The year 2025 should see rapid adoption of AI within the enterprise. The ones that plan to continue with wait-and-watch strategy will end up watching their competitors eat their lunch in market share. The time to plunge into AI is NOW! The biggest barrier to introduce new technology in corporate is trying to figure out… Read More »
Published in 2005 The first part of this series can be read here and the second part in series can be read here. In this third and final part I will focus on leadership. While the government incentives can encourage innovation for the simple reason that it directly leads to profits, leadership is a different… Read More »
Published in 2005 This is the second in the three-part series. To read the first in series click here. In this article I will focus on encouraging innovation. On my way from hotel to the airport in Shanghai I pulled out the departure card and started filling in the details. I was able to fill it… Read More »
Published in 2005 Is India the next technology leader? Will we ever take on the US and show them the way, so to speak? For the last couple of years, the media has been rife about how India and China can take the lead from US, especially in the hi-tech. At home in India, the media and the… Read More »
Published in 2003 While I have been following the news articles and opinions about how US may lose its edge on technology leadership, I differ from majority of the views that have been expressed so far. What we see in the media and what is shared by the industry are mere indicators that reflect a… Read More »
Published in 2001 Lately it seems that India is waking up to the concept of e-governance. The irony is that our government has yet to understand what governance is and they are already moving forward with automating whatever we have in the name of governance. When President Clinton visited India, he proudly proclaimed that India… Read More »
Published in 2000 The penguin has attacked! If you have been reading the war of OSes it seems that Linux is gainingground against Microsoft in the server space. Now, with ‘Lindows’, which is a Windows UI plastered onLinux, the penguin is eyeing desktop users. While the various open-source and free-software groupsmay be busy writing obituaries… Read More »
Published in 1999 Everyone can see the fire burning, expertise lies in smelling the smoke – a quote that all of us has heard more than once in our lives. Translate that into biz world and it sounds similar to – ‘I should have bought Yahoo stock in 1996’ vs. ‘I bought Yahoo stock in… Read More »
Published in 1997 One of the most challenging but often underestimated task is that of managing an IT (software development) project. It is disheartening to see that almost everyone assumes that software projects will overrun their budget and will always be delayed, no matter how much money or resources you throw at them. Thanks to… Read More »
I was listening to the recent Lex Fridman’s podcast episode with Dario Amodei and the Anthropic team on the topic of AGI, AI and (of course) the future of humanity. It appears to me that the creators of AI feel obligated to talk about the risks of AI going berserk and killing us all and… Read More »