The Future As Seen By Me In 2010
Well looky here, things one has scanned in eh. (ignore the photo, that's some guy that made some accounting software, not sure what became of him ;) MIKE RIVERSDALE is fuming. The expensive headphones he bought in Sydney three weeks ago have just died. His first reaction is not to randomly spill expletives into his coffee, but to use his iPhone to vent his frustration to his Twitter con- tacts, under the moniker Miramar Mike. "I will also put, 'What should I do?' It's a conversation. I'm reaching out to the people following me." The council predicts hand-held digital devices such as smartphones will rule the world in 2040. They already rule the life of Mr Riversdale, whose company WaveAdept helps businesses adapt - their computing sys- tems to allow staff to work from anywhere - and with anyone. In order of fre- equency, he uses his iPhone to tweet (1136 followers; 8363 tweets since joining), e-mail, make phone calls and use online services, such as checki
Word is that next CIO will be Tier 3, rather than T2 as now. So work out for yourself the level of importance SSC place on the role.
ReplyDeleteAlso, while NZ might not have Google like capacity, we might not have google-like demand either, given one of the biggest costs in the cloud will be international data transfer. What's important is to not become dependent for data or service on an entity that NZG might become at odds with. Contracts won't help when they've got you by the bits.