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The cloud computing paradigm is getting closer. Now Google is launching Chrome as an OS. While there appears to be widespread acceptance of the paradigm, we should not forget that Microsoft is strongly entrenched as a standard. The Chrome browser still has 2% market share!

An interesting comment on the up and coming "cloud computing" paradigm. Pros and cons of this technology are clear, but the way with which these are weighted by customers strongly depends on their age. Which broadly means that the younger generation has definitely embraced this paradigm, even when dealing with corporate and mission-critical applications.

The market is progressively embracing the cloud computing paradigm, since it perceives pros to be greater than its cons. However, we should remember that technological superiority of a paradigm on its competitors is not an absolute. As this article suggests, cloud computing makes users particularly vulnerable to data loss.

E-mail is the predominant paradigm for electronic communication and cooperation, despite its obvious shortcomings. The article discusses a few alternatives that are currently emerging, but the picture of what will the future paradigm be still is very confusing

A nice overview on how cloud computing works, and on how this could become the next paradigm for information technology. Don't read the main article only, but also the ones that are linked at the bottom. The review leans a lot on technology. I think it should be read by thinking about which market demands might favour or hinder the emergence of cloud computing.

The rise of the new IT paradigm (i.e. netbooks and "cloud computing") allows reshuffling in the dominance of the operating systems standard. Could Google's Chrome be the next Windows?

Technological paradigms exist in seemingly low-tech agriculture too. The upcoming one is "precision agriculture".

Tesla Motors shares are now traded on the Stock Exchange. It is the first time since more than 50 years that a US carmaker launches an IPO. A sign that a paradigm shift is indeed under way in automotive? Probably yes.

There is another paradigm shift that is currently coming out. Incandescent lamps are getting to the end of their lifecycle, and we are observing competition between low-power fluorescents and LED lights. If progress in LED lights will be fast enough, it is likely that they will become the dominant technology. If not, they might remain confined to niche applications.

What will paradigms for TV sets after HDTV is a bit of a question mark. On the one side, it might be 3D technology. On the other, it might be convergence with the Internet. TV-set makers are playing big bets on both possibilities, and convergence is of course dependent on the existence of content and software that can make it interesting in the eyes of customers. As is currently happening for smartphones, content need not be generated internally, but through app-store mechanisms. Will this strategy pay off?

TV sets are exhibiting a technological revolution after another. Flat screens (LCD and plasma) have overcome CRTs, and now 3D TVs seem likely to define a new paradigm over the next few years. Of course, this heavily depends on the availability of 3D content and on consumers' desire to experience it beyond movie theaters. 

2010 seems to be a key year in the paradigm shift from traditional to future (electric?) vehicles. Even if the sales figures are still likely to be low for the next years, most carmakers are committing substantial investment in the new "dominant design". However, the competitive landscape will probably be shaped by new entrants and by startups, that still have to emerge above the horizon

A few examples on the eternal dilemma between being leaders and followers when a new paradigm arises. Not a deep analysis, but it does appear that immature technology and liquidity problems are often dangerous for leaders.

Talking about changing paradigms on the Internet, it is becoming clear that in the world of social networking the idea of privacy is changing (if not disappearing at all). One of the most extreme cases is Blippy, a seemingly successful Twitter-like service that captures all of your expenses and shows them to all on the web.

The paradigm shift to electric cars and to the "smart grid" in electricity distribution is happening.What is particularly interesting is the complementarity and potential convergence between the two innovations, if V2G (Vehicle to Grid) technology develops as promised. In this case, the batteries in parked cars could become distributed accumulators of surplus energy and feed it back into the grid. 

Good by to privacy. Google recently launched Buzz, a social network platform trying to compete with Facebook. Interestingly, it made the choice to include millions of Gmail users and to automatically create links between people who had corresponded via e-mail (and without asking for consent). The immediate lesson is (i) privacy probably is a value of the past, since complaints were relatively weak, and (ii) in the current paradigm the real power is no longer in software or operating systems, but in owning data on people and relationships. Google as the next Microsoft?

An interesting perspective on the long-term impact of "apps". From the demand side, they represent a completely new paradigm for interacting with technology. From the supply side, they lead to a deep reconfiguration of the computing industry and of its business models.

The race is on... Android's market share is overtaking iPhone's. If things go on this way it would be a deja vu of what happened with Windows and Macs, with "open" systems winning over "closed" (or semi-closed this time) ones. Even more, it would be a clear win of the cloud-based computing paradigm over the device-based one.

It sounds obvious, but it is always appropriate to remember, that public policy can have a strong role in nudging the market towards technological solutions, especially during transitions times between paradigms. The case of electric vehicles is interesting, since you can find both issues related to regulation (e.g. emission-based standards, and traffic rules), taxation (e.g. fuel tax, tax incentives) and infrastructure (e.g. recharging stations )

Quite a controversial article, but interesting in that it highlights the deep challenge between the search-based paradigm on which Google sits, Apple's device-based one, and Facebook's network-based fundamentals. All in all, it shows a few interesting weaknesses in the company that seemed to be unstoppable.