But when it comes to energy, we haven't really seen the same technology transformations take place.
Five irrigation technology transformation scenarios three historical and two adoption were developed to evaluate industry-wide tradeoffs between water savings, energy consumption (and GHG emissions), and economic returns associated with irrigation technology transformations under current Australian Government water resource policies.
But Big Blue finds itself in the position of having to reinvent itself yet again after surviving and even thriving through earlier technology transformations.
In the meantime, incumbents have historically failed to capitalize on major technology transformations, and outside of the few examples mentioned, history appears poised to repeat itself unless companies take proactive measures.
As opposed to traditional bottom-up energy models based on systems optimisation, such differential equations offer an appropriate treatment of the times and structure of change involved in sectoral technology transformations, as well as a much reduced computational load.
One notable addition to the go-slow bandwagon is the ETC Group (so named for Eco-Equity Erosion, Technology Transformation and Corporate Control), based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
We are deliberately trying to make a transition with this company, from a server transformation proposition to overall information technology transformation.
But people are afraid, and you need to paint a picture that everyone can buy into, even though you're not even sure yourself it's going to work because you're trying to see to the other side of a technology transformation.
The last big technology transformation was SaaS and cloud computing – led by Salesforce.com.com
But just like Facebook, Salesforce doesn't seem to have a cogent strategy for mobile, arguably the biggest technology transformation the world has ever experienced.
