The future of a technology that converts dirty cheap coal into clean natural gas for transportation fuel was underscored last night by a Chinese investment in Synthesis Energy Systems(SYMX, NASDAQ), a small Houston company that holds a valuable license for this transforming technology.
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The prospect of a transforming new technology is oft accompanied by hyperbole, or grand statements of intent, particularly when investors are approaching the feeding frenzy peak of their ten year love-hate-love tech cycle.
In his latest book, tech pundit Nicholas Carr put a name on a trend that's transforming information technology: As the world becomes more networked, he points out, computing power is undergoing "the Big Switch, " moving off of desktops and into massive data centers, where it's cheaper and more efficient.
McGinnis is a law professor at Northwestern University and author of the new book, Accelerating Democracy: Transforming Governance through Technology.
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It was there that my investment background collided with policy and economic development resulting in a strong passion for transforming economies through technology and innovation.
Well, today, many have not yet seen how advances in technology are transforming our lives.
Cllr Paul Edie, Edinburgh council's health and social care leader, said the technology was transforming people's lives.
Yes, the millennial generation keeps transforming our landscape as technology and culture evolve.
However, the same social context that created knowledge silos within upper level management is rapidly transforming with advances in technology.
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Technology is transforming the way in which we can view our planet.
Television has enormous power, and digital technology is transforming democracy beyond recognition.
Information technology is transforming the way America does business.
Internet stock valuations may indeed be some kind of bubble, but there is no denying that the technology is transforming the economy or that Son stands vindicated against his many doubters over the years.
Mark Pesce, author of The Playful World: How Technology Is Transforming Our Imagination, said the medium was evolving into an ever-present sea of information that would surround us as we conducted our daily lives.
The real problem, quite simply, is that now digital technology is utterly transforming the media industries, quickly and chaotically.
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"Adobe's new video technology platform is transforming the way video content and ads are being served and consumed, " said David Wadhwani, senior vice president, Digital Media Business, Adobe.
"With this transaction we are taking another step in reshaping the Consumer Lifestyle portfolio and transforming Philips into the leading technology company in Health and Well-being, " said Philips Chief Executive Officer Frans van Houten.
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Cloud computing and mobile are two technology trends that are transforming how businesses operate and how consumers live.
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She said some of the world's most admired companies were transforming the business landscape by including technology experts on their boards.
While it may be relatively easier to push technology onto users, transforming business culture takes much more convincing: changing attitudes to do work in a social space, changing task and workflow behavior, changing motivation and compensation models, changing business metrics and KPIs, changing customer facing processes, working through longer adoption cycles, and ingraining a culture of collaboration.
And, of course, we are transforming US military capabilities, strategies, technology and organization, as well as hardware.
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Information and communication technology (ICT) is transforming the global economy and creating new networks that stretch over continents and cultures.
Mobile technology is on the verge of transforming other traditional industries including education and health, among others.
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The first focused on agriculture and food security, and I was able to see innovations in technology and research, which are transforming Indian farming.
Transforming your applications and aligning business goals with technology strategies will allow your company to shift IT priorities to projects with strong business imperative and rapid return on investment.
The momentum they are gaining and the way they are applying their advantages are transforming global markets, propelling Chinese telecom and technology ventures toward the leading edge of technology development, manufacturing, and standards setting, according to a report from the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, published in January 2011.
Nearly seventy years later, information technology innovations are offering disruptive solutions that are transforming our modern era.
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Technology is drastically, and at an amazing pace, transforming the way to effectively develop new business opportunities.
For over a couple decades, supporters of technology in education have talked of its potential benefits in transforming education.
We have brought on a new leadership team with the board mission of transforming the company to make it more relevant and to reach out to future technology.
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