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Hewlett Packard on the Edge of Innovation

November 11, 2015

TMC: You surprised the industry and markets in October 2014 by announcing that Hewlett-Packard would be split into two separate entities – Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. What do you say to those who have claimed that splitting the company in two will hinder innovation, rather than facilitate it?…

Social Knowledge: The New Currency of the Knowledge Economy

November 11, 2015

Renee Lalonde, CEO iTalent Corp TMC: What lessons have you learned, as a successful female entrepreneur, about the differences between how men and women run their businesses? Do you think that men or women have any particular innate advantages? And how do you see women’s role in the tech sector…

How to Put Fun and Fashion into Wearables

November 11, 2015

Wearable Experiments is rapidly developing wearable technology that is invisible, waterproof, durable and above all design-focussed. Young Australian fashion designer, Billie Whitehouse and her business partner, electrical engineer Ben Moir, set up their company, Wearable Experiments (We:Ex) as a socially driven wearable technology company with a mission to bring together…

Top Technology Trends in the Digital Environment

November 10, 2015

by Gema Estbean Garrido Global VP, Knowledge Networks, and Member of the Disruptive Council Telefonica     Mosiri Cabezas Ceballos Global VP Digital Transformation and Business Acceleration Telefonica     The world is becoming increasingly mobile and connected. From watches to jewellery, smartphones of all sizes, phablets, tablets, laptops, desktop computers……

THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: Australia

November 10, 2015

by Kate McKenzie, Chief Operations Officer, Telstra and GTWN President for Australia What a busy start to the year it has been! I am pleased to say that 2014 was a very successful year, both domestically and internationally for Telstra. My colleagues and I have continued to address the challenges of…

THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: Europe

November 10, 2015

by Ingrid Silver, Partner, Dentons and GTWN President for Europe Many commentators have dubbed the 21st Century as the Asian Century and it would be difficult to dispute this claim against the backdrop of strong and sustained economic growth in Asia over the last 30-plus years.…

THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: United States

November 10, 2015

by Michele Merrell, Vice President Global Marketing and Communications, CSPI and GTWN President for the US As we convene for the 2015 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we once again meet at an extraordinary time in the mobile industry. Technology that was once seen as only science fiction in the movies…

Alibaba and the Online Marketplace

November 10, 2015

by Vicki MacLeod, Secretary-General, GTWN The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you’ve got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don’t give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your…