Lenovo’s Software Defined Infrastructure Strategy Comes Together With RedHat and Nutanix

In January, I spent a few days with the senior leadership team of Lenovo’s enterprise group in Raleigh North Carolina. A lot of the players have changed since then, but what has been consistent is Lenovo’s objective to provide broader enterprise solutions. Most of my questions at Lenovo’s analyst conference were about software and where they were going with Software Defined Infrastructure, or SDI.

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Northwest Australia From the Space Station’s EarthKAM

This image of the northwest corner of Australia was snapped by a student on Earth after remotely controlling the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station. The program allows students to request photographs of specific Earth features, which are taken by a special camera mounted on the station when it passes over these features. via NASA http://ift.tt/1S95YrK

Power For All: Driving Energy Access Through Startup Mentality, Social Media, And Grassroots Work

Africa is a massive renewable energy market. Not only do almost a billion people still live without electricity — so power is the most critical thing developing countries need — but the continent is in many ways far ahead of the rest of the world in its potential.

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Marissa Mayer – Case Study In Poor Leadership

In March of 2013 I authored an article predicting the demise of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Here’s the thing – not every talented, successful executive is CEO ready; Mayer is a textbook example of this. It was obvious from the early days, at least to those paying attention, that Mayer didn’t have the leadership chops to pull of the admittedly tough assignment of turning around the once iconic Yahoo brand. A question worth asking is, why didn’t the Yahoo board of directors recognize this?

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