Enterra Insights

Month: November 2006

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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Raising the Educational Bar

In an earlier post [The Race to the Top], I cited a Bill Gates’ speech delivered at a summit meeting of U.S. governors. In that speech, he minced no words. “American high

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More on Web 2.0

There has been some talk about a new dot.com bubble emerging. Hopefully, the irrational exuberance that created the last dot.com bubble and caused it to burst will be avoided if tech stocks

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GAO’s Holiday Wish List

With the holiday season now in full swing, lots of people — from children to Comptroller General David M. Walker, the head of the Government Accountability Office — are making wish lists.

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Contracts and Automated Rules

As a businessman, I can’t help reading newspapers with one eye on business opportunities. A story in the Washington Post about contracting challenges inside the Department of Homeland Security tells me that

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Web 2.0 and Pink Goo

In a recent post I wrote about Web 3.0 and in that blog, I mentioned Web 2.0. An article in the International Herald Tribune discussed the state of Web 2.0 in general,

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Programs that Fight Poverty

Tina Rosenberg, a New York Times editorial board member, did a review of eight programs that have been successful in addressing poverty [“How to Fight Poverty: 8 Programs that Work,” 16 Nov

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Real Meetings, Virtual World

In an earlier post, I wrote about Second Life, a virtual on-line world with its own economy, that has attracted a lot of individual and corporate attention [“Virtually” no escape]. Second Life

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Esquire Feature on Enterra Solutions

Esquire Magazine’s December 2006 issue was recently mailed to subscribers and should hit the newsstands shortly. The December issue has become the one in which it honors the “Best and Brightest” Americans

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