Business

Reversing the Lies of the Sharing Economy

https://howwegettonext.com/reversing-the-lies-of-the-sharing-economy-a85501d14be8 We do not use the term “sharing” to refer to an interaction like this: “I’ll give you some food if you pay me.” We call that buying. We don’t use it in this situation either: “I’ll let you temporarily use my toy if you pay me.” We call that renting.  In light of this, →

Encryption and Securing Our Digital Economy

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20170407_encryption_and_securing_our_digital_economy/ Currently, there are 360 million people that take part in cross-border e-commerce. 28% of output in mature economies is digital. The Internet is set to contribute $6.6 trillion a year, or 7.1% of the total GDP in the G20 countries.  And, by 2020, it’s estimated that more than 1 billion users will be added and there will be 30-50 →

Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/07/tracking-the-explosive-growth-of-open-source-software/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&sr_share=facebook Many of today’s hottest new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. As a result, many big companies — from financial giants to retailers to services firms — are building their businesses around new, community-based technology that represents a sea change from the IT practices of the past. But how can corporate customers →

Why a firm is open sourcing their testing equipment

https://opensource.com/article/17/4/open-hardware-nitrate-testing-photometer?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY One way a company can start the transition to the open source way is to open source a single product to drive sales of its other products. A firm can open source the hardware they sell in order to expand the market of other parts of their product line. This is referred to as →

Exploring the open development method | Opensource.com

https://opensource.com/business/15/11/open-development-method?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Among the most “oversold as a cure” methodologies introduced to business development teams today is Scrum, which is one of several agile approaches to software development and introduced as a way to streamline the process.  Scrum has become something of an intractable method, complete with its own holy text, the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, and daily devotions →