Connectivity has changed the way we do business. It has fundamentally improved how we get directions, how we use our phones and how we interact with companies. And yet, there are some experiences that could benefit greatly from being engaged in the connected experiences but don’t. Here’s my wish list. 1. Doctor’s Offices It’s a [...]
I remember a conversation in the late nineties with a colleague and good friend of mine, during which I played devil’s advocate. It was about IP Centrex. He claimed that such a solution would never displace premises-based solutions, as it does not answer the enterprise’s real needs. He had a lot of good points and [...]
There was something different in the air at CES this year. First, it was great to see the industry come back — biggest CES ever! Last year’s no-shows were a real buzzkill, but the show this year had a really positive vibe, and yes, the show was packed. The second difference I saw was the huge [...]
Few anticipated (in particular those concerned with privacy in the network), that consumers would adopt cloud services so quickly and massively. Web-based services like email and photo sharing have been with us now for a long time (“long”, certainly as defined in technological terms). But new services unheard of by most consumers until recently, are [...]
Recently I was in San Francisco attending GigaOM’s Mobilize Conference, one of mobile industry’s major conferences, where some very influential people came together to discuss mobile topics-du-jour – from the latest devices to the expanding potential of cloud-based services. I had been looking forward to attending and speaking for some time now, and the event [...]
The automotive experience is undergoing rapid change. Having essentially evolved into a local area network of computers on wheels, the automobile is now poised to become an Internet node. One kind of intelligent transportation system (ITS) – often referred to generally as a connected vehicle – based on 4G networks will provide new levels of [...]
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of representing Alcatel-Lucent and the ng Connect Program at the Telefonica-Movistar Campus Party event in Mexico City. The Campus Party is an annual week-long event that brings young participants together to share their experiences and perform different activities involving the internet, innovation, digital creativity, science and entertainment, and [...]
On November 3, we showed publically — for the first time — the LTE Connected Car project. The ng Connect member companies involved in the project (Alcatel-Lucent, QNX Software Systems, Atlantic Records, Kabillion, chumby and Toyota Motor Sales USA) all came together to make this concept car a reality. It’s physically the largest Solution Concept [...]