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Mobile visions, predictions and stats from MIW 2010

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17 Sep 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Deloitte predicts mobile trends over the next five to 10 years, Ericsson presents its vision of the world in 2020 and Comscore presents stats on the mobile phone market at Mobile Innovation Week.

— reprinted at PCWorld.com, Mobile Internet Will Rule Within 5 Years, Analysts Say

Canada 3.0 wraps up with 15 ideas from co-chairs

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12 May 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

The two-day forum on Canada’s digital economy wrapped up yesterday with each of the five streams presenting three action plans garnered from all the discussions. CDMN’s Kevin Tuer remains ‘cautiously optimistic.’

SAS and Accenture form predictive analytics group

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17 Feb 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Business analytics vendor SAS Institute and consulting firm Accenture are joining forces to help customers manage business intelligence. Analysts think the move puts SAS/Accenture in competition with IBM.

— reprinted by ComputerworldUK.com, SAS, Accenture partner on predictive analytics

— reprinted by IT World, SAS and Accenture form predictive analytics group

Deloitte’s 10 Canadian TMT predictions for 2010

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20 Jan 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Consumers and enterprises wanting to access data from anywhere, anytime and any screen is this year’s theme, but the twist is that they “need to do so economically.” The result will likely be technologies that aren’t perfect, but “good enough,” says Deloitte.

What cities will look like in five years

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19 Jan 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Predicting disease, preventing crime, charging vehicles with renewable energy sources and buildings that sense and respond to conditions like living organisms are only five years away, according to IBM. But don’t expect utopia in Canada, says a U of T professor of urban planning and design.

Five mobile predictions from Telus

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04 Jan 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Telus’ chief futurist reveals five mobile trends he anticipates coming to Canadians in 2010. An Info-Tech research analyst says the trends are already taking place and likely reflect what’s coming from Telus.

— reprinted by ITBusiness.ca, Telus predicts the future of mobility and communications

20 mobile trends and future technologies

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02 Dec 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

Highlights from presentations by Info-Tech, AMD, Sony and RIM on emerging trends and future applications for mobile technology, at an event hosted by the Ontario government.

— reprinted at CIO.com, 20 Mobile Trends and Future Technologies