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solidcon.com

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• More powerful, less expensive components

• High-level programming languages, open-

source operating systems

• Ubiquitous networks

• Supply chain as a service, Shenzhen

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Enablers from hardware

• Big data mentality

• Machine learning, computer vision

• As-a-service model

• Cloud computing

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Enablers from software

• Books: Amazon

• Music: Apple

• Movies: Netflix

• Industry and infrastructure: ?

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The God server

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What’s a “tech” company, anyway?

Almanac publishers, exclusively on Internet

Greeting card publishers, exclusively on Internet

Special interest portals (e.g., parents sharing

information about child rearing, etc.), Internet

Everything is a “tech” company now.

—Tim O’Reilly

“Work on stuff that matters.”