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Ecosystems strategy and thesis. An exploration of digitial and non digital architectures, semantics and technologies

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Speaking live on BBCWorld on CeBIT Hanover 2015 Cyber Security, China & Digital Economy Post views  

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Attending Distinguished Lecture Prof Dr Brian Cox & Dr Michael Scott, March 19

Attending Distinguished Lecture Prof Dr Brian Cox & Dr Michael Scott, March 19

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 http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/2015/distinguished-lecture-series-brian-cox-and-michael-scott/

The event will be Filmed for those not in the live event.

Professor Brian Cox and Dr Michael Scott will discuss the future of interdisciplinarity. What does the future hold for Arts- Science collaboration? How is public engagement and impact influencing…

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PA Consulting at Mobile World Congress2015 Barcelona & a Judge in Global Mobile Awards

PA Consulting at Mobile World Congress2015 Barcelona & a Judge in Global Mobile Awards

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Mobile World Congress 2015 Barcelona  March 2-5    2015 –    PA Consulting – a Competition Judge and the shifting sands of mobile becoming the Internet of Things and the connected society.

The annual Mobile World Congress hosts some of the wold’s largest communication companies, with many unveiling their latest phones and wearables gadgets. It is the world’s largest…

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Speaking live on BBC and Asia TV on Obama Cyber Security Conference Feb 13 2015

Speaking live on BBC and Asia TV on Obama Cyber Security Conference Feb 13 2015

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Speaking live on BBC and Asia TV .  Also a slot on KCBS News Radio,  San Francisco  Feb 15 on the $1 Billion cyber threats from a survey by  Kaspersky on malware in Banking.

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Why own a Mobile Phone? - the future of Apple

Why own a Mobile Phone? – the future of Apple

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The Apple inc stock market valuation hitting a new all time high of 122 and record capitalization of $700 Billion suggests investors see nothing but positive growth for the poster child of the new digital economy.  Apple CEO Tim Cook also thinks its unstoppable, quoting they could overcome the law of large numbers” and keep growing rapidly.

With iPhone 6 driving huge…

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PA Thought leadership Attending The Open Group San Diego CA , USA, Feb2-5 2015

PA Thought leadership Attending The Open Group San Diego CA , USA, Feb2-5 2015

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The Open Group Event will explore how new IT trends are empowering improvements in business and facilitating Enterprise Transformation. The modern enterprise has moved beyond the point where information technology merely supports or enables the business, increasingly information technology is the business.

The development of effective Enterprise strategy as we move to the…

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International Industry Award in cloud and Judge at GSMA Mobile Awards

International Industry Award in cloud and Judge at GSMA Mobile Awards

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I was recently judging the Global Mobiles Awards in the category of best cloud mobile apps.     I was able to participate in the judging entries that enabled me be be independent. All great entries! the world of mobile cloud is certainly moving into the ecosystem of services.  The event is in March 3rd  Barcelonaand a premier GSMA event for the Mobile Industry. Also this…

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In one "digital second"

In one “digital second”

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Extract from forth coming books on “Building the Digital Enterprise” and Digital Ecosystem Architectures”,  Palgrave macmillan 2015. 

                      References

KPCB Internet Trends 2014 report http://www.kpcb.com/internet-trends

2014 FIFA World Cup breaks online streaming records, July 7 2014 http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2401405/

eBay: The…

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On the Ovum Congress 2015 Advisory Board - event 12-13 May 2015 Victoria Park Plaza Hotel London

On the Ovum Congress 2015 Advisory Board – event 12-13 May 2015 Victoria Park Plaza Hotel London

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Looks great lineup and topics.  Book your place today,

The agenda and first set of speakers for Ovum Industry Congress 2015 have been announced, and you can be among the first to view them! Ovum Industry Congress 2015, the 5th annual edition of the event, places Ovum’s brand-new, annual research agendainto a live environment, giving a holistic view of what should inform a…

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Techniques for building effective digital business models - Book extract

Techniques for building effective digital business models – Book extract

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Extract – Chapter

We have examined many examples across industry sectors of how digital technologies have enables new digital capabilities for enterprise.  These are the building blocks of the digital enterprise, as exiting and new enterprise processes and services created and enabled through selected digital technology convergence.

While many of these illustrate specific…

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Speaking Live on BBC, Wall Street Journal article & moving to PA Consulting in Digital

Speaking Live on BBC, Wall Street Journal article & moving to PA Consulting in Digital

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On 26 Nov I spoke live on BBC World  Business Report on Digital Strategy and the need for data privacy and corporate social responsibility.   I also this week contributed to a major Feature for financial News on cyber security in financial services coming out on the Wall Street Journal out on Dec 8.   I’m also moving in January to PA Consulting and so my media work next…

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Plausible denial is not a digital strategy defense as Sony has found in the recent cyber attack

Plausible denial is not a digital strategy defense as Sony has found in the recent cyber attack

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Plausible denial is not a defence  in  cyber protection as Sony has found in this latest cyber-attack when corporate reputation is at stake. (reported in bbc web report) It could be potentially worse if customer financial loss ensues and litigation follows against the competency of the company who’s responsibility it is to protect their customer data.

  While the  Verizon…

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Towards the digital retail future - contextual influence versus cart abandonment

Towards the digital retail future – contextual influence versus cart abandonment

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The growth of Fast Moving Consumer Goods industries is a feature of the modern world with consumer products and services in every part of our daily lives.  Whether we are purchasing a train ticket, buying a soda drink, picking up prescription medicine from the pharmaceutical drug store or buying food in the retail outlet, these experiences are increasingly part of the…

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The Quanified Life, HAT and Exploring Case studies in IoT Digital Strategies

The Quanified Life, HAT and Exploring Case studies in IoT Digital Strategies

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2nd Mad Hatters’ Tea Party Monday, Nov 24 2014, 2pm-6pm, London

The HAT will be unveiled to firms and developers at this event, which is hosted by the Digital Catapult at its newly-launched Digital Catapult Centre at 101 Euston Road, London.

This event will mark the first round release of the…

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Smarter cities - building the digital enterprise - Excerpt from my forthcoming book

Smarter cities – building the digital enterprise – Excerpt from my forthcoming book

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  Public sector – towards a digital society and smart cities

The classical separation of the types of economic markets to be found in an economy is usually given in three categories:  Primary, Secondary and tertiary sectors (1).   The primary and secondary sectors are differentiated by the extraction and creation of raw materials such as minerals and farming, compared to…

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I'm a Judge on the Global Mobile Awards 2015 judging panel - Submissions deadline 5th December 2014

I’m a Judge on the Global Mobile Awards 2015 judging panel – Submissions deadline 5th December 2014

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Enter Submissions HERE by 5th Dec 2014 Awards Presented at

    Catch the Live streaming Q&A event  Global Mobile Awards LIVESTREAM EVENT – Tues 4th Nov @ 4pm GMT/5pm CET for a live Q+A to see how. Watch at http://www.globalmobileawards.com/liveevent/   #GMA15

The GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards in its twentieth year 20 in…

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Invited to attend Future Decoded 2014 Microsoft 10 November Excel London

Invited to attend Future Decoded 2014 Microsoft 10 November Excel London

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      Many thanks for the invitation to attend, great event and speakers, covering the topic of technological impact and innovation on society.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/about/future-decoded-2014

          The future we face is uncertain. As the world grows beyond 7 billion people and our societies and economies shift against a backdrop of ever more powerful…

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