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Over the years, Google has conducted and commissioned hundreds of studies around consumers, media trends and the impact of online advertising and new technologies. In the spirit of open information and the exchange of ideas, the company shares the findings and fuel new conversations about what we all can learn.
IBM published a paper that explores how can the wealth of information being generated by social media help us better understand how our cities function and create smarter cities in the process?
“Value of the Web” is a compilation of research that attempts to quantify the Internet’s impact on society. In less than thirty years, the Internet has become an indispensable guarantor of economic growth, social renewal and cultural enrichment.
US Public Technology Institute (PTI) has identified its list of technology “ins and outs” – the solutions and practices that will impact the local government marketplace in 2012.
Forrester’s Brian Hopkins has identified 10 tech trends that enterprise architects (EA) should be watching through 2014. The report, “The Top 10 Technology Trends EA Should Watch: 2012 To 2014”, identifies trends that are expected to have a strong impact on IT over the next few years.
The Future Agenda programme, sponsored by Vodafone Group, provides an open forum for discussion about how to address the major challenges which society faces over the next ten years, offering the opportunity for all to share ideas and potential solutions so that ultimately we can together inspire change.
The World Economic Forum has released, for the ninth consecutive year, the Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010, which measures the extent to which 133 economies from both the developed and developing worlds leverage ICT advances for increased growth and development through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI).