Technology
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IBM: How Much Longer Do the Good Times Last?
by mcdlttx I have not written about IBM for a while (or really anything ;-), but one of my recurring themes is IBM’s wholesale transition from what was once the world’s premier technology company (admittedly this was decades ago, but their relative and inflation-adjusted historical dominance is clear) into a financial engineering company.…
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The Rise of the Machines – A Reading List
A recurring theme from this summer’s reading: The Fear Index – Robert HarrisHarris is best known for relatively highbrow historical thrillers spanning ancient Rome to the Second World War but has been inhabiting the present of late. Here he delivers a taut thriller where a quant hedge fund’s black box moves beyond trading the markets…
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Strategic Sprawl, We Do It All
HP’s new CEO has unveiled his strategy for the company. The debut was accompanied by an epic press release. Some of my favorite parts: “Connected World” – hopefully Paul Allen won’t call from the 1990s and ask for his strategy back. “…its vision to provide seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for the connected world” – it…