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Google OS NetBook in 2010 —with HTML5 local caching for offline use

Google CEO Eric Schmidt at Gartner Orlando 2009:

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Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2009

Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2009 Via Hutch Carpenter Addendum: Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2009 I’ll try to get my hand on that one.

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McKinsey on prediction markets?

I exchange one McKinsey (if you have it) against one Forrester and one Gartner. Any taker? Contact moi.

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The benefits of information aggregation mechanisms (IAMs), which encompass (enterprise) prediction markets, have been greatly exaggerated.

Gartner ranked the benefits given by software for enterprise prediction markets as “moderate” (look up the 3rd line of the 3rd column): – Gartner – Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2008 – (PDF file): – California Institute of Technology economist … Continue reading

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Blogging Against The Hype

I have been blogging a lot about the damage done by some Ivory Tower economic professors and some commercial practitioners who exaggerate the benefits of the prediction markets. (Some people are not very happy with what I said. ) The … Continue reading

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Gartner: Enterprise prediction markets are between 5 and 10 years away from mainstream adoption —if ever they take off one day (taking into account that their benefit is “moderate” and that early users are “disillusioned”).

Gartner – Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2008 – (PDF file): Prediction Markets Previously: Gartner: The “benefit” of enterprise prediction markets is “moderate” and “early users, who have begun to overestimate their accuracy and overall usefulness, are now somewhat disillusioned … Continue reading

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Gartner: The “benefit” of enterprise prediction markets is “moderate” and “early users, who have begun to overestimate their accuracy and overall usefulness, are now somewhat disillusioned with the technology.”

Gartner – Hype Cycle for Social Software, 2008 – (PDF file): Prediction Markets Analysis By: Matthew Cain; Nikos Drakos Definition: Prediction markets are betting mechanisms established to forecast the outcome of an ongoing issue of contention, such as quarterly sales … Continue reading

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“PREDICTION MARKETS” OFF THE GARTNER HYPE CYCLE 2008

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PREDICTION MARKET TECHNOLOGY NOT IN GARTNER’S TOP 10 TECHNOLOGIES LIST

Via Jim Anderson Gartner: 1. Multicore and hybrid processors 2. Virtualization and fabric computing 3. Social networks and social software 4. Cloud computing and cloud/Web platforms 5. Web mashups 6. User Interface 7. Ubiquitous computing 8. Contextual computing 9. Augmented … Continue reading

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Inkling Markets is included in the 2008 list of “Cool Vendors in Emerging Technologies” by Gartner.

Press release Inkling Markets -

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