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TED: Will Marshall: Tiny satellites show us the Earth as it changes in near-real-time - Will Marshall (2014)

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Satellite imaging has revolutionized our knowledge of the Earth, with detailed images of nearly every street corner readily available online. But Planet Labs' Will Marshall says we can do better and go faster -- by getting smaller. He introduces his tiny satellites -- no bigger than 10 by 10 by 30 centimeters -- that, when launched in a cluster, provide high-res images of the entire planet, updated daily.

10 tips for CIOs contemplating a move to the cloud

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Before I joined IBM, I was chief information officer and chief technology officer at a large state agency where I drove a number of early cloud and cloud-like efforts. All my prior work had been with commercial companies and I brought a commercial, forward-thinking attitude to the job. During ten years in various management roles, my overriding goals were to simplify the information technology (IT), self-enable our stakeholders and lower IT costs. Cloud efforts played…
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