Technology innovations that could drive real value to your business

• 1.Tools and toys: What are the hottest new innovations going mainstream and how can you evaluate which will provide real value to your business? @SmartCTO #NimbusIGNITE

2. Credit: By Archiboldian (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 3. Philip Tubb [Public domain or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org /licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqGBHAQa678 5. http://www.ff3dp.com/#!creator/c1txh 6. #1 What are the need to know technical innovations that you should now be aware of to keep you in the game? @SmartCTO #NimbusIGNITE 7. #2 Get ahead of the curve whats the next big thing and how can you exploit it to get ahead of your competitors? @SmartCTO #NimbusIGNITE 8. http://famo.us/demos Customer experience is everything 9. Lower transaction fees (1%, compared with 2-4%) No ForEx fees Micro-transactions and peer-to-peer enabler? Slowly growing retailer support E.g. eBay CEO actively considering Image credit : By computer network participants and communities. (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Promotional_graphics) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Disintermediation of traditional payment methods 10. Wearables Source - 2014 Vandrico Solutions Inc see http://vandrico.com/database 11. A couple of my non-consumer favourites... Fatigue Science Readiband USAF-developed fatigue detection to reduce risk and corporate insurance premiums HDR Cybernetic Welding Helmet Augmented-vision for welding allowing massive dynamic range with welding position guidance 12. Images : http://www.openhab.org 13. Big data 14. Containerisation Finished virtualising your data centre? Good as theres a new virtualisation kid in town Source: https://www.docker.io/ 15. Software Defined Networking Virtualisation moves into the network layer Lots of buzz and hype VMware acquired Nicira (now part of NSX) Cisco Open Network Environment (ONE) Promised benefits? Reduced operational costs, greater agility 16. #3 How should you evaluate whats right for your business? @SmartCTO #NimbusIGNITE 17. #4 How can you add critical value to this project? @SmartCTO #NimbusIGNITE 18. #5 How should you decide which third party platforms and channels to use? What should be the core components of your business case? @SmartCTO #NimbusIGNITE 19. Be lean its internal start- up behaviour Iterate quickly Validate untested assumptions So what 3rd party channels and platforms? My default answer whatever gets you there/learning/feedback soonest So that often means: Cloud Buy and integrate, not build Small team By Richard Giles [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 20. A cultural/innovation challenge - fail blame Architected, not evolved Dont adopt everything to the same scale Focus focus focus 21. Dont be in this position Strategy-Execution gap! 22. #6 How do you get buy-in from the right people? @SmartCTO #NimbusIGNITE 23. If you are asking this question, too late! Evidence data is more convincing than hunch Have good answers for security concerns 24. Would you rather see this By Hafez at en.wikibooks, from Wikimedia Commons 25. or this? Norbert Aepli, Switzerland [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 26. Q&A Thanks for your attention. Happy to take questions @SmartCTO #NimbusIGNITE Smart421 2014