Computer graphics
The Importance of "Convergence" In Market and Industry Analysis
If You Get Technology “Convergence” Wrong, Nothing Else Matters I came across this book during…
Canada
10 Best Industries To Target For Internships and Entry Level Positions
Let’s be frank. Finding a decent job commensurate with your new UBC degree in Management has become extremely difficult. I have blogged previously here on the discounted value of a degree, as explained by UC Berkeley economist and former Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich. For those living in the Okanagan or hoping to stay here to enjoy the sunshine, I urge you to relocate to a region with better employment prospects. BC Business recently published a ranking of BC cities for employment prospects. Kelowna ranked 17th, despite being the second largest region in B.C.. Calgary is no better option for jobs these days.
Industry Analysis
Moore's Law at 50: At Least A Decade More To Go And Why That's Important
Gordon Moore, now 86, is still spry and still given to the dry sense of humor for which he has always been known. In an Intel interview this year he said that he had Googled “Moore’s Law” and “Murphy’s Law,” and Moore’s beat Murphy’s by two to one,” demonstrating how ubiquitous is the usage of Dr. Moore’s observation. This week we are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the April 19, 1965 issue of Electronics magazine, in which Dr. Moore first described his vision of doubling the number of transistors on a chip every year or so.
Silicon Valley Culture
Now This Is Funny: Top Ten Reasons You're Not Ready for Today's Online World
This is not the Letterman Show. But it is very funny.. Scott McNealy, former CEO of Sun Microsystem’s keynote address at an enterprise computing conference held in Pacific Grove a month or so ago. Scott is not particularly well known for his humor and perhaps better known informally for his appreciation of ice hockey. Someone must have helped him with this Top Ten list list of “reasons you ( or your Chief Information Officer) is not ready for today’s new online world.”
Industry Analysis
Multidimensional Mobile Market War: Silicon Rust Belt
In this, my third post on the dramatic and fascinating developments, shifts, and impacts of the Multidimensional Mobile Market War, the precipitous decline of the leading personal computer industry competitors, has become even more pronounced than anyone suspected. Last week, IDC and Gartner were in more or less violent agreement that the bottom had very suddenly dropped out of the PC market.
Industry Analysis
Microsoft's New End Game Strategy: Pray
In a further episode of my earlier posts on the Mega Mobile Market Share War, it would seem that International Data Corporation (IDC) and Gartner, the two leading high tech industry analysis firms, are haggling over whether the precipitous drop in quarterly PC sales is 11. 2% or 14%. It also adds evidence to the accelerating rate of change in the corporate life cycle. Corporate life cycle events that took a decade are now occurring in a few short years.
Computer graphics
The Importance of "Convergence" In Market and Industry Analysis
I came across this book during my most recent visit to the UBC Vancouver campus. As good as I think this book is at focusing attention, in workbook style, on the importance of market and industry analysis, there is an issue that I think is not adequately addressed by any model or theory: not Porter, not STEEP or SWAT. Convergence is the issue.
Data Analytics
Big Data: Big Deal Or Not?
I have been having a spirited marathon debate with a couple of my friends. Is…
The Cloud
The clouds still hanging over Facebook
As John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems has pointed out, the corporate life cycle has…
Semiconductors
Strategic Inflection Points: A Case Study
In his book, Only The Paranoid Survive, Andy Grove, former CEO and Chairman of Intel…
