Global Computing Technology Outlook

by Dr. David F. McQueeney (IBM Research)

Thursday 28 Sept 2000, 11:00 → 13:30 Europe/Zurich

IT Auditorium (CERN)

Continued rapid evolutions of technologies to process, store and communicate information are crossing thresholds that redefine how computing is exploited for both end-users and businesses. We will describe the basic trends for these base technologies, with an eye on new ways they may be exploited as key thresholds are crossed. Beyond base technology, we will discuss the migration of high-performance computing hardware and applications from the scientific community into the core of the business community. This Deep Computing trend can not only move innovative business ideas into the marketplace very quickly, it can also lead to a level of optimisation in business performance that will redefine winners and losers in fields as large as the Life Sciences Industry. About the speaker: Dave joined IBM Research in 1988, after receiving a Ph.D. in Low-Temperature Physics from Cornell University, New York, USA. He has held a variety of technical and management positions within IBM Research, in areas ranging from high-performance interconnects to software technology and integrated solutions. After serving as General Manager of Global Solutions in IBM's Government Industry sector, he returned to IBM Research at the beginning of 1999 as Director of the Zurich Research Laboratory. Currently, he is Vice-President, Emerging Business.