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Technology Blessing or Curse

Posted on April 28, 2019 by blogger

We live in the world of continuing advancement, a world full of technological advancements. Technologies like cars, laptops, cell-phones, cameras, observation systems, mobile audio, Televisions, Digital media, tech accessories, name it. We’ve been relying all of these…

Technology can be considered both a blessing and a curse, depending on whom you ask. It is a blessing for the vast majority of humans since it does make us more reliable and efficient to do whatever it is that we have to do at a faster pace than norm. We can communicate with our friends and family anywhere around the globe through the use of cell phones and/or email. We can travel by the use of car, airplane, trains, and ships. Students and non-students alike can research all the information needed to complete their schoolwork or variable projects on the Internet. These are just some of the mere examples of what technology has done for us today. It’s the advancement and innovations that intrigues us. What a blessing!

Most of us see technology as an advancement to enhance our future; others beg to differ. As with everything in life, there is always a positive and a negative side. In particular, I honestly think that technology has impaired or affected our kids education, back in the older days we did not have much in terms of technology and a TV set was considered the “in thing”. Alternative fun was reading or playing outside, now everyone seems disengaged from themselves and society because of the constant attachment to devices like computers (Chat) and Multimedia cell-phones (Messenger). No one bothers to make the effort to communicate in person or face-to-face anymore, society is now devoid of human interaction and emotions and if something is not done about it soon, we may as well consider ourselves meaningless robots. There is no escaping technology and what it entails, it is here to stay and the only thing one can do is to embrace it, or not. Its quite interesting who embraces and who doesnt. I find that the baby boomers are somewhat hesitant to embrace something simple as a computer but they will buy the nicest and fastest cars that are fully equipped with all sorts of gadgets short of a rocket launcher.

It is also a curse for us. Why? Because students are mainly addicted to the use of Internet and the various social networking sites and online games, they tend to focus more on the Internet games than studying or completing their lessons. Additionally, their eyes could be damaged from the constant glare of screens or monitors from staring at them for extended periods. Technology could also harm the environment, like the improper disposal of used and expired tech devices such as computer CRT monitors and TV sets. Where the economy is concerned, it does take away jobs, how helpful is it to know that you as an employee, have now been replaced by a robot or some form of technological machinery in the state that the worldwide economy is in? And of course, I could go on and on.

As a conclusion: Technology can be considered both a blessing and curse. How about you, what’s your opinion? Do you think technology is a blessing or a curse?

How Technology Affects Us

Posted on December 20, 2018 by blogger

People living in the present have so much to thank for many technological developments. It is hard to imagine living a single day and doing your normal routine without making use of a thing which developed because of technology. Almost all of us these days are even almost totally dependent on gadgets and other modern equipment in almost everything that we do. But why not take advantage of them? After all, they are created to make our lives easier. Indeed, people nowadays must appreciate all the hard work done by people in the past to help develop computers, televisions, computers, and even tiny electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Even the tiniest part of the gadget we use at present took a lot of time and dedication to develop.

From the time we wake up, go to work, travel to another place, until the moment we sleep, a piece of technological equipment helped us along the way. We use alarm clocks to wake us up, we use hi-tech computers at work, we use modern vehicles as means of transport, and the list could just go on and on. The benefits brought about by technology are truly overwhelming. Living in the modern times even makes us wonder how people in the past were able to live a good life without the aid of advanced tools that we have right now. We even sometimes fail to realise that we should consider ourselves lucky because of technological advancements of our time. This article would not even be possible without the modern technology.

It is given that the perks brought about by computers and similar gadgets will keep on growing as years pass by but we also need to contemplate if the developments in technology have some disadvantages as well. One of the most known disadvantages is the pollution caused by the manufacturing of the millions of components used in various hi-tech tools. Proper waste management should be observed as harmful chemicals could not only affect our environment; it could also have an adverse effect in our health. Factories should limit the smoke they emit and the people who work there should wear protective gears. Another big disadvantage is that technology could be greatly misused. The abusive use of the internet is one good example.

It is a good thing that technology keeps on evolving at an exponential rate as long as we, people, do not allow to let it go out of control. As much as possible, all the disadvantages should be eliminated. Technology has helped us a lot these days and is sure to help a whole lot of people in the future. Access to hi-tech gadgets should not be a problem. Families should enjoy watching movies on big screen TV sets, kids should have more fun time playing various gaming consoles, and more jobs should be easier in the future. Hopefully, all these things do not come at very expensive rates and also not at the expense of Mother Nature and our overall wellbeing.

Build Versus Buy – A Merger And Acquisition Strategy For Information Technology Companies

Posted on December 5, 2018 by blogger

As a Merger and Acquisition advisor, we regularly dialogue with the top executives in the information technology industry. We have to chuckle when we reach a decision maker with a large IT company and he says, “We have a corporate policy that we do not buy companies.” Does this guy read the industry publications? Is his company’s development group that good? Does he understand the first mover advantage or window of opportunity?

We have gotten past the dizzying array of Internet product introductions, but the pace of technology introduction has again returned to robust levels. Any large company that feels it can keep pace with this force through internal development efforts alone is headed down the path of extinction.

Almost everyone will agree that information technology will be a primary driver of controlling costs in U.S. industry. Technology is our answer to remaining competitive in this world economy. A great deal of the technology development is coming from small, entrepreneurial, nimble, low overhead companies.

There is, however, a huge paradox in the market. The institutional buyers of technology are relatively conservative late adapters. This prevents the expected innovation and commercial success that should naturally follow the innovation and passion of these small technology innovators.

These entrepreneurs respond to a market need and achieve encouraging initial success from the early adopters. They soon hit the wall and are not able to “cross the chasm” from a small group of early adaptors to general market acceptance from the conservative majority. There is little economic value created when good technology is in the control or a failing company and the technology never reaches broad acceptance.

Most of the blockbuster new products are the result of an entrepreneurial effort from an early stage company bootstrapping its growth in a very cost conscious lean environment. Think of some of the new developments from companies like Google. The big companies, with all their seeming advantages have a very high internal cost structure for new product introductions and the losses resulting from those failures are substantial.

Don’t get me wrong, there were hundreds of failures from the start-ups as well. However, the failure for the edgy little start-up resulted in losses in the $1 – $5 million range. The same result from an industry giant were often in the $100 million to $250 million range.

For every Yahoo or Ebay there are literally hundreds of companies that either flame out or never reach a critical mass beyond a loyal early adapter market. It seems like the mentality of these smaller business owners is, using the example of the popular TV show, Deal or No Deal, to hold out for the $1 million briefcase. What about that logical contestant that objectively weighs the facts and the odds and cashes out for $280,000?

As we contemplated the dynamics of this market, we were drawn to a merger and acquisition model that is used in the networking technology market by Cisco Systems. We believe that model could also be applied to great advantage in the Information Technology industry. The giant networking company, is a serial acquirer of companies. They do a tremendous amount of R&D and organic product development. They recognize, however, that they cannot possibly capture all the new developments in this rapidly changing field through internal development alone.

Cisco seeks out investments in promising, small, technology companies and this approach has been a key element in their market dominance. They bring what we refer to as smart money to the high tech entrepreneur. They purchase a minority stake in the early stage company with a call option on acquiring the remainder at a later date with an agreed-upon valuation multiple. This structure is a brilliantly elegant method to dramatically enhance the risk reward profile of new product introduction. Here is why:

For the Entrepreneur:

1.The involvement of Large IT Investor – resources, market presence, brand, distribution capability is a self fulfilling prophecy to your product’s success. The halo of the big secure company helps you cross the chasm to the conservative majority institutional customer.

2.For the same level of dilution that an entrepreneur would get from a venture capital, angel investor or private equity group, the entrepreneur gets the performance leverage of “smart money.” See #1.

3.The entrepreneur gets to grow his business with Large IT Investor’s support at a far more rapid pace than he could alone. He is more likely to establish the critical mass needed for market leadership within his industry’s brief window of opportunity.

4.He gets an exit strategy with an established valuation metric while the buyer/investor helps him make his exit much more lucrative.

5.As an old Wharton professor used to ask, “What would you rather have, all of a grape or part of a watermelon?” That sums it up pretty well. The involvement of Large IT Investor gives the product a much better probability of growing significantly. The entrepreneur will own a meaningful portion of a far bigger asset.

For the Large IT Investor:

1.Create access to a large funnel of developing technology and products.

2.Creates a very nimble, market sensitive, product development or R&D arm.

3.Minor resource allocation to the autonomous operator during his “skunk works” market proving development stage.

4.Diversify their product development portfolio – because this approach provides for a relatively small investment in a greater number of opportunities fueled by the entrepreneurial spirit, they greatly improve the probability of creating a winner.

5.By investing early and getting an equity position in a small company and favorable valuation metrics on the call option, they pay a fraction of the market price to what they would have to pay if they acquired the company once the product had proven successful.

How Vertical Search Plus Semantic Technology Is To Change Digital Advertising

Posted on December 3, 2018 by blogger

A lot of us would notice that it used to be, in marketing, we were looking to attract a big audience as we can. But right now, effective web marketing would rely on centering on the people who would be likely to acquire our merchandise or book the service at the time of peak interest.

History has informed us that through time, media fragments are placed in particular areas of interest. Remember a time where there had only been three TV stations? Now there would be multiple channels centered on interests. Do you recall a time there were only three TV stations? Now there would be multiple channels devoted to interests including cooking, pets, travel, sports, history science plus channels that serve micro-interests. In a similar sense, online content typically would show up on sites that revolve around particular areas of user interest. Internet search would also be divided into particular verticals, in spite of the omnipresence of broad search engines including Google and Bing or Yahoo. Five years past, users would place keywords into a search engine query; but now they go directly to the preferred content sites to get relevant information.

Publishers are still struggling though to keep the users on the sites, as a lot are facing an exodus to the Google toolbar. Publishers have stated that anywhere from 25% to 50% of outbound click from sites are about to have an outside search engine. Even worse, the publishers would need to pay the search providers for the clicks to get back the users. In a lot of cases, Google would monetize the publisher content in a better sense than the publisher itself.

It is a good thing new search tools have come up to aid online publishers plus marketers to connect users to the content, products plus services they want in the areas of interest. Semantic technology would be a representation of the forefront of the search experience. In place of relying on keywords, semantic search would actually have a basis on concepts, and would be more likely to comprehend the intent of the searcher.

Semantic technology would perform a better job compared to traditional search platforms for matching relevant advertisements to online content. As it is conceptual compared to literal, semantic technology would be able to match ads in a manner that would be limited by keyword algorithms.

Vertically centered semantic search would be a representation of an improvement in online experience for the site users, marketers and publishers. Users may quickly locate information on the topics plus subjects they would be passionate about without having to leave their desired sites. They are presented with ads relevant to them, compared to the ubiquitous links for mortgage refinancing plus teeth widening services. Of course, publishers would be keenly interested in manners to enhance user experience, however semantic search would make new revenue opportunities for them too.

Search result pages would come up with incremental page views, which the publisher would utilize to sell more units of display advertising inventory, plus to bring in more advertising revenue from high response semantically matched ads. Perhaps, in a more significant sense, search technology would give a way to make more engagement with users, keeping them on-site longer than surrendering these to an external search engine or a toolbar.

For online marketers, the semantic vertical search would give a lot of benefits. It would satisfy demand for more clicks, put up brand reach and ensure placement next to relevant content, making a yield of better response rates. Semantic search advertising would not be based on keywords, unlike the regular run of the mill process enhanced by KeywordSpy-so it would not need complex keyword bidding strategies and may be implemented quickly and easily.

As use of semantic technology is widely adopted, semantic search as will become a necessary part of the company’s marketing recipe. Companies which recognize and take advantage of semantic search now will be ahead of their competition, as search engine marketing continues to eveolve.

Get Updated With The Current Technology News

Posted on November 15, 2018 by blogger

Modern-day science and technology are inevitable in their thrust in growth in this generation. All of us is dependent on the amazing advantages of these advancement.

Depending means dependency on the remarkable job of modern technology. It is really important to keep ourselves up to date with the most recent technology news.

The value of being up-to-date with the technology news may end up to become extremely very helpful for you. With the intention to stay focused with the current progress, you must have some of the most reliable and trustworthy technology news channels. Make sure that you’re supplied with the sensible and appropriate news.

One of the most well-known and commonly used information sources include TV shows, tech magazines and the internet. Many websites as well as news centers have been doing their role in keeping their readers and audience updated.

Technology news is for everybody. Plenty of websites are doing this phenomenal job in the most simplified and reader-friendly way. An ideal technology-related site has all updates so that even a newbie can understand.

The other important technology source to get you up-to-date is through several Television programs. There are some shows that showcase the most recent and upcoming gadgets plus a lot more. And yet, the main concern with this source of information is you will be updated only while the TV program goes on air.

This would mean that you will have to make yourself ready on their time schedule. Nonetheless, you may record the programs if you don’t have enough time to view them while they’re broadcasted. You can watch them during your most convenient time to make sure you know the most recent technology news.

Also, you can find a lot of important info from different subscriptions to many appropriate technology publications. The one downside to this is that you will be up to date only once every month. Considering the quickest and full-bodied means technology is beginning to change in the present times. You may be missing many vital information, or perhaps you’ll be getting well-informed a lot later when compared to others around you.

Generally, magazines are a really suitable means to own around you. However, they should not be your main source of information. One of the most frequently used supply of information for fresh and upcoming technology news is the internet.

You can avail useful information and see all the updates right away as they are posted.