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In Case You Missed It, here's a roundup of last month's notable articles at FORBES NetAppVoice. Hold onto your headgear...
Here at NetAppVoice, we love to tell stories. We think they're a great way to get a point across. So, last month, David Amerland told us a story about telling a story:
What do a $17 billion retailer, a Grammy award winning singer, and a shoe store have in common? The answer is narrative.
In short: A narrative allows you to be yourself, and to find others who believe in you. ... All it requires to work its magic is the truth. [meet a meta-story]
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Following on from his earlier, widely-read article about Chromebooks in the enterprise, Stephen Glasskeys shares his ideas about where the cloud-desktop platform is best suited:
Chromebooks do have a place. And they’ve demonstrated that the cloud-computing model works.
Chromebooks aren’t the be-all-and-end-all for business professionals and power users. But...for many consumers, a Chromebook’s ability to integrate with Google’s ecosystem, its low cost, long battery life, and its ease of use is not only good enough, it’s awesome. Like many other aspects of cloud computing, it’s not a question of if, but of when. [read a book]
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From our series of global voices, David Gingell compares the entrepreneurial startup scene in the USA, Europe and Israel:
It would seem that the odds are stacked against Europe, especially in areas such as IT, biotech or clean energy. ... After the USA, Israel has more startups than any other country
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It starts in schools, in educating the young about business. We should look at the curriculum and ask ourselves whether we’re really preparing our teenagers for the...world of the 21st century. I certainly think there’s scope for improvement. [go west, young person]
What's new on your iPhone or iPad? As Mike Elgan explains, the iOS 8 platform is nearly here. And he predicts it'll be great for enterprises:
The iPhone became the leading smartphone in enterprises—pretty much by accident. ... Over time, Apple added enterprise-friendly features here and there, but nothing major. Until now.
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After Apple’s developer conference...there’s no question that Apple’s mobile operating system adds up to the best enterprise mobile OS on the market. Well, at least until Google’s developer conference. [fan the flames]
Did you hear a computer became sentient last month? Our resident machine-intelligence expert, Dr. Emma Byrne, busts a few myths:
At the weekend, controversial cybernetics professor and media showman Kevin Warwick announced that a computer had passed the infamous Turing Test. ... A computer having a conversation with 30 judges, had fooled them into thinking it was actually a human.
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Perhaps the only notion more iconic than Asimov’s “Three Laws,” the Turing Test has taken on a mythical status among commentators on artificial intelligence. ... But within the scientific community, it falls pretty low on the agenda. ... The world is massive and messy, but even the birds and the bees can cope...better than any of our best machines.
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[So] we should stop being distracted by Warwick’s cyber-sideshow. Instead, pay attention to the very real advances in machine intelligence that are about to change our lives and shape tomorrow’s business. [Captain Cyborg ahoy!]
"Data Is Money," cries Brad Nisbet, who explains why "the cloud" is making data become currency:
As businesses move faster, you need to strategically harness information, for competitive advantage. ... “The Cloud” figures in to many IT roadmaps to success. However, the sooner organizations realize what it is—and is not—the more effectively they’ll be able to use information to their advantage.
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Ignoring the complexities of cloud deployment can lead to significant risks. ... What cloud does, when used correctly and strategically, is truly profound [with] incredible new strategic advantages waiting to be unleashed. [pay it forward]
Are you grappling with cross-border teams? In June's most under-rated article, John Rollason brings us these six simple yet effective ideas:
We rely more and more on work teams in geographically dispersed locations. But that requires integrating distinct—even divergent—skills and knowledge.
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It’s a challenge, but the result is well worth it: A dynamic, cross-border team that increases productivity and achieves organizational goals. And that’s crucial for tomorrow’s business. [diverse ideas]
Conversely, in June's #2 most popular article, Matthew Butter shows us how video-game hardware is helping cure cancer:
Today's video-game chips...can slash the time required to calculate a radiotherapy dose: They can reduce the most complex proton-radiotherapy calculation from 70 hours to just 10 seconds. No, that’s not a typo: It really is 25,000 times faster.
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Doubling the speed of innovation enabled breakthroughs that are changing the graphics game as we know it—and improving our quality of life. [the game of life]
Speaking of gaming, in June's #1 most popular article, Zoë Goodacre brings us this 100-word story from her stable of every-Friday flash fiction:
It’s a phrase that echoes through the decades: The graphics have improved so much. The game-play is so much more realistic.
But those playing on the interweb must consent to player data being submitted to a remote game server. In the cloud data centers, military algorithms analyze the most effective plays. [play on, give me excess of it]
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