http://enterpriseinnovator.com/ en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:01:32 -0500 editor@technologyinnovator.com http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15762&sectionID=269 For many of us the Kindle is as, if not more, a part of our lives than the iPod is. I'm one of those folks and my Kindle goes with... Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:25:50 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15766&sectionID=269 As the launch of Microsoft's next operating system draws near, the company is facing an interesting dilemma regarding how it approaches the exploding netbook market. Signs currently suggest that Microsoft... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:07:39 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15767&sectionID=269 Over the weekend I stopped off at the local Bank of America Automated Teller Machine to deposit a few checks. The company had recently upgraded the ATM to an advanced... Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:09:17 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15764&sectionID=269 I've used both the first and second generation Amazon Kindle products but, while improved, the second generation Kindle still could be better. In addition, Barnes & Noble has one big... Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:30:48 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15768&sectionID=269 The good news? Despite today's tough times, many firms are demonstrating their commitment to innovation by fiercely protecting Research & Development budgets. The bad news? The siege-like mentality driving the... Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:11:09 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15769&sectionID=269 I had an interesting dialogue with an innovation practitioner in a large corporation the other day. We were talking about how the high rate of innovation failure can hamstring innovation.... Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:12:13 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15770&sectionID=269 Last week was a curious one for Cisco Systems. The company's public move to break into the server market and a splashy consumer electronics acquisition seem like deviations from the... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:13:17 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15771&sectionID=269 The most recent issue of Wired featured a great article dissecting the ascendancy of small, simple portable computers called netbooks. Everything about the story feels disruptive... except for the fact... Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:14:24 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15772&sectionID=269 Last Thursday I ran a Webinar for Harvard Business Publishing and Chief Learning Officer about "Leading Innovation in the Great Disruption: Keeping Organizations Moving in a Downturn" (slides and audio... Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:16:57 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15773&sectionID=269 The current issue of Fast Company was sure to get my attention. "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies!" the cover blared. I start flipping through. The first eye roll came... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:19:20 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15774&sectionID=269 Here's a seemingly career-killing sales tactic: tell your customers they waste a lot of money on the product that forms the core of your company's business. Good way to land... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:21:24 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15775&sectionID=269 Innosight Senior Partner Steve Wunker, who co-leads Innosight's healthcare practice, had the following thoughts about how three pieces of the $787 billion stimulus package could affect healthcare... Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:22:28 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15763&sectionID=269 Microsoft is in several hardware businesses but they have constantly been reminded that this is not their strength. What is interesting is that there have been two Microsoft Phones taken... Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:28:15 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15784&sectionID=269 Last week Harvard Business Publishing hosted an audio conference on my forthcoming book, The Silver Lining. The 90-minute discussion included some great dialogue with moderator Angelia Herrin and the audience.... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:38:21 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15783&sectionID=269 A few people have asked for my thoughts about the second version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-reading device. The short answer (as I told a reporter from Advertising Age): a nice... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:36:41 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15761&sectionID=269 Vista had a lot of issues. One of the bigger problems was the number of different Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) that the product put on the shelf. Customers were confused... Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:23:51 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15782&sectionID=269 Last week's post described my negative experiences with companies that appeared to be cutting down on customer service. I empathize with these companies. They face the tough challenge of figuring... Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:35:22 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15760&sectionID=269 One of the key areas for Apple, and one they generally dominate, is in media creation and editing. They have been doing so well that in video editing in particular... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:21:34 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15781&sectionID=269 In December, Innosight and Forbes administered a survey to get a field-based perspective on transformation. We're still crunching through the results, but on Inauguration Day here in the United States,... Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:34:11 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15780&sectionID=269 Today's Wall Street Journal has a fascinating front-page story of how Microsoft had ample opportunity to build a strong search advertising business, and blew it, leaving the market largely to... Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:32:48 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15757&sectionID=269 I'm not sure why CES or MacWorld comes early in January but I agree with Apple and Steve Jobs doing a show on anything close to consumer tech right after... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:54:48 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15779&sectionID=269 Is it possible that the electric vehicle story isn't actually about the vehicles themselves, but about battery suppliers and business model... Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:29:15 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15778&sectionID=269 Two emerging technologies entering the living room. One still largely a pipe dream, and likely to be expensive upon introduction. The other seemingly just around the corner, and likely to... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:27:30 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15758&sectionID=269 Apple released a memo this morning indicating that Steve Jobs loss of body mass was due to a Hormonal Imbalance but did not explain the cause of the imbalance. A... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:06:12 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15777&sectionID=269 While the global economy began slowing down in late 2007, forces transforming the face of business trace back more than a decade. Over that time period, technological improvements have made... Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:25:50 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15776&sectionID=269 A recent New York Times article mentioned how the media still hasn't found a compelling way to describe today's economic climate. Everyone agrees that something important is going on, but no... Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:23:42 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15765&sectionID=269 The current economic crisis makes forecasting much more difficult this year than in the past, yet December still seems like a good time to ponder the year ahead. To that... Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:56:51 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15759&sectionID=269 2009 is going to be a tough year but there are areas that will receive additional funding and focus part because of the new US administration's focus. But much of... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:08:44 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15721&sectionID=25 Did you hear the story out of Sweden last week that a teenager collapsed after playing World of Warcraft for 24 hours straight? He apparently suffered an epileptic seizure after... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:28:24 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15732&sectionID=269 It seems that everyone wants to know what the automakers will do differently in the increasingly unlikely event that they receive a massive Congressional bailout. Leaders suggest they'd like automakers... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:49:08 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15726&sectionID=269 The waiting is over. The Australian Government has released Sir Peter Gershon's ICT review and now we await Minister Tanner's thoughts on what the government will do. There are, in... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:36:32 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15733&sectionID=269 Who is your competition? The question seems so simple, but a company that defines its competitive set too narrowly can miss disruptive attackers and high-potential growth opportunities. Take, for example,... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:51:56 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15728&sectionID=269 In the 80s when viruses first started to raise their ugly little heads Microsoft made an unfortunate and, in hind sight, foolish decision. They decided to let third parties deal... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:41:32 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15728&sectionID=25 In the 80s when viruses first started to raise their ugly little heads Microsoft made an unfortunate and, in hind sight, foolish decision. They decided to let third parties deal... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:41:32 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15724&sectionID=25 The Internet got a little safer last week because Internet access providers pulled the plug, literally, on a company called McColo.  This is a moment in the fight against cybercrime... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:32:16 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15723&sectionID=25 For the past few weeks, I have been saying that you should talk to your kids and teach them to be safe while online. Over the next several weeks, I... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:31:16 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15722&sectionID=25 The last couple of months have seen a flurry of announcements and updates to the Payment Card Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). So, what is the impact of these changes... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:30:09 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15727&sectionID=269 I’m seeing a lot of reports that the new President will have to abandon his Blackberry because, if required, he might have to make the related correspondence a matter of... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:40:09 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15671&sectionID=5 As consumer spending slows across the world, a variety of "brick and mortar" retailers are clearly feeling the impact. Foot traffic is slowing, and it's getting harder to balance debt... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:59:31 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15675&sectionID=269 Yesterday’s panel discussion at MIT offered what moderator Jim Poterba, former head of the MIT Economics Department and current NBER president and CEO termed “a real treat.” Bob Solow (MIT)... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:08:07 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15659&sectionID=25 I just received my latest installment of the SANS NewsBites and noticed two articles that referenced data breaches based upon lost memory sticks. Not to pick on the UK and... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:42:59 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15658&sectionID=269 Generally I recommend not doing additional business with a company undergoing a layoff because you can't trust what they promise. This is because the people who are making the promises... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:41:44 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15647&sectionID=269 Based on Intel’s dramatic sales warning Wednesday, you might expect rival Advanced Micro Devices to just crawl into a hole and die. If the economic mess is tripping up the... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:50:29 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15676&sectionID=269 The holidays are here. Get within 500 feet of a mall and you will be bombarded with sales signs, overwhelmed with Christmas carols, and swallowed by crowds of seasonal shoppers. While... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:09:03 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15660&sectionID=25 I used to have a poster on my office wall of a Chinese proverb; if you chase two rabbits, both will escape.  That poster was important to me because it... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:45:12 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15651&sectionID=269 Acer Inc expects the personal-computer (PC) market to be driven by low-cost computers in the next 5-10 years, the Commercial Times reported. The company said its shipments are being bolstered... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:59:34 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15625&sectionID=269 After a year of covering the best deals on tech, the dealnews team huddled up to decide, Which of the products we cover were the most groundbreaking? The ones we... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:07:11 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15725&sectionID=25 I used to have a poster on my office wall of a Chinese proverb; if you chase two rabbits, both will escape.  That poster was important to me because it... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:34:30 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15677&sectionID=269 The Nov. 12 issue of Strategy & Innovation has been posted, featuring these stories: Are You Ready for the Next Generation of Innovation? by Stefan Lindegaard explains that the move... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:10:21 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15673&sectionID=269 About a week ago, my wife let out a contented sigh while browsing the Internet. She was visiting Amazon.com, and saw an announcement that the company was experimenting with hassle-free... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:04:08 -0500