Vol. 3 - No. 1 - Winter 2006
| PICMET '06: Technology Management for the Global Future |
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PICMET '06, "Technology Management for the Global Future," will be held July 8-13, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency in Istanbul, Turkey.
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| Structured Chaos: Balance the Science and Art of Innovation |
By Hideshi Hamaguchi, Executive Vice President, Panasonic Electric Works Laboratory of America, Inc. and Todd Rytting, Vice President– SLC Lab Panasonic Electric Works Laboratory of America, Inc. Build something right or build the right thing Many technology-based companies focus their energy towards "building something right". Attention and effort produce technology that is quality controlled, resource managed and schedule optimized. But these same companies often miss the target. We can all think of companies that possessed superior technology but ultimately failed in the marketplace. [More] |
| INFORMS- Technology Management Section: 2005 Doctoral Dissertation Award Winner |
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Source: Technology Management Section, INFORMS, Retrieved on 11/02/05, Internet Source Winner: Dovev Lavie, University of Texas - Austin Dissertation title: "The interconnected firm: Evolution, strategy, and performance" Dissertation completed in June 2004 at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. [More] |
| Rising Public Concerns of Nanotechnology |
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by Halime Inceler Sarihan Nano technology is very critical and promising technology and across the world, nations are investing billions of dollars for Nanotech research and new product development. The National Science Foundation (NSF) predicts that the market for nanotech products and services will reach $1 trillion by 2015. Eventually, nanotechnology is expected to transform virtually every aspect of the economy and life. But little is known about the technology’s possible health and environmental implications and hazards rising public concern over the potential environmental, health and societal hazards of nanotechnology threatens to Nanotech industry. Potentially trillions of dollars are thus at stake for the many diverse industries involved in the new technology. [More] |
| U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to presents prototype $100 laptop at World Summit on Information Society |
Source: MIT Website, News, Internet Address U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will unveil the first working prototype of the $100 laptop tonight at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia. Annan will be joined by Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and co-founder of the Media Lab at MIT, in presenting the laptop to the gathering. [More] |
| TiVo To Bring TV Programming To Apple Video iPodTM and PSPTM (Playstation® Portable) |
Source: TiVo Homepage, Press Releases, 11/21/05, Internet Source ALVISO, CA — NOV 21, 2005 — TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO ), creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders, today announced an enhancement to its current TiVoToGo feature that will allow TiVo subscribers to easily transfer recorded television programming to their Apple iPod or PSP devices. [More] |
| Microsoft Previews New Windows Live and Office Live Services |
Source: Microsoft PressPass, San Francisco, November 1, 2005, Internet Source SAN FRANCISCO — Nov. 1, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today previewed two new Internet-based software services — Windows Live™ and Microsoft® Office Live — designed to deliver rich and seamless experiences to individuals and small businesses. The new offerings combine the power of software plus services and are compelling enhancements to the Microsoft Windows® and Microsoft Office products. In particular, Windows Live helps bring together all the elements of an individual’s digital world while Office Live helps small companies do business online. [More] |
| Google Helps Oregon Universities with Tech Grant |
Source: KGW.COM by Terese Bell, October 25, 2005 Salem -- Search engine giant Google Inc. will spend $350,000 to help Oregon State University and Portland State University study and develop more open source -- freely shared -- computer technology, company and state officials announced Tuesday. The grant will create an open source technology program in early 2006 at both schools, which have open source experts on their faculties. [More] |
| Oracle: Editor's Choice Awards 2005 |
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Source: Oracle Magazine, November/December 2005, Internet Addres Oracle had presented the recipients for Oracle Magazine's Editor' Choice Awards. Now in its fourth year, 40 winners has been selected in 31 categories. The CIO's OF THE YEAR for ASIA PACIFIC, NORTH AMERICA, LATIN AMERICA & EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA were: [More] |
| Remarks by Bill Gates- Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation at Howard University |
Source: Bill Gates Home Page, Speech at Howard University, Washington, D.C., October 14, 2005, Internet Source BILL GATES: Thank you. Well, it's great to be here, and I'll have an opportunity to share with you some of my excitement about the things going on in the world of technology, particularly the magic of software, how in the next 10 years we'll change the world far more than the last thirty. And this is something that is greatly underestimated, and yet will have an impact that's very, very broad. [More] |
| Wireless Industry Leaders Promote Next-Generation Wi-Fi Technology to Accelerate IEEE Standards Development |
Source: Enhanced Wireless Consortium to Enable Ecosystem of Interoperable, High-Speed Wireless LAN Solutions In Advance of 802.11n Standard, Internet Source SAN JOSE, Calif. – Oct. 10, 2005 – Twenty seven Wi-Fi® industry leaders today announced a coalition formed to accelerate the IEEE 802.11n standard development process and promote a technology specification for next-generation wireless local area networking (WLAN) products. By introducing a specification with widespread industry support, the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) hopes to speed ratification of an 802.11n standard, while enabling an ecosystem of high-performance WLAN products built to a common set of guidelines. This widely adopted specification will benefit consumers by, among other things, ensuring the interoperability of next-generation wireless products across a variety of brands and platforms. [More] |
| Aligning Project Management with Business Strategy: The Nature View |
Source: S. Srivannaboon, Research Associate, ETM Department, Portland State University, 10/25/05 The alignment of strategic priorities has become one of the central themes in the strategic management literature over recent years. One major stream of alignment research is that of strategic priorities across the organizational hierarchy at the corporate, business unit, and functional level. The literature suggests that strategic priorities at the functional level should be aligned with and support business-unit-level strategies. Often mentioned are R&D, production, human resources, information technology, etc., as functional strategies; they are used as variables for examining alignment with the business strategy. Interestingly, project management (PM) is rarely seen as a functional strategy, although projects are basic building blocks of organizational strategy in many companies. Only recently have researchers started to explore the alignment of PM/ business strategy more thoroughly, and the need for that is growing. That is because understanding the PM/business strategy alignment may be a major challenge, one that practitioners must confront when they attempt to effectively manage their projects in today’s competitive environment. [More] |
| Brazilian Wins UNESCO Prize for Popularizing Science |
Source: SciDev.Net, Latin American News, Retrieved on 11/21/05, Internet Source RIO DE JANEIRO] UNESCO has awarded Brazilian biologist Jeter Bertoletti the 2005 Kalinga prize in recognition of his work at the Science and Technology Museum in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. [More] |
| Scientists Must Lead Efforts to Bridge Digital Divide |
Source: SciDev.Net, Latin America Section, 10/21/05, Internet Source Two years ago, world leaders pledged to work towards an 'information society', in which everyone has free access to knowledge and the opportunities to use it. [More] |
| Motorola Sues Ex-President over New Job |
Source: C.K. Johnson, Associated Press Writer, seattlepi.com, Internet Source Chicago-- Motorola Inc., the world's No. 2 maker of mobile phones, has brought suit against its former president, accusing him of breaching noncompete agreements with the company by accepting the top job at Nortel Networks Corp. [More] |
| Managing International Technology Alliances: Ballard Power and Fuel Cell Vehicle Development |
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Source: W. Suen, The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA, Paper presented during PICMET'01 Proceedings Vol-1, Portland, OR, July 2001. Abstract – Multiparty international strategic alliances are becoming popular vehicles through which firms access resources, share risk, and learn. They are particularly useful in technology-based industries where products are becoming more complex and risk of failure is high. However, firms are profit maximizing actors who may behave opportunistically or defect in order to gain a larger share of the returns. [More] |
| Sleuths Crack Tracking Code Discovered in Color Printers |
Source: Washington Post, 10/19/05, Internet Address It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it isn't. The pages coming out of your color printer may contain hidden information that could be used to track you down if you ever cross the U.S. government. [More] |
| Nokia to Extend Leadership in Enterprise Mobility with Acquisition of Intellisync |
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Source: Nokia Website, Press Releases, 11/15/05, Internet Source Combined product portfolios will provide more choice for carriers and businesses New York, USA - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Intellisync (NASDAQ: SYNC) today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Nokia to acquire Intellisync, a leader in platform-independent wireless messaging and applications for mobile devices. By acquiring Intellisync, Nokia is positioned to deliver the industry's most complete offering for the development, deployment and management of mobility in the enterprise. [More] |
| IBM Patent Access Boosts Healthcare and Education |
Source: IBM Webpage, News, 10/24/05, Internet Source In a move to promote open standards in healthcare and education, IBM says it will provide access to thousands of its patents. The patents, to be offered free of royalties, will help software applications work and communicate with each other through open standards. [More] |
| Intel Invests $650 Million in U.S. Manufacturing Site |
Source: Intel Newsletter, Press Room, October 24, 2005, Internet Source Intel Invests $650 Million In U.S. Manufacturing Site Company to Add 300mm Wafer Capacity at New Mexico Fab SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 24, 2005 – Intel Corporation today announced plans to invest $650 million in the company’s existing manufacturing site in New Mexico. The investment will be used to increase the capacity of the 300mm wafer fabrication facilities in Rio Rancho, N.M., called Fab 11X. [More] |
| Panasonic Wins Electronic Recyling Award |
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SECAUCUS, NJ (October 18, 2005)Source: Panasonic Inc., Press Releases, Internet address ― The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP) recognized Panasonic Corporation of North America, whose headquarters are in Secaucus, NJ, with an award for the company’s outstanding achievement in recycling. [More] |
| Introducing the New Power Mac G5 Quad & Power Mac G5 Dual |
Source: Apple Website, Hot News, 10/19/05, Internet Address he new Power Mac G5 desktop line now features the Power Mac G5 Quad, providing quad-core processing with two 2.5GHz dual-core PowerPC G5 processors. All Power Mac G5 models now feature dual-core processors, a new PCI Express architecture and higher performance graphics options including NVIDIA’s Quadro FX 4500, bringing the industry standard for workstation graphics to the Mac. [More] |
| WebCT and Blackboard Announced Plans to Merge |
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Source: Blackboard Inc., Press Releases, Retrieved 10/12/05, Internet address  The combined Companies' 3,700 academic clients will create an unparalleled Community of Practice enabling collaboration and innovation around the world. [More] |
| Nintendo and Wayport Join Forces to Bring Free U.S. Wi-Fi Access To Nintendo DS Users |
Source: Nintendo WebSite, News, 10/18/05, Nintendo has signed an agreement with Wayport, a leading provider of wired and Wi-Fi high-speed Internet access in public locations, to extend Wi-Fi service to Nintendo DS users at nearly 6,000 McDonald's restaurants across the United States. Through the agreement with Wayport, Nintendo will offer complimentary access to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, the video game giant's new wireless gaming service that goes online Nov. 14. [More] |
| SAMSUNG Introduces Mobile Phone with 3GB Hard Disk Drive |
Source: Samsung WebSite, Press Center, Press Re;eases, 10/17/05, Internet Source Seoul , Korea - October 17th , 2005- Samsung introduces a phone with 3 GB HDD embedded phone (model: SPH-V7900). This model is Samsung's latest model equipped with hard disc drive following the world's first mobile phone equipped with 1.5GB hard disc drive (model: SPH-V5400) which Samsung introduced in September last year. [More] |
| SAMSUNG Electronics Develops World’s First 512-Megabit DDR2 with 70nm Process Technology |
Source: Samsung WebSite, Press Center, Press Releases, 10/13/05, Internet Source Seoul, Korea, October 13, 2005 : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced that it has completed development of the world-first 512-Megabit (Mb) DDR2 SDRAM using 70-nanometer process, the smallest process technology yet applied to a DRAM device. [More] |
| Oracle Unveils Free Database – Oracle(r) Database 10g Express Edition |
Source: Oracle Website, Press Release, October 31, 2005, Internet Source REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. 31-OCT-2005 Oracle today announced Oracle(r) Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database XE), a free, starter edition of the world's leading database software. A beta version of Oracle Database XE is available for download today. This new edition of Oracle Database 10g offers application developers, database administrators (DBAs) and students a free starter database to develop and deploy their applications. It is also freely available for independent software vendors (ISVs) and hardware vendors to distribute or embed with their applications and products. [More] |
| Sakai and LAMS Integration Released |
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Source: Sakai Project Webpage, News, 10/25/05, Internet Source Sakai, the world’s leading open source Collaboration and Learning Environment, and LAMS, the world’s leading open source Learning Design system, today announced successful integration between the systems. This integration allows teachers and professors to benefit from Sakai’s highly scalable learning platform combined with the unique "digital lesson planning" approach of LAMS. [More] |
| Kaikaku:The Power and Magic of Lean: A Study in Knowledge Transfer |
Author Norman Bodek PCS Inc., PCS Press, Vancouver, WA, 2004 ISBN 0-9712436-6-2 406 pages Reviewed by Halime Inceler Sarihan This book is about Lean thinking and using lean principles in business. The author defines Lean as an all-out war against waste - the waste that results from inefficiency, as well as the waste that is brought about by the underutilization of people. The author thinks that there will always be waste to be eliminated. The Power and Magic of Lean is to discover those hidden treasures within your company: to find and eliminate all of the non-value adding waste and to bring out the infinite creative capacity from every single worker. [More] |
| Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management |
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Source: INFORMS, Technology Management Section, Newsletter, Fall 2005, Internet Source Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Theme: University Technology Transfer Co-editors: Albert N. Link-University of North Carolina at Greensboro (al_link@uncg.edu) [More] |
| Special Issue of the International Journal of Technology Management |
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Source: INFORMS, Technology Management Section, Newsletter, Fall 2005, Internet Source Special Issue of The International Journal of Technology Management Theme: Strategic issues in managing radical innovation in networks of high-tech strategic partners This special issue offers a key opportunity to understand radical innovation management in networks of hightech strategic partners required to shape and enhance the new economy. There is practical value in understanding the pattern of radical innovation and the managerial competencies needed to make radical innovation happen. This understanding can help innovative networks apply better management practices to different types of innovation development and make the course of radical innovation shorter, less sporadic, less expensive, less uncertain, and more profitable. [More] |
| SIA Semiconductor Industry Forecast 2005-2008 |
Source: Reed Electronics Group, Semiconductor International, Retrieved on 11/03/05, Internet Address So far, 2005 has been a very pleasant surprise for the worldwide microchip industry. Sales of personal computers, cell phones, and hand-held consumer electronic devices are all running ahead of original projections. [More] |
| INFORMS Annual Meeting |
Source: INFORMS Webpage, Conference Calendar, November 2005, Internet Source INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2005 Dates: November 13, 2005 - November 16, 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA , http://www.informs.org/Conf/NO2005/ [More] |
| INFORMS Winter Simulation Conference 2005 |
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Source: INFORMS Webpage, Conference Calendar, November 2005, Internet Source Dates: December 4, 2005 - December 7, 2005 Location: Orlando, FL, http://www.wintersim.org/ Sponsor:INFORMS Simulation Society |
| INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) |
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Source: INFORMS Webpage, Conference Calendar, November 2005, Internet Source Dates: November 12, 2005 - November 13, 2005 http://som.utdallas.edu/cist2005/ Sponsor: INFORMS Information Systems Society |
| International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital: Calls for Papers, Special Issue on Intelectual Capital and HRM |
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEARNING AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE ON: INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND HRM EDITORS: David Lepak (Rutgers University, USA) Scott Snell (Cornell University, USA) Patricia Ordonez De Pablos (The University of Oviedo, Spain) Margaret A. Peteraf (Dartmouth University, USA) Overview: [More] |
| ********** ISCRAM 2006 / Special Session ********** |
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Source: System Dynamics Listserve, SDMAIL@listserv.albany.edu, Posted by Peter Otto on 10/22/05, Internet Source *** ISCRAM 2006 SYSTEM DYNAMICS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT Important Dates: Paper Submissions: January 12, 2006 - Review Notifications: March 3, 2006 [More] |
| 5th International Conference on the Hospital of the Future ‘06 |
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The Illinois Institute of Technology, the Stuart Graduate School of Business, the IIT Center for the Management of Medical Technology (CMMT), and the Association for Health Care Technology and Management (HCTM) announce the 5th International Conference on: THE HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE ‘06 [More] |
| Leading Across Boundaries (Video Link) |
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A streaming video from the MIT Distribute Intelligence is available. Speakers for the presentation are: Peter Senge Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan Founding Chairman, Society for International Learning Ronald O'Connor Founder, Management Sciences for Health Frannie Léautier Vice President, World Bank Institute Jeremy Hockenstein [More] |
| Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio |
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The University of Texas at San Antonio Assistant Professor Management of Technology Program Department of Information Systems and Technology Management Position: The Department of Information Systems and Technology Management in the College of Business at The University of Texas at San Antonio invites applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the interdisciplinary area of Management of Technology, pending budget approval for Fall 2006. Responsibilities include teaching master’s level courses and may include Ph.D. courses. Courses are offered at both the 1604 Campus and the Downtown Campus. Classes will be offered in the evenings. [More] |
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