Formerly The Fun Fact Of The Day. Irregularly updated on an irregular basis. Clicky-poppy to go to its Amazon. Does that sound familiar? Sound a little like what I try.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Mesh4x SMS Adapter Desktop PC. What happens when we need to synchronize data and the Internet connection is not available? In this scenario an alternative channel needs to be used to send and receive changes. SMS via a mobile phone is one possible alternative channel. The idea is to share data between two PCs with the mobile phone plugged in. The application uses the phone as a modem. The application is distributed by a zip file.

Maureen Fleming of IDC presented at IDC Directions on How Does Decision-Centric Computing Drive Digital Transformation. She kindly shared this presentation with me. Continuously receives and analyzes data to predict when decisions need to be made, systematically learns how to automate those decisions, and acts on each decision to improve performance. But the concept is the same.