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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

The worlds of cloud, mobile, social and cyber will continue expanding, permuting and recombining. Customers will act on market shifts that makes the purchase and resale of hardware and software no longer viable opting instead for the integration of cloud-based services. 2015 PREDICTION TIME!!

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Uncommon Thinkers: UW prof and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel has a rare ‘creative brilliance’

GeekWire

He isn’t a licensed electrician. ” Patel (top left) grew up in Alabama, where his parents ran a hotel and the family lived in an adjacent apartment. They were engineers, but ended up managing a hotel. Patel predicts that AI will help software become more personalized and more equitable. ” he said.

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Strategic positioning in the flow economy: 3 action steps

Trends in the Living Networks

Walk into a youth hostel or budget hotel in any exotic country around the world, and you’re more than likely to see someone reading a guidebook from Lonely Planet, the dominant global brand in budget travel. The software and content, including interactive maps, can be downloaded on the Internet or purchased on CD-ROM or preinstalled modules.

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- Thanks & Turkeys 2010

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

My colleagues elsewhere have similar stories, whether in Houston and Mobile, Alabama, who have suffered through hurricanes, or Los Angeles and Riverside who have suffered through earthquakes, or Chicago and Washington DC, with their snowstorms.). Others absolutely refuse to negotiate reduced pricing or flexible maintenance plans.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

A PwC report titled “Finding value for the consumer in The Indian mobile industry” mentions the churn problem in India and suggests a switch from prepaid to a postpaid connection to avoid churn. According to [15], the author concludes that churn analysis is applicable to the noncontractual B2B hotel industry.

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We asked seven venture capitalists if the metaverse is the next big thing or just a lot of hype

GeekWire

And will this represent a tectonic technological platform shift — along the lines of the internet and mobile revolutions — or is it simply a lot of hot air? “Compared to 3-to-5 years ago, massive advancements in bandwidth, chips, software, and new (hardware) platforms … will improve adoption. Meta Photo). How far off is it?