Archives : March 2010

Why Killing ideas Fosters More Innovation

published on 2010/03/30 by Yann Gourvennec

Bluenove's Martin Duval is not only a successful entrepreneur and an open-minded innovator. He is also a controversial business writer with French flair who can deliver straight to the point conclusions. Whereas most would-be innovators will lay a stress on the production of new ideas - the ideation process - Duval knows, like most hardened innovators, that the truth lays not in that process but in the more delicate art of rejection and ... killing innovations. Here are his thoughts on the subject, for the benefit of our readers:Lately, I had a chance to describe the challenges faced by French......

Why Killing ideas Fosters More Innovation

Wearable computing back in the news

published on 2010/03/29 by Anthony Plewes

A couple of interesting wearable computing news pieces landed on my desk this week. First up is this one from Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx, which looks at technology breakthroughs in human body sensing. He says that the Holst Centre in the Netherlands is important work in body area network to monitor vital signs or control drug delivery for e-medicine applications. One of the problems with in-body electronics is that they need power to function, and changing the battery when it runs out can be dangerous. The trick is either to use low-power devices, such as this one developed by......

Wearable computing back in the news

emulation & virtualisation

published on 2010/03/29 by Olivier Domy

Back to basics: emulation and virtualisationWhen it comes to server virtualisation, consolidating and securing a data centre is often our first thought. In fact, we typically overlook one of the first applications that enabled virtualisation solutions to take off in the past few years: computer emulators.What is emulation?Emulation is when one information system operates like another system by taking on functions for which it was not originally designed. A common example of emulation involves running old video game consoles (e.g., NES, SNES, Sega Mega Drive) on an x86 architecture (PC).When we talk about emulation, several principles of virtualisation apply: Independence.......

emulation & virtualisation

New research reveals complex Ghanaian mobile and internet usage patterns

published on 2010/03/25 by Anthony Plewes

Recently published research by InterMedia has uncovered internet penetration in the country of 4%. However, that looks set to rise rapidly because the survey predated the recent arrival of new international cables that are set to bring cheaper fixed and mobile internet connectivity to users. Four cables - Glo One, Main One, WACS and ACE - now serve the country and are set to radically alter the penetration picture. That penetration level is borne out by research from BuddeComm, which reports a figure of 4.9% or 1.1m users for 2008. BuddeComm also reported that there are 140 licensed ISPs in......

New research reveals complex Ghanaian mobile and internet usage patterns

New research reveals complex Ghanaian mobile and internet usage patterns

published on 2010/03/25 by Anthony Plewes

Recently published research by InterMedia has uncovered internet penetration in the country of 4%. However, that looks set to rise rapidly because the survey predated the recent arrival of new international cables that are set to bring cheaper fixed and mobile internet connectivity to users. Four cables - Glo One, Main One, WACS and ACE - now serve the country and are set to radically alter the penetration picture. That penetration level is borne out by research from BuddeComm, which reports a figure of 4.9% or 1.1m users for 2008. BuddeComm also reported that there are 140 licensed ISPs in......

New research reveals complex Ghanaian mobile and internet usage patterns