If you remove smartphones from the discussion, what ideas would you say have been powering and advancing tech innovation in the last 10 years?
We posed this question to our FOLEYTech 2014 expert panelists to get their take on a look back at what's powered tech innovation.
- "The rise of social and the creation of key companies
underpinning that new space — Facebook/Instagram, Twitter,
LinkedIn, Snapchat, etc."
– Eric Hjerpe, Kepha Partners, @efhjerpe - "The availability and affordability of cloud-based
services. Innovative products and services can now be developed and
deployed via cloud-based platforms for a fraction of the cost of
traditional methods."
– Ron Remy, Mobile Heartbeat, @TechDadCentral - "Social media has totally changed how we communicate to
worldwide audiences on a personal level."
– Don Dodge, Google, @DonDodge - "WiFi: Ubiquitous connectivity coupled with an explosion
of social networks and mobile apps has enabled users to interact
with their world on a real-time basis in new ways with increased
productivity."
– Chris McKenna, Foley & Lardner LLP - "The ability of startups to deploy infrastructure with
very little cap investment."
– John Morey, MyRozi, @MoreyMyRozi - "Cloud infrastructure and web2.0 social media
platforms."
– Lara Hanson, Qwasi - "Use of cloud services."
– Danielle Sheer, Carbonite - "The combination of social media, cloud services, and
mobile have created a truly connected planet where information,
data communication, and sharing have become mainstream
globally."
– Ralph Rodriguez, Delfigo Security, @ralphopinions - "Social media adoption... sites like Facebook and Twitter
are driving rapid, near real-time communication while creating
opportunities for negative developments too via security breaches
and identify theft."
– Robert Zeuthen, BNY Mellon - "Without a doubt, cloud computing."
– Ken Leeser, Kaliber, @KALDataSecurity - "Cloud computing has made it less expensive and more
flexible for companies big and small to develop solutions both
internal and external. The tech world will never be the same
– it's a revolutionary technology that comes every few
decades."
– Greg Dracon, .406 Ventures, @Greg406 - "Biggest change has come from social media...bringing
human relationships into the software."
– James Geshwiler, Common Angels, @geshwiler - "Proliferation of broadband and advances in fiber optic
networks in general. These advances in infrastructure have paved
the way for fundamental shifts in how people consume media
(print-to-digital) and products (e-commerce) alike, and ultimately
feed the "Big Data" machine that we hear so much
about."
–Tom Kearney, Wicks Group - "The advancement of non-fossil fuel vehicles."
–Rob Brown, Lincoln International - "Cloud computing and deceleration of computing costs. It
represents a paradigm shift in information technology and the
underlying framework for making Big Data actionable."
–Ed Montes, DataXu, @DataXu
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A Look Ahead 10 Years
What are their predictions for the game changer in mHealth, digital media, and security for the next 10 years? Read More in Part II.
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