Technology for New Generation

Cloud Computing and Georgia's IT Transformation. Anyone reading a technology Web site or print publication today cannot help but come across all kinds of articles about cloud computing.  It’s often cited as the next “big thing,” but in its  2009 Hype Cycle Special Report , Gartner, the technology research and advisory company, listed cloud computing among those trends that have reached the “Peak of Inflated Expectations.”  As best I can tell, cloud computing is about one part hype, one part clever marketing and two parts potential. At the heart of clouding computing is the pooling of IT resources across organizational boundaries.  The concept should sound familiar to anyone who’s followed what we’re doing to transform the state’s IT enterprise.  Instead of state agencies maintaining their own, separate IT operations, we’ve transferred the responsibility for delivering technology services to IBM and AT&T, which provide a shared-servi...

Intel executives depart company as mobile, IoT segments struggle for growth. Intel suffers turnover like any company, but its upper echelons aren’t known for being a revolving door. That’s changed in recent weeks with the (unconfirmed) departure of Aicha Evans, who joined the company in July to head its mobile semiconductor division. Now, longtime veterans Kirk Skaugen and Doug Davis are both leaving as well. Skaugen was a senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s client group, while Davis is a senior VP and general manager of the Internet of Things division. Skaugen is leaving immediately, while Davis has pledged to stay on through the end of 2016. These departures all occurred just a few months after Intel hired former Qualcomm executive Dr. Venkata “Murthy” Renduchintala, president of the Client and Internet of Things (IoT) Businesses and Systems Architecture Group. We don’t talk much about Intel’s market position because the company is fundam...