Nolan Wright of Appcelerator discussed adapting app development to diverse devices and data sources, emphasizing the importance of compelling user experiences for success in the evolving "experience economy."
Mike Afergan of Akamai discussed the shift from websites to interactive web experiences driven by mobile usage and the adoption of gesture and voice interfaces.
Michael Brown, comScore's CTO, discussed their technology adaptation with Hadoop for a 300% volume increase and explored insights from unique data sources, particularly regarding the search industry amidst Facebook's new social graph search feature.
The discussion focused on integrating cars into BYOD programs, highlighting efforts by manufacturers and telcos to connect them to wireless networks. We explored emerging technologies and policy implications for connected cars.
The event featured discussions on real-world cloud implementation and the evolving role of the CTO, along with short presentations on hardware innovation and strategies for enhancing collaboration in Government 2.0.
IBM's Christopher F. Codella discussed IBM Watson's need for rapid, accurate responses in Jeopardy!, highlighting speed, precision, and confidence facilitated by parallel computing and learning algorithms.
At the CTO Roundtable, experts discussed recent Internet evolutions such as gTLDs, IPv6 migration, and Internationalized Domain Names, exploring their implications for organizations.
Chris Kemp, co-founder of OpenStack, compared OpenStack with other technologies and shared insights from building large-scale cloud computing platforms at NASA and Nebula.
