NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover landed on Mars today and started sending back photos to great celebration at NASA, the US and across the world. Particularly encouraging is the news that much of the leading technology was developed and supplied by US suppliers. Here are some innovators that need congratulations apart from the NASA team andContinue reading “NASA Curiosity lands on Mars and creates high tech US jobs”
Category Archives: Infrastructure
India Power Outage: why possible opportunities for the global electricity industry
India suffered two consecutive power grid failures that plunged 700 million people into darkness and that is one tenth of the 7 Billion humanity on the planet. It's important to understand why there are huge opportunities in India for the global electricity industry….. US media repeated this blackout news and pointed that none of theContinue reading “India Power Outage: why possible opportunities for the global electricity industry”
US drought and Mississippi river transport cost : reduce 17 tons cargo for every inch decline
As the US drought gets worse, one does not realize that barges transport 60 % of US crops of corn,soy and wheat to Louisiana for worldwide distribution over the Mississippi. The river is declining so rapidly that the barges might get grounded. So the barge industry is reducing 17 tons of freight for every inchContinue reading “US drought and Mississippi river transport cost : reduce 17 tons cargo for every inch decline”
Outsourcing transfers the perishability risk to the provider
As outsourcing becomes an important issue in the US Presidential elections- it's interesting to look at the perishability risk of services and how the provider or vendor takes over managing that risk. But first about perishability in services. Services have been differentiated from goods in terms of service characteristics that include intangibility,perishability,inseparability and variability. TheContinue reading “Outsourcing transfers the perishability risk to the provider”
The Internet Cloud and Telecom angle: Global IT spending to reach $3.6 trillion
Global IT spending is to reach $3.6 trillion in 2012 up from $3.5 trillion in 2011 according to Gartner that is about a 2.86% growth. Here are some things to consider in these numbers: Cloud means Internet : Following the previous post about what jobs cannot be outsourced from the USA, the cloud means thatContinue reading “The Internet Cloud and Telecom angle: Global IT spending to reach $3.6 trillion”
Mayors Innovation Challenge for US cities from NYC Mayor Bloomberg
The Mayor's Challenge for US cities from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a great idea. The rationale for the Mayors Challenge is explained in the video alongside and details of the competition are available at the Bloomberg Philanthropies website. Mayor Bloomberg is personally funding the effort and it is available to all citiesContinue reading “Mayors Innovation Challenge for US cities from NYC Mayor Bloomberg”
B2B Innovation market success needs credibility,opportunity and competitive advantage says Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel Lucent is about to make the Internet 5 times faster with its new core router 7950 XRS. According to CNN that is 16 Terabits of data per second or 2.5 Million HD videos streamed per second! But Alcatel had tried to break into the CISCO-Juniper stronghold of this market that consists of all mannerContinue reading “B2B Innovation market success needs credibility,opportunity and competitive advantage says Alcatel-Lucent”
Happy Easter Egg Roll and Egg Safety
Today the White House Easter Egg Roll turned out to be a fun event by all accounts and sort of encouraged this blog to revisit a popular post on the egg supply chain on a more happier note. For on Easter Monday it is nice to think of new beginnings, of Spring and the questionContinue reading “Happy Easter Egg Roll and Egg Safety”
As US mobile wireless data zooms: wireless carriers run out of spectrum
Ever wondered why every US wireless carrier has a spotty coverage map? Just look at this old AT&T (then Cingular)coverage map. It turns out, wireless carriers own "spectrum" they are allocated from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and these are like "pipes" they own to provide wireless services to their voice and data customers. Naturally,Continue reading “As US mobile wireless data zooms: wireless carriers run out of spectrum”
WEF Davos : Capitalism and Democracy try to find balance through CSR
This year (2012) there seems to be a marked and discernible change in this gathering’s tone and tenor. Leaders of both Governments and Businesses seem to realize that becoming richer and richer is probably not enough. This realization as capitalism,democracy and affluence rises worldwide , 1 billion more global middle class by 2020 according to Muhtar Kent of Coca Cola ( see accompanying video). Here is some interesting stuff to think about from happenings at Davos in 2012: