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Healthcare IT: Better Living Through Transparency
Mar. 7, 2013—Technology is controversial today in U.S. healthcare. Of course, it has given us many amazing life-saving treatments. Last week at a Silicon Valley alumni panel on healthcare technology, Dow Wilson (T’85 and CEO of Varian Medical Systems) described how technology had transformed radiation oncology, allowing high doses of radiation to be delivered to very small...
Getting Personal with Big Data
Feb. 15, 2013—The last two weeks have been a Big Data fest for the Center. Last week our Tech@Tuck conference brought executives to Tuck to discuss how big data was changing big brands. This week our CIO Roundtable on Digital Strategies gathered in Phoenix to explore how big data should be fostered in managed. We heard many...
On-line Health Information
Dec. 12, 2012—Here is an amazing statistic. This fall I have been teaching a class on Health IT in Dartmouth’s new Masters of Healthcare Delivery Science program. The students are mid-career healthcare professionals. We had a fascinating discussion about where patients look on-line for health information. Many of the practicing doctors mentioned specialized health websites. NPR is...
Big Data in a Small New Hampshire Town
Sep. 17, 2012—In the digital age, we are all beginning to understand that privacy is little more than a warm, fuzzy 1950s ideal. We now live in a world of Big Data, where bits and pieces of personal information can be combined from many sources to form a detailed picture of our preferences, buying habits and behavior....
Reflections on Roger McNamee’s visit
Apr. 4, 2012—It is so satisfying to introduce your friends to someone you know they will love. That is how I felt last week hosting Roger McNamee as part of Tuck’s Media Symposium. Roger and his band, Moonalice, spent the day at Tuck both educating and entertaining the community. Of course the concert was a blast, but...
Apps and The Wide Lens
Mar. 12, 2012—This spring, both our European and Americas Roundtables are focused on mobility and the potential of corporate apps. As with other elements of consumerization, consumer apps are changing the way we work and driving IT innovation in the enterprise. At the heart of this discussion are rapidly evolving IT ecosystems that are fundamentally changing enterprise...
Symantec CEO Clears the Fog
Nov. 29, 2011—I had the pleasure of hosting Enrique Salem (CEO Symantec) today as part of our Britt Technology Impact Series. This year the series is focused on cloud and we have already had a fantastic line-up of speakers from infrastructure providers (Peter DeSantis of Amazon), service providers (Kent Parker of Ariba), the enterprise user side (CIOs...
Target Rocks Toys
Nov. 26, 2011—Five years ago Walmart owned the toy aisle, aggressively pricing toys as early as Oct 1 to drive store traffic. Often those prices seemed ridiculously low, even below cost. Holiday 2009 Walmart abruptly shifted the toy strategy, slashing toy shelf space by more than 50% and offering fewer deep toy discounts. Last year the aisle...
The BIG C = Cloud Computing
Nov. 15, 2011—I had the pleasure of discussing cloud communities with Kent Parker (COO of Ariba) during his recent visit to speak in my class. Ariba is a fascinating case study of a procurement firm that survived the B2B boom of the later 90s and subsequent melt down. Cloud is “back to the future” for Ariba. In...
Sapphire hums with Energy and Challenge
May. 18, 2011—During Bill McDermott’s visit in February, he invited us to see SAP in action. So his week John Torget and I trekked to Orlando with six Tuckies for the annual Sapphire conference. With more than 13,000 participants and legions more attending virtually, the event is one of the largest enterprise IT gatherings in the world....