JP Morgan has recently announced an aggressive move to Blockchain technology, dedicating a significant portion of a $9 billion technology investment.
There's a finite amount of bitcoin that will be created and by owning a small piece of that, you own a portion of this technology that allows you to access the benefits," which he lists as global payments, micro-transactions, data registry and more.
While a significant portion of this technology spending can certainly be justified by the dramatic transformation of the economy, there is evidence of indiscriminate technology buying, as well.
It's interesting that the Evolution investment continues a trend in which the largest portion of education technology capital is aimed at consumers instead of classrooms – accounting for an estimated $3.9 billion of the $9.5 billion invested in edtech in 2017.
Fortunately, Ted was able to reign in some money by licensing a portion of Syndeo's technology to another firm.
As results-oriented donors pull out their checkbooks this month to make annual end-of-year contributions, they should consider two specific ideas: Designate funds, or a portion of funds, for technology investments that can yield operating efficiencies.
Enhanced support by the Secretary of Defense for, and strengthened funding for, that portion of the Manufacturing Technology program of the Navy, and that portion of the Technology Base program of the Navy, that are in the areas of shipbuilding technologies and ship repair technologies.
What the American consumer does next will determine the expansion (or contraction) in a large portion of technology budgets.
For example, after VEXTEC had developed a significant portion of our VLM technology core, the federal government arranged for some "blind" testing of our predictive capabilities.
Much of the press coverage has been focused, logically enough, on what is likely to be an epic legal tug of war pitting the government against Apple and by implied extension, a significant portion of the American technology sector.
