Enterra Insights

Month: October 2008

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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Good or Bad Time for a Green Economy?

As stock markets continue to melt, politicians and government bureaucrats scramble to find answers. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has pledged to pump $150 billion into developing alternative energy sources over the

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Harvesting Sustainable Development

My colleague Tom Barnett directed my attention to an interesting article through his Weblog entitled Another example of P2P “UDA.” The article discusses how wheat from America’s heartland helps foster development in

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Sleep and Innovation

Almost everybody has had an idea or received a suggestion and then been told to “sleep on it.” Some companies have also started to provide “nap rooms” for their employees, because some

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Fixing Fragile States

Globalization has both its proponents and opponents. Its proponents point to the fact that globalization has helped billions of people climb up the economic pyramid and out of poverty’s grasp. Opponents note

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GE, Google, and Grids

In a post entitled Updates on Solar Energy, I noted that if the dream of increasing the use of alternative sources of energy is to come true there will have to be

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Moving Forward in Angola

For those who grew up during the height of the Cold War, Angola conjures up images of proxy wars and Cuban troops. Fortunately, times have changed. Earlier this month Angola held its

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SysAdmin Force comes of Age

Quick on the heels of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ talk about the need to rebalance the military (see my post Shocked and Awed), the Department of Defense has released a new

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Money and Monkeys

There are analysts on both sides of the debate about whether development is good or bad for the environment. On the one side there are those who argue that more development will

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