Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Innovation; as Vijay Govindarajan, Professor at Tuck and co-author of 10 Rules for Strategic Innovators mentions in the interview below, is about 2 major things. First, you must accept things are changing and figure out how your organization can adapt. Second, change is not a technical problem its a people opportunity that is reflective of "mindsets". Therefore to enable your business to adapt you must introduce new mindsets. To create an innovation mindset, managers must bring in fresh voices from outside their company, encourage collaboration, and consider how emerging markets' needs can spur ideas for innovative offerings. Interesting - sort of chicken and egg. Leaders must first be open to realize they need to change - often they do not realize the need without having outsiders who stir up their thinking.
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