music is distributed
Apple is shutting down the music service LaLa. LaLa was a great way to try full versions of songs before purchasing them.
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