[Written June 24, 2014]<\/p>\n
The Machine<\/a><\/p>\n The company that invented free printers, expensive ink [not totally true], has a new vision for blurring the line further between memory and storage.<\/p>\n During her explanation, CEO Meg Whitman asks <\/p>\n “What if you [the CEO] could analyze the contents of 1,000,000,000,000 customer relationship records in the blink of an eye [without having to make an IT request – big sneering smile]<\/p>\n Flashback to Computerworld in the 1970s – welcome Artificial Intelligence – now you can look at your company’s data without needing programmers!<\/p>\n New paradigm? I don’t think so. <\/p>\n Let’s put Meg in charge of finding the IRS email records. Maybe Thomas Edison can find them in New Jersey.<\/p>\n “Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.”<\/p>\n Clifford Stoll<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clifford_stoll_on_everything#t-1056505<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [Written June 24, 2014] The Machine The company that invented free printers, expensive ink [not totally true], has a new vision for blurring the line further between memory and storage. During her explanation, CEO Meg Whitman asks “What if you … Continue reading