Why the Future will Require Mesh Governance
Society is evolving quickly, with power more and more in networks. In turn, network edges are gaining in power. What this means for all of us is daunting. The author outlines a new form of...
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User Control Could Fix the Privacy Problem
User identity is broken on social networks. Biometric data about people, protected by encryption, could return the balance of power to where it belongs—with consumers.
Procurement That Saves Money, and Even Lives
More companies seek a tighter grip on their supply chains, and not just to better marshal resources and spending. Once you digitize your supply chain you gain visibility into how suppliers manage critical social issues...
Reflections from Ross…On Techonomy 2016!
One of the first things we’ll do at TE16 this year is have a conversation about what just happened in this epochal American election. That will kick off two solid days of amazing presentations and...
Giant Texas School System Makes a Giant Internet Commitment
The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, with 114,000 students, is decidedly Texas-sized. But the district's latest project lives up to that grand scale: updating its entire digital network to bring 100G broadband internet access to every...
Government Infecting Itself with Entrepreneurial Spirit
One of the many phrases with which we’ve all become familiar, certainly if we live or spend any time around Washington, is that government needs to operate more like a business. And while that’s an...
What Is MVNO Anyway? Google It …
As anticipation grows around the impending launch of Google’s MVNO service (Mobile Virtual Network Operator, for those of us not in the traditional telecom industry), I think back to the Techonomy session "A Future Without...
KeenON: CEA’s Gary Shapiro on the Digital Revolution in 2015
There are few more optimistic thinkers than Gary Shapiro, the CEO and president of the Consumer Electronics Association and the author of "Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World’s Most Successful Companies." Shapiro–who...
Making Data Storage Safer: The MaidSafe Network
As our personal and business data migrates online, lack of online security is increasingly a source of worry for both businesses and individuals worldwide. Risks, including malicious hacking, vandalism, and data theft, are numerous. Today's...