Biofuel from Algae
July 31, 2009
Talk of biofuel as an alternative to oil was all the rage when crude was skyrocketing towards $200/barrel. About the same time, the world was undergoing a food crisis. The diversion of
Enterra Insights
Month: July 2009
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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Health Care and Development
July 30, 2009
Health care reform continues to make headlines in the United States. As president and CEO of a business, I am obviously following the debate because the outcome will affect both my company
The Temptation of Power
July 29, 2009
In late June, Honduran soldiers stormed the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa and forced President Manuel Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica. As The Economist reported, “It was a flashback to a nightmare
Hope in Ghana
July 28, 2009
President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Ghana placed that small country in the global spotlight. President Obama selected Ghana for his first presidential visit to Africa because it stands in such stark
Big Brother meets Animal Farm
July 27, 2009
Perhaps nothing is more important to humankind that ensuring that its food and water supplies are safe and secure. The occasional flare-ups of “mad cow disease” that have caused panic and have
Living in a "Nano" World
July 24, 2009
When people hear the term nanotechnology, they either think of a brighter future helped along through the introduction of new materials or a gloomy one in which molecular manufacturing (MM) destroys the
Kurd-Arab Tensions Raise Concerns and Debate
July 23, 2009
Earlier in the week I posted a blog entitled Rising Tensions Between Kurds and Arabs. In that blog, I observed that “there have been calls made by some observers for the United
Food Crisis and Recession
July 22, 2009
In 2007 and the beginning of 2008 (before the global recession began grabbing all of the headlines), the global crisis most discussed involved a shortage of food and the resulting high food
Morocco’s Example
July 21, 2009
Last September in a post entitled Making Money in the Med I discussed Tanger Med, a large Moroccan port that had opened earlier in the year. The port can handle 3.5m containers
Rising Tensions Between Kurds and Arabs
July 20, 2009
Regular readers of this blog know that my company, Enterra Solutions®, conducts an increasing amount of business in Iraq — mostly in the northern Kurdish region. Our aim is to help Iraqi
