Let’s Talk Water, Part 1
June 29, 2011
With all of the recent flooding in the United States, shortages of water may seem like a strange subject with which to be concerned. As we all know, however, like other resources,
Category: Critical Infrastructure
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. 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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Innovative Building Materials
May 12, 2011
Last July I wrote a blog entitled The Future of Building Materials. In that post, I discussed new building materials that draw from nature, are made from waste material, or have the
Floating Cities
March 18, 2011
Whether one believes that climate change is accelerated by human activity or not, the fact that the earth’s climate has changed (and continues to change) is undeniable. Some of the more dire
Ports Vie for Increased Market Share
March 1, 2011
My last post discussed the shipping industry from the shipping line perspective. Today I would like to discuss the industry from the port operator perspective. With the vast majority of the world’s
Critical Infrastructure and Worms
October 18, 2010
Perhaps you have been following the story about “computer systems at Iran’s first nuclear-power plant [that] have been infected with a potent worm capable of taking over their control systems” [“Computer Worm
An Update on Africa, Part 1: Agriculture, Banking, Consumer Goods, and Infrastructure
October 13, 2010
Although many people still place all African countries into the same basket, analysts at McKinsey & Company remind us that growth prospects “differ not only country by country but also sector by
Investing in Energy
October 4, 2010
The Wall Street Journal claims that there is a lot of money to made (and lost) through investments in the energy sector and provides a quick overview of background information it thinks
The Future of Building Materials
July 20, 2010
In brief post about the amount of infrastructure that needs to be built over the next couple of decades [Chart of the day: Buddy, got $40T to spare?], my colleague, Tom Barnett,
Port Efficiency and Secure Information Sharing are Keys to International Trade
April 7, 2010
Anyone who follows activities in either the supply chain or shipping sectors knows that the shipping industry has been suffering from hard times. Shipyards and shipping companies have struggled and some haven’t
Traceable Supply Chains and Food Safety
April 5, 2010
Illnesses and deaths associated with tainted food are a constant concern for consumers, retailers, and suppliers. In addition to physical consequences, economic consequences of food recalls can be enormous. According to a
