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.
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Join other quality executives as the GBC shares findings and examples with webinar participants and discuss current ideas and issues in a facilitated half-hour webinar Thursday, June 28, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. EDT; 11:30 a.m. EDT; 3:00 p.m. EDT; or 4:00 p.m. EDT.
In recent research studies and at the annual quality-focused meetings, the GBC observed a growing shift in the application of quality tools and the deployment of resources. Businesses are moving quality from the back office to the front lines, from targeting compliance-based gains in productivity and efficiency to driving organic growth.
"Using Quality to Drive Business Growth" promises to be an unusual opportunity to learn about and discuss new process improvement strategies and quality initiatives in sales, marketing, and new product development- initiatives intended to affect top line growth as well as bottom line productivity. Webinar participants will have an opportunity following the presentation to discuss challenges, questions, and concerns about quality at their respective companies.
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