Happy About Knowing What to Expect in 2008: Getting a Handle on the Year Ahead

188 Pages·2008·1.06 MB·English

by  Mitchell Levy

Happy About®
Knowing What to
Expect in 2008
Getting a Handle on the Year Ahead
By Mitchell Levy
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Happy About® Knowing What to Expect in 2008:
Getting a Handle on the Year Ahead
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This book is dedicated to all those that have contributed to the top 10
predictions throughout the years and to those who are helping to
make Happy About® a reality.
Acknowledgment for the 2008 Contributors
• Allan Kramer, Chairman of the Board, Bridgebank
http://www.bridgebank.com/about_bridge_bank/popups/allan.html
• Anyck Turgeon, Chief of Market Strategy & Security at Crossroads
Systems http://www.crossroads.com
• Axel Kloth, CTO, Parimics http://www.parimics.com/founders.html
• Barbara L. Harley, Author, 'International Business Incubation for
Global Trade' (to be released Winter 2008)
• Bill Cullifer, Executive Director, World Organization of Webmasters
(WOW) http://www.joinwow.org
• Bob Worrall, CIO, Sun Microsystems
http://sun.com/aboutsun/media/ceo/bio.jsp?name=Robert%20Worrall
• Bobby Jadhav, CTO, Siterra
http://www.siterra.com/company/management.php
• Brad Peppard, Partner, MarketingBank
• Bryan D. Stolle, Partner | MDV - Mohr, Davidow Ventures
http://www.mdv.com/team_bio.html?id=26
• Brock Hinzmann, Technology Navigator, SRI Consulting Business
Intelligence http://sric-bi.com/
• Buddy Arnheim, Partner/Member of Firm's Executive Committee,
Perkins Coie LLP http://www.perkinscoie.com/barnheim
• Catherine Kitcho, The Launch Doctor, and Author, 'Happy About
Being a Baby Boomer: Facing Our Newfound Longevity'
http://www.Happy About.info/babyboomer/newfound-longevity.php
• Claes Gustafsson, VP Sales & Marketing, DNA2.0
http://www.dna20.com/company/management.php
• David H. Deans, Managing Director, GeoActive Group U.S.A.
http://dhdeans.blogspot.com
• Dave Nielsen, Director, ISV & Developer Program, Strike Iron
http://www.strikeiron.com
• Deepika Bajaj, Founder and CEO, Invincibelle
http://www.invincibelle.com/post.php?page_id=99
• Dennis, Former CEO, Okidata Corporation
• Eddy Coenye, CEO, Nubiquity
• Evelyn Preston, Author, 'Memoirs of the Money Lady'
http://www.Happy About.info/memoirs-money-lady.php
• Frank Slootman, President & CEO, Data Domain, Inc.
http://www.datadomain.com/company/management.html
• Fred Sibayan, CEO/Chairman, Vortex Intellectual Property
Exchange, Corporation http://www.vortex-ip.com/management
• Gemma Lim, Co-Author, 'Apartment Management'
http://www.Happy About.info/apartment-management.php
• George L. Roman, Senior Enterprise Consultant, Rockville, MD
• Dr. Gregory Alan Bolcer, VP Engineering, High Tower Software Inc
http://www.high-tower.com/index.php?page_id=12&#gbolcer
• Ian Browde, Global Village Idiot and Social Technologist
• Dr. Ivan Misner, Founder and Chairman, BNI
http://networking.entrepreneur.com
• James E. Biorge, Chairman/CEO, LibertySmart
http://www.libertysmart.com/corpbios.php
• Jim O'Toole, Daniels Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics,
Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
http://www.daniels.du.edu/FacultyCVsProfiles.aspx
• Janek Kaliczak, Senior Partner, Designing Hyper-Spectral
Cameras, NSKR (Research and Development Group)
• Jean Paul Jacob, IBM Research Emeritus and Visiting Scholar at
U.C. Berkeley
• Jim Sterne, Chairman, http://www.WebAnalyticsAssociation.org
• Johnny Khamis, Author, 'Costi and the Raindrop Adventure'
http://www.Happy About.info/costi.php
• Kurt Doelling, Vice President Supply Management, Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
• Lee Slaughter, Director, LWS Communications Limited
• Mahmood A. Khan, Hewlett Packard Services, Business Strategy
and Implementation, Application Outsourcing and EAS Practice
Principal
• Mark Moore, CEO, Omni Agri Resources LLC
http://www.omniagri.com/mark_moore.php
• Mark Rabkin, CEO, Closet Factory of Silicon Valley
• G. Mark Towhey, President, Towhey Consulting Group Inc.
http://www.towhey.com/Pages/management_profile.htm
• Matthew Roche, CEO, Offermatica
• Michael Britti, CEO, TU Rental Screening Solutions
• Michael Drapkin, CEO, Drapkin Technology Corp.
http://www.drapkintechnology.com/whoweare.html
• Mike Heintz, President, University Electric
• Michael Silton, CEO, Rainmaker
http://www.rmkr.com/management.html
• Miguel Terrizzano, CEO, Pierpont.com
• Peter C Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, GlobalLogic Inc.
http://globallogic.com/aboutus/management-team.shtml#peter
• Peter Ostrow, President and CEO, Technical Communities, Inc.
http://www.technicalcommunities.com/about/management.cfm
• Peter Paul Roosen, Author, 'Overcoming Inventoritis: The Silent
Killer of Innovation'
• Phil Hood, Principal, Transcend Strategy Group
http://www.transcendstrategy.com/
• Phillip Howells, Self-Employed
• Ralph Marx, CEO, Advocate Systems, Inc.
• Ric Urrutia, CEO, Taos Mountain Software
http://www.taos.com/management.htm
• Richard Simoni, Partner, Asset Management Company
http://www.assetman.com/team/team_richard.php
• Rob Ingersoll, Contributor to Foolosophy
http://www.happyabout.info/foolosophy.php
• Robert D. Cormia, Associate Professor, Foothill College
• Robert Klag, Co-Author, 'Apartment Management'
http://www.Happy About.info/apartment-management.php
• Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future http://www.fastfuture.com/
• Ross Sedgewick, Director, Global Product Marketing, Siemens
Enterprise Communications
• Sam Gill, Co-Author, 'Climbing the Ladder of Business Intelligence'
http://www.Happy About.info/climbing-ladder.php
• Sheridan Tatsuno, Principal, Dreamscape Globa
http://www.dreamscapeglobal.com/aboutus.html
• Stephen Ibaraki, CIPS Fellow (FCIPS)
• Stewart L. Levine, Esq., Co-Author, 'Collaboration 2.0'
http://www.Happy About.info/collaboration2.0.php
• William Toigo, CEO, Toigo Partners International
http://www.toigopartners.com/portal/index.php?option=com_conte
nt&task=view&id=26&Itemid=50
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C o n t e n t s
Part I This Year’s Predictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Chapter 1 2008 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Part II Why Should You Believe . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Chapter 2 Predictability in Previous Years . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 3 2007 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4 2006 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 5 2005 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 6 2004 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 7 2003 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Chapter 8 2002 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Chapter 9 2001 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 10 2000 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Chapter 11 1999 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Chapter 12 1998 Predictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Your Book Create Thought Leadership for your Company . . .177
Author About the Author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
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viii Contents
Part I
This Year’s
Predictions
• Chapter 1: “2008 Predictions”