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Smart Service Canvas

ITONICS

The connection of physical objects and cyber things through a wireless network provides us with immediate access to information about the physical world and the objects in it. Services that aggregate and analyze data through intelligent technical systems or platforms to create customer value are called smart services.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% at United Technologies and 30% at Siemens.

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Remembering

Technology Created

How relevant is a world where technology was so weak, so non-integrated? So is a review of the past a worthy endeavor? What about a student of technology? That’s all well and good but how about a macro perspective on technological eras and understanding where in the cycle we stand? Winston Churchill. Remembering history.

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Why Today’s Corporate Research Centers Need to Be in Cities

Harvard Business Review

Georgia Tech’s city-centered campus has become one of the nation’s leading destinations for corporate research centers. electronics companies, moved its global headquarters from the suburbs to Tech Square, bringing along 3,600 employees. Something is happening in Midtown Atlanta. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy.

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Smart Cities Are Going to Be a Security Nightmare

Harvard Business Review

Advancements in artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices have made it possible for cities to increase efficiencies across multiple services like public safety, transportation, water management and even healthcare. billion connected things will be used in smart cities this year, according to Gartner, Inc.,

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The Strategic Value of APIs

Harvard Business Review

Twitter acquired TweetDeck in 2011. Take the case of IBM’s Watson , a cognitive-computing technology that allows humans to make sense of large volumes of data. While many may see APIs as just a technical concept, they clearly overlook the rising strategic significance of APIs. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Insurance Isn’t Safe from Digital Upheaval

Harvard Business Review

Technological innovations ranging from smartphones to Big Data analytics to cloud computing make it easier than ever for new challengers – especially those unburdened by legacy systems or brick-and-mortar networks – to gain access to high-quality market information and mass distribution. Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.