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Bill Chamberlin
Bill is a Principal Market Intelligence Analyst reporting into IBM’s Corporate Strategy & Marketing team. Blog posts are his opinions, not IBM's
Interests: BUSINESS: Market Analyst at IBM, Emerging Trends, Technologies, and Business Issues, Social Marketing Research Topics PERSONAL: family, golf, reading, fitness, running, biking, music
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After 6 years on Typepad, the HorizonWatching blog has been moved to http://www.billchamberlin.com/ See you over there!! Continue reading
Posted Nov 16, 2012 at HorizonWatching
Online Community Managers typically wrestle with the problem of how to encourage more participation in online community platforms. The secret is to figure out what the community members value and deliver more of that good stuff to them. As a... Continue reading
Posted Jul 10, 2012 at HorizonWatching
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IBM and the World Congress on Information Technology is co-hosting a Global Online Collaboration Event called the World Tech Jam online for 72 hours from June 5 to 7. The Jam will present five forums to encourage discussions, suggestions and... Continue reading
Posted May 21, 2012 at HorizonWatching
With 2012 well underway, I wanted to make sure you had seen the full list of 2012 Trend Reports I published earlier this year. Below you will find links to the reports I developed. Feel free to download and share.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2012 at HorizonWatching
Accenture publishes an annual technology trends report that identifies the information technology trends it feels will significantly influence enterprises over the next three to five years. The 2012 report was released a few weeks ago and it identifies six trends... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2012 at HorizonWatching
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I’ve posted a trend report on Consumerization (as it relates to the Information Technology Industry) to Slideshare and embedded that deck at the bottom of this post. The Consumerization trend is all about employees wanting to use the same technologies... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve posted a trend report on Sustainability & Green IT (as it relates to the Information Technology Industry) to Slideshare and embedded that deck at the bottom of this post. Green computing and energy-efficient IT has morphed from an appealing... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve posted a trend report on Security (as it relates to the Information Technology Industry) to Slideshare and embedded that deck at the bottom of this post. Our world's infrastructure is both more sophisticated and more interconnected than ever before... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve posted a trend report on Human & Computer Interaction to Slideshare and embedded that deck at the bottom of this post. 40-50 years ago the way you interacted with most computers was by throwing a stack of cards into... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve posted a trend report on IBM’s Watson Technology to Slideshare and embedded that deck at the bottom of this post. IBM’s Watson is an emerging technology at the intersection of Big Data, Analytics and Human / Computer Interaction trends.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2012 at HorizonWatching
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I’ve posted a trend report on Analytics to Slideshare and embedded that deck at the bottom of this post. The importance of having a well defined analytics strategy is becoming much more important for all types of enterprises. It’s important... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve posted a trend report on Big Data to Slideshare and embedded that deck at the bottom of this post. The slides provide an overview on the Big Data trend. There’s no denying that our appetite for creating, gathering, and... Continue reading
Posted Jan 26, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve prepared another HorizonWatching Trend report…this one is on Mobile Computing. I have posted a deck to Slideshare (see embedded deck at end of this post). The slides provide an overview on the Mobile Computing trend. In the deck you... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve prepared a HorizonWatching Trend report on Social Business and have posted it to Slideshare. The deck from Slideshare is embedded below. The slides provide an overview on the Social Business trend for HorizonWatching Community members. In the deck you... Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve prepared a HorizonWatching Trend report on Virtualization and have posted it to Slideshare. It is embedded below. The slides provide an overview on the Virtualization trend for HorizonWatching Community members. In the deck you will find summary information about... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2012 at HorizonWatching
I’ve prepared a HorizonWatch Trend report on Cloud Computing and have posted it to Slideshare. It is embedded below. The slides provide an overview on the Cloud Computing trend for IBM HorizonWatching Community members. In the deck you will find... Continue reading
Posted Jan 18, 2012 at HorizonWatching
As I do every year about this time, I’m publishing my list of the top Information Technology Trends for 2012. I have eleven on my list. The trends on my list are the ones that I feel will have the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2012 at HorizonWatching
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Yesterday I attended IDC’s conference call on 2012 predictions for the IT security industry. The IDC Security Research team did a great job of laying out the important trends for IT security. Security is an area that just keeps on... Continue reading
Posted Dec 23, 2011 at HorizonWatching
IDC has released its IDC Retail Insights' Predictions for 2012 via it’s annual predictions conference call. This was a global predictions call and was focused broadly on all types of financial services. There are also other calls coming up that... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2011 at HorizonWatching
IDC has released its IDC Financial Insights' Predictions for 2012. The December 6, 2011 annual predictions conference call was marred by technical problems, but the IDC team went ahead and recorded the webinar portion. The recording will be available on... Continue reading
Posted Dec 13, 2011 at HorizonWatching
Jack Uldrich is a well known author, blogger, columnist, keynote speaker, and global futurist. Two books of his I recommend are 1) Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies and The Next... Continue reading
Posted Dec 9, 2011 at HorizonWatching
@Jerome...yes! It will be very interesting to see how the Watson technology develops and is put to use in education and healthcare....
Earlier this week, I attended the annual IDC Health Insights Predictions 2012: Health conference call. This was a global predictions call that covered the entire Health Industry, including health payer, provider and life science sectors. The team identify major global... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2011 at HorizonWatching
I attended the IDC Manufacturing Insights Predictions 2012: Manufacturing conference call today. I enjoyed this call as IDC highlighted the key 2012 trends within the Manufacturing Industry. This was a global predictions call and was focused broadly on manufacturing industry... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2011 at HorizonWatching
A recent JWT press release 10 Trends That Will Shape Our World in 2012 caught my eye. The press release announced the publication of JWT’s seventh annual forecast of key trends that will impact consumer decision making and purchase behavior.... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2011 at HorizonWatching