Excuse me, but this is a bit like 3 high street bankers sitting around discussing the plight of the homeless.   Very few of these self-appointed experts have ever started a business let alone been directly responsible for innovation in the marketplace.

After being in the computer software business for over 3 decades I have been directly involved in the most innovative period mankind has seen.  From the introduction of “mini” computers to the “cloud” to IoT (the Internet of Things), technical change has been a staple of the industry.  But from text files to relational databases to big data, the evolution of information as a tool has been the backbone of innovation in the aptly named “information revolution”.  Continue reading →