Riding a wave of start-ups, New York has emerged a national leader in fields that leverage the Internet and mobile technologies—a development that has provided a key economic boost and left the city well positioned for future tech growth. Continue reading…

As we move into an era of unprecedented volumes of data and computing power, the benefits aren’t for business alone. Data can help citizens access government, hold it accountable and build new services to help themselves. Simply making data available is not sufficient. The use of data for the public good is being driven by a distributed community of media, nonprofits, academics and civic advocates. Continue reading…

The 2011 edition of the Web 2.0 Map showcases the incumbents and upstarts in our network economy, gathered around various territories that represent the Web 2.0′s Points of Control. This year the creators have introduced “The Data Layer”, where for the top companies in the industry they have built “cities of data” which illustrate the relative strengths of each company in eight key segments. Continue reading…

Dion Hinchcliffe created a new core visual for thinking about social business models. This visual captures the fundamental shifts that are happening in the global marketplace today, in particular social business, including the following fundamental transitions: Continue reading…

VISP is a 6th Framework Specific Targeted Research Project. The project objective is the development of a software platform enabling a cluster of SMEs to operate as a single business entity with dynamic business models and produce tailored (specialised, complex and individualised)
Internet Service Provider (ISP) solutions adapted to local business needs. The project partenrship is composed of 7 ICT sector SMEs and 4 research centres from 11 countries in Europe. Continue reading…

KoBaS (Knowledge-Based customised Services) is a Framework Program Integrated project supporting the creation of a network of high-tech SMEs offering quickly deployable, affordable, easy-to-use, customised solutions to builders and users of manufacturing machines. Continue reading…

The challenge facing companies is to provide the right products in the right quantity at the right place and time, but as product life cycles become ever shorter while technology evolves ever more quickly, efficient and responsive supply chains are crucial for maintaining competitiveness. Continue reading…

The opportunities of the new economic landscape have determined radical changes in the organizational structures of the firms, till the creation of new virtual clusterization forms, that is distinct systems of suppliers, distributors, service providers and clients that use the ‘internet working technologies’ as a principal way for co-operating and competing. Continue reading…

The Encyclopedia of Digital Government, edited by Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko (University of Tampere, Findland) and Matti Malkia (The Police College of Finland) offers a comprehensive coverage of issues, concepts, trends, and technologies of digital government (or electronic government).

The challenges and future prospects faced by governments at different institutional levels, Continue reading…

VERITE (VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR INNOVATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES) is one of the 14 thematic networks of the Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) Network supported financially by the European Commission (FP5, Innovation Programme). The network is composed of 20 institutions representing 18 regions and 13 European countries. Continue reading…