vision
Exclusive: Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Comment The Wikipedia vision is one of "a world in which every single person can freely share in the sum of all human knowledge". In an exclusive interview, Wikipedia founder and silicon.com Agenda Setter Jimmy Wales talks to... [05 Nov 2009]
Smart Grid Basics: Turning Information Into Power
White Paper The Smart Grid is a vision of a better electricity delivery infrastructure. Smart Grid implementations dramatically increase the quantity, quality, and use of data available from advanced sensing, computing, and... [19 Oct 2009]
Bridging the Funds Divide
White Paper The investment-fund industry is still without a true vision. The time has come for a far-reaching, industry-wide initiative that could encompass a serious dialogue, the development of common principles and a plan to make... [15 Oct 2009]
Lord Stephen Carter
AS Profile Another said he's the "first person to pull together a coherent vision for the UK", with a third commending how he cut through "the political spaghetti" and set out a detailed and transformative plan for "a key aspect"... [08 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Kindle, Amazon's e-book reader
Cheat Sheet Amazon is keeping its ambitions modest: "Our vision for Kindle is to have every book ever printed, in any language," the site says. The Amazon Kindle then - is that one of those book readers? That's exactly what it... [07 Oct 2009]
A Vision for the Modern Grid
White Paper Given the vision, one can create the alignment necessary to inspire passion, investment, and progress toward an advanced US grid for the 21st century. Modernizing today's grid will require a unified effort by all... [02 Oct 2009]
Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Product Overview
White Paper SQL Server 2008 is an integral part of the Microsoft Data Platform vision that is designed to meet the needs of managing and working with data today and beyond. SQL Server 2008 provides the technology and capabilities... [02 Oct 2009]
SIP: The Future of Open Communications
White Paper It also highlights the Alcatel-Lucent SIP strategic vision and value proposition for enterprise communications. Off late rapidly changing communications arena, large enterprises face many challenges in upgrading and... [02 Oct 2009]
Telecommunications Leader Focuses Internal Communications With Powerful Intranet
White Paper As a result, the company is reducing wasteful and redundant e-mail messages and phone calls, while providing more timely information to everyone and reinforcing its brand, vision, and strategy. For more than 30 years,... [02 Oct 2009]
Cisco Unified Communications: Unifying Communications Infrastructure
White Paper Learn about Cisco's unified communications vision, which combines individual systems with different communications capabilities into a cohesive, powerful communications ecosystem. [01 Oct 2009]
Cox Communications Transforms Human Resources Processes to Boost Efficiency and Engagement
White Paper Cox's Human Resources (HR) department created a five-year vision in 2002 to unify HR systems and processes across the entire employee lifecycle and to drive employee engagement. The plan also involved delivering... [01 Oct 2009]
C-Lock Technology Streamlines Greenhouse Gas Emission Monitoring Processes to Help Save the Planet Using an SOA Solution From IBM and EIM
White Paper EIM), a Premier IBM Business Partner, fulfilled the vision of C-Lock Technology founders to provide science-based tools to accurately quantify, verify, document and market the atmospheric impacts of GHG management... [01 Oct 2009]
Shai Agassi
AS Profile It's not just his ambitious vision that panellists noted - it's his ability to get the moneymen to join in. Like fellow Agenda Setter Elon Musk, Shai Agassi has a history of notable achievements in tech - in Agassi's... [30 Sep 2009]
Ray Kurzweil
AS Profile Of course Kurzweil is not without his critics - and not everyone shares his sci-fi vision of an "augmented reality future" - but his energy and drive are undeniable. Ray Kurzweil is a futurist who's been thinking up the... [29 Sep 2009]
Deron Beal
AS Profile Agenda Setters judges commended him for this simple yet effective vision - and for demonstrating new potentials for networking. The Freecycle Network began life more than six years ago as a single email sent by founder... [29 Sep 2009]