Link Collection — February 5, 2012

• From CIO To Chief Digital Officer – Chuck’s Blog

  “In the new digital information economy, who leads the transformation from the previous business model to the new one?”

  tags: cio cdo

• PiCloud | Cloud Computing. Simplified.

  Looks interesting:

  “Re-inventing the Cloud: Leverage the power of the cloud with only 3 lines of [Python] code. Leave the load balancing, auto scaling, and server management to us.”

  tags: picloud CloudComputing python

• IBM’s Watson is changing careers – Big Tech – Fortune Tech

  Watson must’ve blown through his winnings. He’s getting a job:

  “IBM plans to sell Watson as a cloud-based service companies can tap to find answers in disparate data sets. For example, a financial services firm could use it to sift through news reports and market research to find likely acquisition targets. Or a healthcare company could utilize Watson to process medical articles, prior cases and even a patient’s own medical history and identify the most likely diagnosis and best course of treatment.”

  tags: ibm watson analytics

• Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Your Plastic | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

  “The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.” The group searched for plants, and then cultured the microorganisms within the plant tissue. As it turns out, they brought back a fungus new to science with a voracious appetite for a global waste problem: polyurethane.”

  tags: plastic environment discovery

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.