Category Archives: Disruption

Modular Data Centers: Containers for Clouds

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Mike Manos, Microsoft Data Center Chief, has unveiled in his blog the design of future “Generation 4″ Microsoft data centers. With the mission to provide massive easy-to-scale computing infrastructure to power the Cloud, Microsoft envisions pre-assembled containers equipped with a … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Disruptions in the Past Twelve Months

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

These are the top hottest five topics that we have covered over the past twelve months with the biggest potential for a disruption in both the Communications Industry and in our habits. 1) Mobile Internet, the Internet way. The iPhone … Continue reading →

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Innovate for Tomorrow or Die

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Any ambitious innovation must target to fix the problems of tomorrow considering the technology environment of tomorrow. Fail to consider the future environment and you might be pouring R&D dollars into the bin. Innovations that did bet on tomorrow: Remember … Continue reading →

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Tech-Talk.biz Becomes Disruption Matters

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

A few weeks from its first anniversary, tech-talk.biz becomes Disruption Matters. The change in name stresses the increased focus this blog will have on technologies and ideas that are transforming our World. And few areas are changing it as fast … Continue reading →

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Converging into Clouds

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Online players, such as Google and Amazon cope all bets to reign over the Clouds, benefiting from their global reach and huge experience on web scalability. Others foresee IBM -talking about utility computing for decades- or HP, after acquiring EDS, … Continue reading →

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The Future of Telecom: Clouds and Pipes

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Internet is the paradigm of next generation communications. One of the wonders of Internet is that it allows to de-couple Services/Applications from the access network. e.g. Anyone still uses the email or hosting services from your broadband access supplier? Most … Continue reading →

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Is Chrome Enough to Kill Windows?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Megabytes and megabytes of commentaries after its launch are setting yet one more record on top of Chrome’s top speed marks of one percent market share in one day, and fastest ever browser. Most analysis agree that Chrome is aiming at … Continue reading →

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The Nanotechnology Revolution Is Coming

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Nanotechnology aims a the fabrication of a wider range of materials with atomic precision. Advances in nanotechnology will have a huge impact in solving some of the challenges of today, such as global warming, sustainable energy, new cures for diseases, … Continue reading →

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Touchless Computing as in Minority Report?

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

As can be seen in the demo video from SoftKinetic, 3D motion-sensing software is becoming quite powerful. Similar to EyeToy in PS2, I would not be surprised if Sony soon brings this technology to PS3 to counter-attack Wii’s revolutionary game … Continue reading →

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The End of Microsoft Era?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

So The New York Times predicts in The Computer Industry Comes With Built-In Term Limits. The premise is that no company is able to dominate the Computer Industry spanning two technological eras. Microsoft has reigned on the PC era, as … Continue reading →

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