Enterra Insights

Month: April 2007

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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The Age of Entrepreneurs

According to Robert E. Litan, vice president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Mo., the United States has never been more adventurous when it comes to starting businesses [“Innovators

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Magic Middle Kingdom?

One of the verities about China is that, although it has been occupied, it has never been culturally conquered. Chinese culture has been remarkably stable for millennia — until now. The developing

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Malaria-Fighting Mosquitoes

On several occasions I have written about efforts to eliminate malaria in developing countries. Malaria kills more than a million people annually, most of them African children under the age of five.

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Quantum Computing or Quackery?

About a month ago, I wrote a post focused on D-Wave Systems, a Canadian firm that claims to have developed a practical quantum computer [Quantum Computing — Not Coming Soon to a

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Ubiquitous Sensors and the Evernet

Talk about big brother watching you — Michael Peck reports how “someday the paint on your wall may spy on you.” [“Sensors in Your Paint?” Defense News, 19 March 2007]. Peck’s article

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Incompetence to the Maxx

Last week the parent company of TJ Maxx (TJX) reported the theft of nearly 46 million credit and debit card numbers from customers in the United States, Britain and Canada. This didn’t

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Service as Science

In hard science fields like math and physics, snickers are often heard whenever political “science” or social “science” are mentioned. Those softer sciences are about to be joined by a new discipline

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The Coming Pandemic?

One cannot seriously consider the future without examining how resilient the economy would be if a pandemic were to sweep around the globe. We are all aware of the millions who died

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