cloud computing
How Cloud Computing Will Change Business
This is the "next big thing" that IT people need to know about, and it's going to be a headache because the potential advantages are as big as the potential pitfalls. I would be really reluctant to see a core part of someone's business relying on Twitter, say, being available. Or building all your procedures around some other service which then runs out of venture funding and closes overnight.
On the other hand, there are some very clever ideas: "Siri last month introduced a service that puts sophisticated artificial intelligence in an easy-to-use form (snip) Example: A salesperson asks her virtual assistant to help pull together the best pitch she can make to a particular customer. The assistant draws information from a variety of sources that the salesperson can use to create a proposal."
A pitch-bot! Excellent!
Link to original article: http://griff.in/04
BTW, this is one of the very few sites that has video on auto-play when you land on it. It is a loathsome practise and you should not copy it.


