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This week news broke that Motorola is going to stop making smart watches and Peeble is being purchased by FitBit. What happens to the utopian medical data scneario when companies stop making these devices? Photo: S Zolkin

A recent report from Seeking Alpha is suggesting that IBM has to write off their investment of SoftLayer.  Is IBM losing the cloud challange or are they playing a larger game? Photo:Trent Yarnell

The advent of the cloud is making hosting IT services cheaper. As IT professionals worry about transitioning to clouds platforms, open source standards are emerging. But is open cloud a distraction? Should the open focus be on the applications that run in the cloud? Photo: Micah H.

Google, AWS, and Microsoft are investing vast sums of money on green energy for their data centers.  This week we discuss what each company is doing with green technology and why. Photo: Darius Anton

This week I open my home up to listeners as I discuss the issues with personal technology ecosystems in an ever-connected world.  If technology can be so complicated for home use, imagine what large enterprises have to deal with. Bonus: Since Amazon Echo vs Google Home was a major topic this week, here is a […]

Last week IBM held their World of Watson conference.  The guest speakers painted spectacular views of the future.  Should we celebrate those lofty visions of the future or admonish the speakers for setting expectations far too high? Photo: Jeremy Thomas

SourceCast has turned one year old! This week I discuss what I have learned over the last 44 episodes and what direction IT suppliers are headed in. Thank you to everyone that listened to SourceCast this year.  I want to offer special thanks to Nupur, John, Todd, Gorcka, Torie, and Kevin for participating in the long […]

What happens when artificial intelligence and machines become so skilled that there are no jobs left for human beings? Will a post work world be paradise or bring on the end of society? Photo: Randy Jacob Audio Clips: Elon Musk (SpaceX), Comedy Central (South Park)

Artificial intelligence is a major IT topic.  Will we create computing systems so complex and powerful that they will deem humans as expendable?  Is there a legitimate A.I. threat? Listen and find out. Photo: Markus Spiske

We have a bonus episode of SourceCast this week due to Episode 42’s dense subject matter. Episode 42.5 covers comments made by Larry Ellison during the Oracle World conference last week. Photo: Oracle PR