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“Cash for Clunkers” Should Have Used the Cloud!
Rich Bruklis wrote an excellent essy on how the government missed a perfect opportunity to use cloud computing. In “Cloud Opportunity Missed” he writes: “It appears that the voucher system…
US Navy Experiments With Secure Cloud Computing
This week in San Diego, CA the US Navy held the initial planning conference for Trident Warrior ’10. The Trident Warrior series is the premier annual FORCEnet Sea Trial Event…
GSA To Present On Cloud Initiative at NCOIC Plenary
A General Services Administration (GSA) representative is now scheduled to provide a briefing on the agency’s cloud computing initiative during a “Best Practices for Cloud Initiatives using Storefronts” session on…
FAA CIO Focuses on Cybersecurity
During this week Federal Executive Forum, FAA CIO Dave Bowen mentioned protection against software vulnerabilities, wireless intrusion and website vulnerabilities as his top cybersecurity priorities. As the Assistant Administrator for…
DHS Asst. Secretary Addresses Cybersecurity Priorities
Greg Schaffer, Assistant Secretary for CyberSecurity & Communications for the US Department of Homeland Security, sees Trusted Internet Connections, EINSTEIN, and front line defense of the nation’s networks as top…
US DoD Chief Security Officer on Cybersecurity Priorities
In a Federal Executive Forum interview, Robert Lentz, Chief Security Officer for the US Department of Defense, highlighted the departments cybersecurity priorities. Mr. Lentz is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of…
Twitter Under Denial of Service Attack
Multiple sources are reporting that Twitter continues to be under a denial of service attack. Some are speculating that this represents the power of a coordinated bot network attack. For…
NCOIC Holding Full Day Cloud Computing Session
The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) will be holding a one-day cloud computing session during its plenary meetings, 21-25 September at the Fair Lakes Hyatt in Fairfax, VA. A…
Sevatec a New Player in the Federal Cloud Computing Market
Just in time for the new Federal Cloud Computing Storefront, Sevatec, Inc. is announcing the development of a toolkit to help federal agencies transform their enterprise architectures to cloud computing…
GSA Releases Cloud Computing RFQ
Following through on a much anticipated action, GSA released their Cloud Computing Request For Quotation (RFQ) today. Cloud computing is a major part of President Obama’s reform effort and this…
Contrary to what your mother may have told you, going in circles is sometimes a good thing. When it comes to our economy, it is actually a great thing.
- Materials (sand, iron, gold, etc.) are evaluated for purpose and taken from nature.
- Modified and refined as necessary, these materials are combined and recombined into the services and products we use every day, until…
- Their usefulness to society wanes and the everyday products and services are disposed of in a heap of useless trash.
- Regenerative design – interdisciplinary field of inquiry concerned with a sustainable future
- Performance economy – the vision of an economy in loops (or circular economy) and its impact on job creation, economic competitiveness, resource savings, and waste prevention
- Cradle to cradle – focuses on design for effectiveness in terms of products with positive impact and reducing the negative impacts of commerce through efficiency.
- Industrial ecology – the study of material and energy flows through industrial systems
- Biomimicry – a discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems
- “Blue Economy” – uses the resources available in cascading systems and the waste of one product becomes the input to create a new cash flow
| AWARD | WINNER |
| The Fortune Award for Circular Economy Leadership | Sir Ian Cheshire |
| The Fortune Award for Circular Economy Leadership | Janez Poto?nik |
| The YGL Award for Circular Economy Entrepreneurship | Method |
| The Accenture Award for Circular Economy Pioneer | Dell Inc. |
| The BT Award for Circular Economy Digital Disruptor | Tradeshift |
| The Ecolab Award for Circular Economy Cities / Regions | Danish Business Authority |
(This post was written as part of the Dell Insight Partners program, which provides news and analysis about the evolving world of tech. To learn more about tech news and analysis visit TechPageOne. Dell sponsored this article, but the opinions are my own and don’t necessarily represent Dell’s positions or strategies.)
( Thank you. If you enjoyed this article, get free updates by email or RSS – © Copyright Kevin L. Jackson 2012)
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