DoJ search requests

by Richard Veryard
There is an huge gap (asymmetry) between the information requirement (as stated by the DoJ) and the data on Google’s database. In a service-oriented grid-enabled world, it would seem to make more sense (and raise fewer privacy concerns as well) for the DoJ to collaborate with Google (and its competitors) – to compose intelligent and relevant analytical enquiries that can be run by Google (as a service, albeit commandeered by the Government) to help solve the DoJ’s problem.

Asymmetric Demand

by Philip Boxer
We are seeing the emergence of business situations where demand has to be acknowledged as asymmetric; this means that the customer is always wanting ‘more’ than the supplier can provide…