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For those that attended, they were treated to a short,
productive networking session, followed by a brief welcome and announcements
from our chairman Darren Brown.
Keith set the stage for the presentation by defining what makes a good
technology very popular ... in a nutshell it's good technology that makes a
difference in people's lives.
He gave a pretty extensive recap of his technology predictions from the previous
few years ... 63% home-runs, 22% so-so, and 15% clunkers. Not to worry Keith,
we won't list out the clunkers here -- but they included solid technology that
just didn't win the hearts of consumers.
Keith went into some pretty extensive detail about those technologies that are
set to make a difference in our lives over the next year or so. Some of the
topics included:
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Virtual Reality making inroads ... pushed by the gaming industry.
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Sensors that reach out ... imagine a car alarm that can contact your cell phone
when it is set off.
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Smart Clients Everywhere ... all of our devices having intelligence.
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Entertainment Everywhere ... we're seeing the start of it with iPod, portable
DVD players and more.
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Improved Tools for Building Software.
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GPS Technology in more devices and applications.
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Robots become life as we know it ... Roomba robots vacuum your carpet, robot
drones in Iraq, and the rover on Mars which has lasted a year now.
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Car manufacturers using safer technology to differentiate their offerings.
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... and many more.
About the Speaker:
Keith Brophy is currently the President of Business Development for NuSoft
Solutions and former CEO of Sagestone Consulting. Just recently, Sagestone
merged with NuSoft Solutions and Mr. Brophy is currently the President of
Business Development, leading the Principal Consultant and Sales Teams. NuSoft
Solutions is a Microsoft Gold Partner and provides customers with end to end
information technology consulting and implementation.
Mr. Brophy brings to bear 20 years of experience in the software industry.
Brophy started developing software solutions based on Internet technologies in
the mid-1980s. Since that time he has been involved in many industry
initiatives, written several emerging technology books on Microsoft and
Internet topics, taught as an adjunct professor on various technology topics,
and served in various leadership capacities in the software industry.
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