The unexpected alliance between the corporate titans reflects a fundamental change in direction for both companies with the fading of the fad for convergence between technology and media companies.
Stage 1 is the convergence between IT technologies and products/business processes, and stage 2 means the convergence between the partial social IT infrastructure and the IT embedded in products.
An example might be the remarkable convergence between certain technologies and certain organic adaptations: for instance, animal echolocation, used by several animals like bats, and human echolocation or SONAR (sound navigation and ranging), commonly used by submarines.
The convergence between digital technology and the world of energy, or Energy 3.0, will pave the way for a new ecosystem of services which will enable both a better quality of life and reduced energy consumption.
Flying cars may yet emerge in the convergence between autonomous-car technologies and drones: expect them as expensive rarities in 20 years or so.
"The package takes account of the convergence between telecommunications, information technology and media, applying the principle of technological neutrality," said Erkki Liikanen, the union's commissioner for enterprise and the information society.
It represents the convergence between personal computing technology and consumer electronics.
This convergence between marketing and technology is also having a profound impact on the career paths of marketing professionals.
As one of the developing countries in the financial sector, China is experiencing an unprecedented level of convergence between finance and technology.
It mainly deals with transformation of materials and energy into nanostructured materials and nanodevices, and synergizes the multidisciplinary convergence between materials science and technology, biotechnology, and information technology.
