Rethinking Education

Healthcare and education have always been two areas where I believe the intelligent use of technology can really make a transformational difference. Whilst most of the focus today is on healthcare, and we still have a long way to go, education should have at least the same priority. This Computerworld article by  Eric Lai gives a great glimpse of what could be.

Cloud computing – buyer beware

I am finally getting a chance to get caught up after my somewhat hectic travel schedule outlined in my previous blog. While I was in the UK, I had the opportunity to meet with a number of journalists - I encouraged them to move beyond reporting on technology as technology to focusing more on the business decisions that the business needs to make about how they will actually drive and sustain value from their use of technology. This article, by Warwick Ashford in Computer Weekly, is a great example of the balanced view I would like to see.