Enterra Insights

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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Development in Iraq

Because of my interest in Development-in-a-Box™, I was interested in a Washington Post article on how reconstruction in Iraq is progressing given the violence that continues to plague that war torn country

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More on Corporate Social Responsibility

Critt Jarvis, who is doing some interesting work in Honduras, blogged about the continuing disconnect between corporate rhetoric concerning social responsibility and implementation. One way to begin, Critt argues, is to get

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Broadband Bound

In a world where connectivity is a good predictor of success, Americans have good reason to be concerned about how quickly (or how slowly) the country’s broadband connections are being made. The

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An Electoral Lesson in Resilience

I don’t normally comment on politics since this is a corporate rather than personal blog. This election, however, strikes me as being all about resilience. Political pundits from both sides of the

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Newspapers and Resiliency

If you’re living in the United States and reading this blog, I encourage you to vote today. We celebrate when we see massive turnouts in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Congo

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Intellipedia: Connecting the Dots

Last week John Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence, announced “Intellipedia,” a system that will allow analysts and other officials to collaboratively add and edit content on U.S. Government’s classified intelligence network (Intelink

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China and Africa

During the Cold War, Africa became a surrogate battleground for the U.S. and Soviet Union. Arms flooded the Dark Continent and civil conflicts were the norm. Many of those weapons continue to

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Bots and Network Security

As many Typepad bloggers are aware, last May the Typepad site underwent a new and serious kind of attack. The details of the attack have recently been published in Wired magazine [“Attack

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The Future of Computing

As a technologist who heads a company developing state-of-the-art software and processes, I’m always interested in the latest developments in the field of computing. For years, computer “science” received a wary glance

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Peace & Development in Uganda

The world is certainly experiencing its share of troubles and the international community’s timidity has been exposed in places like the Darfur region of Sudan. Another area that has suffered a tremendous

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