This post was written by Jim Marino
A report written by Ludwig Siegele, a journalist with ‘The Economist,’ has referred to cloud computing as the ultimate type of globalization. Controlling the data is a tough task. Information can float quite freely. Every government wants to control the data of their citizens and companies. All of them have their own sets of data regulation. Wladawsky-Berger from IBM has said that the IT industry spent most of its first decades in developing the fundamental components of computing. Now that these have standardized, systems that will be larger and more diverse can emerge.
On mlive.com, Emily Monacelli talks about comments made by Ed Barlow, a futurist and president of Creating the Future Inc., at Grand Valley State University’s Loosemore Auditorium. During his discussion of staying competitive in the wake of globalization, Barlow said that companies can throw out traditional business models — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Instead, companies must participate in a “continuum of change” of eight areas to stay competitive, including being concerned for the environment, keeping up with science and technology and recognizing changing demographics. Barlow paints a bleak picture for those who are not ready to embrace technology and globalization and says that the ones who are ready face a challenge.
Panther Express, a leading global provider of high-performance content delivery services, has announced that they have been selected as the content delivery network (CDN) for I4U News, one of the top online Tech and Gadget Lifestyle magazines in the US and UK. The I4U News site attracts an affluent audience of tech and gadget enthusiasts and consumers, and provides an in-depth coverage of the latest Hot Gadgets, Portable Devices, Mobile Phones, Home Entertainment, Notebook & PCs and Gaming.
Cisco Systems Inc.’s Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior said that video is the single most important application on the network that would drive network growth rates. Warrior believes that with the world moving towards multi-polar economies, the technological innovation would now come both from emerging and developed markets. According to Warrior,
Due to the requirement of an integrated business system for any company with revenues of more than $5-$10 million, there has been a steady increase in ERP software spending. A recent study by the Boston-based AMR Research Inc. found that the global ERP application market will reach $38.2 billion by the end of 2008, about half of which will be derived from sales to the manufacturing industry. While the primary reason for the ERP market’s growth is increased investment by large corporations, as a result of globalization and a desire for performance management, medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are also driving the spending.