The problem with this latter category, though, is it is much less of a technology problem and much more of a people problem.
She calls when she has a technology problem and he walks her through the solution.
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So these days, executives need to realize that a technology problem isn't just about computers.
Disruptive innovation requires three things: a change in technology that simplifies a complicated technical problem, a business model that can take those simplified solutions to the market at low cost and a supporting cast of suppliers and distributors to reinforce the disruptor in the middle.
Most technology companies have a usual problem: not enough demand for their products, especially in a sluggish world market economy.
This is not a raw technology problem.
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WifiSLAM, which is roughly two years old, is among a slew of technology companies trying to crack the problem of how to detect a mobile-phone user's location when the user is indoors and traditional GPS technology doesn't work.
"This is a problem of technology - but we'll get used to it, " one MP quipped when he eventually mastered the PA system.
The emergence of cross-screen marketing is one of several new forms of technology aimed at solving a fundamental problem with mobile ads: It is harder to target people on smartphones than on PCs.
Keep in mind that any technology implementation should be accompanied by a business case that clearly outlines how the technology will provide quantifiable organizational benefits by solving a problem or helping your organization reach specific goals.
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Yet TCP is facing a new problem: technology used in energy-efficient light bulbs is changing.
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Marin Soljacic and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a solution to this problem.
Maybe, he thought out loud, we need a piece of technology that doesn't exist to solve the problem of choosing a health plan.
He has spent the past 15 years trying to prove a drug technology that shuts down problem genes directly at the DNA level.
This recommended change is driven by the fact that CIOs need to be the one to translate the technology and apply that against a business problem.
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Ultimately, a problem caused by technology was solved by technology.
Maintaining situation awareness is critical to aviation safety, especially if there's a problem with the tracking technology.
He thinks the nature of the relationship between entrepreneur and technology depends on whether the innovator is a problem solver or an opportunist.
While other people testifying, such as privacy advocate Justin Brookman of the Center for Democracy and Technology, pointed out that this is a problem for consumer privacy, Weinstein just expressed jealousy.
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This is a bit of a problem, because if a company then wants to use that technology in one of its products, it has to negotiate separately with each of these firms to set licensing terms.
The problem with a hot new technology is that standards and formats are up in the air.
In a single year, without any federal funding, the X Prize had identified a problem, incentivized a solution, and produced a more efficient and cheaper technology that more than quadrupled the industry standard for cleaning oil spills.
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If it were possible to move the components around using optical tweezers, and put them directly on to a base, that would open up a completely different approach to the problem and might, ultimately, result in a new manufacturing technology.
We had a technology company come to us some time ago, before the tech bubble burst, with a difficult problem.
Technology, such as CCTV cameras, might displace a problem, but unless it is tackled it will re-surface elsewhere.
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This is a particular problem with finance and information technology, although staff in both areas have recently become easier to find as the private sector has grown less secure.
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Another problem: To a large extent the technology of factory controls is similar.
Michael Demkowicz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing a model that he hopes will address the problem from a different direction: specifying a set of desired properties and then trying to predict the nanostructures needed to deliver them.
So while the core technology promises long-term benefits, yield rates could be a problem in the shorter terms, Alexander says.
While technology has undoubtedly exacerbated the problem, it has also worked in a plethora of ways to ameliorate the issue.
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