Managing The Technology ProcessThis Weblog is directed to graduate and undergraduate engineering management students at the University of Colorado. Special emphasis is placed on concepts, events and web-based articles related to the management of technology, R&D, and product development. For web-based articles, the general format is to highlight "teaser" quotes that will allow the reader to decide whether or not they want to read the entire article. All opinions are those of the author and not necessarily those of any...(Untitled)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) VC panel: It takes more than just a good business plan Front Range Techbiz 6212002 6:20:00 PM By Todd NeffSome 200 people had settled around the cleared tables in the Denver Marriott City Center&146;s main basement conference room, and a majority of them were holding their hands in the air.That&146;s because Brad Feld, Mobius Venture Capital&146;s Superior-based managing director, had asked attendees of the Rockies Venture Club&146;s 14th annual Colorado Capital Conference to...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106921/2002/06/26.html#a56 (Untitled)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) China on Their Minds Tech executives are increasingly focusing on China, both as a crucial market and as home to the competition. 06182002By David KirkpatrickFortune.com One short word recurs more than any other in my conversations with people throughout information technology--"China." Whether executives are saying it is becoming their most important market or worrying that Chinese companies may be their biggest competitors, the subject seems to steadily gain urgency. And everything connected..http://radio.weblogs.com/0106921/2002/06/19.html#a55 (Untitled)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) White-Collar Work Goes Global FORTUNE.COM Tuesday, June 4, 2002 By David Kirkpatrick Here's yet another way technology and the Internet is fundamentally changing business--it's moving where work is done. This is a shift of monumental consequence, with potentially huge economic and political ramifications. Listen to Jonathan Murray, who as Microsoft's vice president for global accounts spends all his time traveling around talking with executives from the world's largest...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106921/2002/06/04.html#a54 (Untitled)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Contracting for Innovation: Is It Possible 9 April 2002 Roger Cox insight.gartner.com Outsourcing continues to grow rapidly, but where is the innovation We look beyond traditional contract terms and identify practical mechanisms to make innovation work in a long-term outsourcing deal. Enterprises follow natural cycles of creation, growth, maturity and decline, unless management intervenes with explicit renewal initiatives. Clayton Christensen, a management expert from Harvard University,.http://radio.weblogs.com/0106921/2002/06/04.html#a53 (Untitled)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) Untangling the Future By: Paul Saffo Business2.comIssue: June 2002 Technologies never move in straight lines. They wander. They cross-pollinate. And they create opportunities you'd never expect. A Technology Road Map Today's cutting-edge research can be broken into four main areas -- infotech, materials science, bioscience, and energy -- each with its own group of subspecialties. Click this diagram to see a pdf of ways in which many of those subspecialties could merge in the future..http://radio.weblogs.com/0106921/2002/06/03.html#a52 (Untitled)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) America's technology industry is increasingly intertwined with government Mr PC goes to Washington May 30th 2002 SAN FRANCISCO From The Economist print editionEconomist.com the industry has come full circle. It was tax dollars that first primed the technology pump. Without money from the Pentagon, Silicon Valley might still be covered with fruit orchards. The Internet was for years a government-funded research project, and some big technology companies would not exist without government...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106921/2002/05/31.html#a51 (Untitled)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) A Status Report on Tech FORTUNE.COMTuesday, May 28, 2002 By David Kirkpatrick I'm still surprised by how often I hear people talking as if the technology boom is over; that tech somehow no longer really matters, as if believing that it does is some kind of misguided leftover affectation from the '90s. So here is a sort of status report: some thoughts on information technology, the industry that makes it happen, and the market in tech stocks. Articlehttp://radio.weblogs.com/0106921/2002/05/28.html#a50 (Untitled)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) The Business of Research Research is the driving force behind the mobile industry. By Carlo Longino, May 22, 2002thefeature.com The value of research to the wireless industry is infinitesimal. The industry thrives on the fruits of research and the value of intellectual property. Network equipment manufacturers must rely on research to differentiate themselves from their competitors, hence the huge sums they spend on R&D, generally anywhere between 10 and 20 percent of their sales annually...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106921/2002/05/24.html#a49 |