Category: summer2017

Impacts and Sustainability of Open Governments

Open data and open source innovation for governments have been increasing in recent years and therefore is currently an important subject of discussion. Last week, Chris Cruz, the Deputy Director & Deputy State Chief Information Officer of California, gave a speech on the utilization of technology in the state of California. He especially emphasised the… Read more Impacts and Sustainability of Open Governments

How can Smart Contracts disrupt the Legal Space?

  For most of us Bitcoin is this mysterious and exiting digital currency that we read about in the news every now and then. Some of us see it as a bubble while others believe it is the currency of the future or maybe something in between. But what is actually the technology that drives… Read more How can Smart Contracts disrupt the Legal Space?

The Future of Data Storage: Cloud?

Data storage, as we know it, is primarily in the form of tapes, flash drives, hard disk drives and solid state storage. With data storage being the fastest growing semiconductor technology, the world is doubling storage capacity every 12-18 months [1]. Data storage firms are increasingly trying to push the boundaries of physical storage, with… Read more The Future of Data Storage: Cloud?

UK ready for driverless cars in theory

The Modern Transport Bill confirms actions that are being taken to make sure the UK is at the forefront of the most modern transport revolution. The economic potential of the new technology drives the UK to adopt a new legal system and draw up laws to provide a strong support for autonomous car development and… Read more UK ready for driverless cars in theory

Leveraging Centralized Data to Benefit Residents

California’s Deputy CIO, Chris Cruz, provided an illuminating account of the State of California’s efforts to modernize its IT systems and attract innovators to the public sector. One area that he discussed was the state’s efforts to reduce unnecessary waste (ex. eliminating separate servers for each state board, commission, or department by centralizing data storage… Read more Leveraging Centralized Data to Benefit Residents

Why Banks are Being Slow to Invest in Cloud Computing

We are in the midst of a new technological revolution, but its progress is being halted by outdated data protection laws, and the reluctance of governments to adapt in light of these new opportunities. Cloud computing poses massive benefits across the board – to businesses, governments and individuals. Benefits include greater flexibility, disaster recovery, automatic… Read more Why Banks are Being Slow to Invest in Cloud Computing

Blockchain Scalability

During his presentation Dr. Jeff Welser commented on current innovation and potential impact of an exciting new technology, blockchain. In addition to a brief explanation and some example use cases (escrow, audits, general transaction processing) he conveyed that he recognizes that blockchain has a scaling issue, a popular concern in the space. I chose to… Read more Blockchain Scalability

Cognitive Computing - The Recent Breakthroughs and Discoveries

What is cognitive computing? We would like computing systems to be able to do exactly what humans can do – think for themselves, make judgement and decisions based on the information they have. The traditional systems have only been acting on instructions programmed into them; with tremendous speed and accuracy – better than the human… Read more Cognitive Computing - The Recent Breakthroughs and Discoveries

What is Workday?

You may have noticed that both Chris Cruz (CIO & CDT, State of CA) last week and Carl Eschenbach (Partner, Sequoia Capital and Ex-COO, VMware) this week, used Workday as an example of an innovative system. Carl even asked the audience who is familiar with the system and a few raised their hand. In an… Read more What is Workday?

Cloud-computing advantages and challenges from a business point of view

During last Friday lecture, we talked about several benefits of cloud-computing and the brand-new solutions it provides for information system users. For instance, Deputy Director & Deputy State CIO, Chris Cruz told us about the way cloud-computing had been a solution to save time and money while gathering the information of all departments on a… Read more Cloud-computing advantages and challenges from a business point of view