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Business Innovation and Disruptive Technology: Harnessing the Power of Breakthrough Technology ...for Competitive Advantage (Financial Times (Prentice Hall))

Business Innovation and Disruptive Technology: Harnessing the Power of Breakthrough Technology ...for Competitive Advantage (Financial Times (Prentice Hall))

by NicholasD.Evans (Author)

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Business Innovation and Disruptive Technology: Harnessing the Power of Breakthrough Technology for Competitive Advantage shows you how to profit from the next technological revolution. Nicholas D. Evans explains how to discover powerfully disruptive technologies more quickly, evaluate them more accurately, and implement them more profitably. He presents business-focused introductions to rapidly maturing technologies such as Web services, real-time computing, and P2P, then previews crucial trends like software as a service, as well as next-generation technologies such as grid computing, electronic tagging, and location-based services.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
Published: 22 Aug 2002
ISBN 10: 0130473979
ISBN 13: 9780130473974
Book Overview:

A new tidal wave of emerging technologies is gathering strength and preparing to roll ashore, transforming the enterprise in its wake. In this book, Nicholas D. Evans briefs business leaders on these new technologies, identifying powerful new opportunities for competitive advantage while offering specific advice on strategy and implementation, detailed early-adopter case studies, and essential metrics for planning and assessment. Evans presents comprehensive, business-focused introductions to technologies that are rapidly proving themselves, including Web services, and real-time computing; as well as next-generation solutions for business process management, mobile business, and enterprise security. He then previews several powerfully disruptive technologies only now coming into focus, including grid computing, location-based services, and more. Extending the Radar also profiles tomorrow's most promising technology companies, including Bowstreet, Groove Networks and KnowNow. Simply put, another technological revolution is about to occur: Evans shows you exactly how to profit from it.


Author Bio

NICHOLAS D. EVANS is a Director within the Emerging Technology Solutions practice of one of the world's leading business advisors and systems integrators. A widely recognized e-business consultant, speaker, and author, Evans has published over 100 articles for publications ranging from The Financial Times to Internet Week. His books include Business Agility: Strategies for Gaining Competitive Advantage through Mobile Business Solutions (Prentice Hall PTR).

Evans was formerly National Technical Director for e-business at PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Software Solutions Center. He co-founded the National Internet Practice for Coopers & Lybrand in 1997. Evans' clients have included 3M, AT&T, Abbott Labs, American Airlines, American Family Insurance, Best Buy, BP Amoco, Compaq, Conoco, First USA, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, Major League Baseball, Schering Plough, SunTrust Bank, Texaco, Van Waters and Rogers, and many others.

Evans holds a B.Sc.(Hons) and M.Sc. from Southampton University in England. He is a frequent advisor to the venture capital community and serves on several advisory boards.