Sensors, the exponential increase in value and advancement
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April 15, 2010 11:30 AM
One of the areas the fellows within HP Enterprise Services have been talking about for a number of years is the waves of computing technology and how that has changed the way business value is generated by IT. Jeff Wacker and I were discussing the other day parallels in the sensing space. Where computing moved from a corporate view (mainframe) to a personal view (PC) and then a shared view (Internet) to now a computing everywhere perspective.
I was playing with the idea that sensing moved from an isolated view (gather the information to be used later) to a data gathered view (networked in real time) to a more autonomous approach (with on-board intelligence using the information) to a collaborative approach (where devices can share and act on sensed information together). For sensors there are quite a variety of configurations depending on the needs so the waves are not quite as clear - at least in my mind yet.
It did make me wonder about the oscillation between stand alone capabilities and the value of sharing (like Metcalfe's law). You see something similar in social media approaches as well. The possibilities go up at greater than the linear increase in sensing...
Originally posted on The Next Big Thing blog
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| Charles Bess has worked in the Information Technology industry for about 30 years supporting a variety of large organizations and industries. Charlie has performed a variety of formal and technical leadership roles throughout EDS and now HP. He is a licensed professional engineer and in 2002, a senior member of IEEE and was recognized as a Fellow within HP for his focus on value delivery and innovation. Currently he is focused on the Chief Technologist functional relationship between HP and its largest clients. In addition to these activities, Charlie has also worked as a public speaker, advisor to SMUs MBA program and supported engineering and computer science activities at Purdue University and University of North Texas. He’s been blogging on technology and business value related topics since early 2003. |  |
