Operations in Real-Time

Being able to do operations and analysis in real-time with platforms like SAP Business Suite on HANA is a big deal. But it’s far from being the first time business people have clamored for real-time systems, nor the first time the computer industry has touted the benefits. Would this text look out of place in a big-data predictive in-memory platform ad? “…there’s only one commercially available platform capable of real time performance. It’s... [Read More...]

The Office of Tomorrow — from 1945

I just stumbled on a 1945 Seagram’s ad describing “The Office of Tomorrow” as part of a great set of illustrations by X-Ray Delta One on Flickr: Key texts: “Face-to-face conferences through television will be held coast-to-coast, and intricate calculations of quotas or sales by territories will be turned out at the touch of an assistant’s finger. Records will appear as if by magic from files automatically operated in the electronic age... [Read More...]