Book Competition - Win a Copy of the Influential "New Polymath" by Influential Analyst and Blogger

Aug. 24, 2010 - PRLog -- Cloud Vision, the web portal focused on Cloud Computing has secured a copy of the influential new book called the "New Polymath" by respected analyst and blogger Vinnie Mirchandani as a prize in our first members competition. To enter see the competition details below.

A Polymath—the Greek word for Renaissance Man—is someone who excels in many disciplines such as Leonardo Da Vinci. The New Polymath is an enterprise comfortable with multiple technologies and is packaging 3, 5, 10 strands of infotech, cleantech, healthtech, biotech and nanotech to create innovative new products and solutions. The author includes case studies and examples of  innovative Cloud Computing solutions acting as the enabling integration platform for these collaborations.

Eight case studies – BP CTO, Cognizant, GE, Kleiner Perkins’ cleantech, National Hurricane Center, Plantronics, salesforce.com, and W.R. Hambrecht – show how enterprises are leveraging a wide range of technologies to solve day to day issues and the “Grand Challenges” the world faces. The book also categorizes 11 “building blocks” these Polymaths leverage–next–generation analytics, cloud computing, sustainability, disruptive economics and others—by showcasing “mini–case studies” of over another hundred innovators, their products and their projects.

It builds on 150+ interviews with innovators in infotech, cleantech, healthtech and biotech. It draws on his innovation blog, New Florence. New Renaissance. which has cataloged over 2,000 innovative technologies, companies and projects in over 40 technology categories from mobile computing to nanotechnology.

Vinnie Mirchandani is President of Deal Architect Inc, a technology advisory firm. The firm helps clients take advantage of disruptive trends like cloud computing and business process outsourcing (BPO) before they go mainstream. Between this firm and previous role at the technology research firm, Gartner he has helped clients evaluate and negotiate over $10 billion in technology.

Cloud Vision Competition

This competition to all members of the Cloud Vision eNewsletter list. If you have not joined please use the sign up using the form on this page.

The closing date is August 31st at 6.00pm UK time.

Question: What is a Polymath ?

Possible Answers:

A. An inventor

B. An expert in many disciplines

C. A gifted parrot

Please sign up to our mailing list and send your entries by email with the Subject "New Polymath" and the answer A, B or C to editor@cloudcomputing-vision.com (one entry per person).

We will announce the winner on September 1st .

About Cloud Vision
Cloud Vision is a leading independant web portal and eNewsletter focused on helping Enterprises, Telecoms service providers and Government organisations harness the benefits of Cloud Computing. The site features news on the latest developments, analyst reports, white papers videos and OnDemand recordings of previous webinars. As well as the "Inside the Cloud"tm series of sponsored webinars, it co-hosts a monthly Cloud Executive Networking meeting in London bringing together senior executives and thought leaders in an informal setting.
Cloud Vision is always interested in assisting Cloud Computing vendors and consultants to promote their brand through webinars, advertising and events. For more information contact Michael Knuckey at editor@cloudcomputing-vision.com

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