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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, Artificial Intelligence not too far away , on the site 10 years, 2 months ago
This was a very interesting read but at the same time it is a little scary that we are so close to making robots readily available to consumers. I’m not sure I would be ok at first with this idea. I would be very skeptical at first, coming from a technology background, I would be constantly thinking of what if there was a bug in the software and m…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, Microsoft using big data to predict traffic jam, on the site 10 years, 2 months ago
I think that this data can be pretty accurate, it just depends on how much data they actually have and how the algorithm works. More often than not traffic has the same patterns every day. So in predicting work traffic I think the application will be very accurate and help drivers a lot. Using a lot data will help the platform determine when, why,…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, Is Apple pay a disruptive innovation failure ? , on the site 10 years, 3 months ago
I agree that it is definitely too early to say this a failed innovation. I think that consumers don’t truly know how or where to use the product; as well retailers aren’t providing instructions to their employees to promote the feature. Once stores begin to promote the service I think there will be a spike in customers using the service. I’m not s…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, Sound waves can now charge your Phone , on the site 10 years, 3 months ago
This technology, if it were commercialized, would drastically change the current market for cell phone manufactures and phone accessory companies. Companies such as apple make a ton of money on making a cable that only their phones can use and patenting the technology, forcing customers to buy their cables with incredibly high profit margins. Not…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, Legal or Not?, on the site 10 years, 3 months ago
First, I find it crazy that Tesla cars built since October have had the ability to drive autonomously; all it needs is a software update that can unlock that feature. It is crazy to think cars are now getting software updates over the air, just like our phones do. I am a little skeptical about possible bugs that can occur in the software. If I had…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 3 months ago
Last class we talked briefly about how performance reviews should go. Then we made our own performance evaluation sheets for our classmates at the end of our projects. The article I read was about Deloitte […]
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 3 months ago
With people becoming more and more tired of the basic yellow cab, users are resorting to Uber for a sleeker stylish ride in town. Not to mention in some cases an Uber is cheaper than taking a yellow cab. According […]
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It is interesting how quickly Uber has expanded, and now with Lift, I’d be surprised if the taxi business will be what it once was. Uber and Lift have capitalized on the fact that people have been wanting a better experience when taking a taxi service. I imagine most people have grown tired of the aggressive driving and questionable interiors that are so common when trying to get a taxi in Philadelphia. It seems like it would take a complete overhaul of the current system for the taxi business to have any chance of getting its market share back. It might be in their best interest to embrace the competition and use this as an opportunity to improve upon the experience. It is hard to speak for other major cities, but Uber has definitely become the preferred taxi service in Philadelphia and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
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I completely agree with everything Dan said- I’d be surprised if the taxi business will be what it once was. In order for the taxis to stay relevant and compete with services like Uber and Lyft, taxis need to look at why people prefer this services over taxis. Perhaps people find taxis safer and more reliable? Once taxis realize how these services are differentiating themselves, then taxis can change their business model in order to compete and give the riders what they want.
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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, Doctor Robot, on the site 10 years, 3 months ago
I feel like we shouldn’t allow robotic surgery to an extent. I think it could be used to help a surgeon, but I don’t think the surgeon should be replaced. With robots becoming more and more popular someone needs to stop and think about what is going to happen when robots replace all of our jobs, what will happen to our economy? That being said I w…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, NBA Fit, on the site 10 years, 3 months ago
This technology would be great if it was put into the hands of the regular consumer. Imagine if a high school coach could have this and prevent his younger players from getting hurt and ending their career way too early. With this technology it would also be great for the players to monitor how they are doing. Most players always want to perform…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 3 months ago
With the latest event Apple held this week, Apple announced a few new products. One major new tool Apple released is called Apple ResearchKit, and is a huge development in mobile health monitoring I believe. As we discussed last class there are many different products in the mobile health-monitoring field. With ResearchKit Apple is helping research studies gain more participants and have a more diverse sample size. ReasearchKit lets scientist develop apps that will help them answer questions in studies, but also provide participants with immediate feedback on how they did. What do you think ResearchKit is disrupting? Do you think it is disrupting any technology?
Apple ResearchKit Turns iPhones Into Medical Diagnostic Devices
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 3 months ago
During our last class we talked about the Internet of things. We talked a little about how Amazon is looking to become an Internet of things platform. In recent news Amazon has just acquired an IoT company called […]
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 4 months ago
The article Why Innovation Must Go Beyond Disruption directly relates to our class tonight. In this article by John Walker CEO of Cypher, he talks about how people need to go beyond the concept of disruptive […]
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 4 months ago
This article is talking about a massive IT transformation going on at AstraZeneca. When the new CIO Dave Smoley started he, like many other CIO’s, decided IT cost way too much and didn’t do enough. The past two […]
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 4 months ago
From our discussions last week in class around how to measure ROI in IT, I found this article that defines how you would measure ROI in social media. Almost every company has some kind of social media, whether its […]
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Interesting article, I was thinking about this topic when we were discussing it last week. In regards to how to calculate ROI, the first thing that came to mind was Google Analytics so that you could track your return (return in this case being the page visits). I feel the more useful information would be discovered when you compare page visits directed through social media vs. other routes to the same site, then compare those numbers to how many of those customers actually paid for a service or product. This would give you a percentage that you could use to gauge how effective your social media is. The article doesn’t mention this, but customer surveys would also be a useful tool in tracking the effectiveness of marketing via social media.
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 5 months ago
This weeks reading focused a lot on the organizational structure inside a business. This article challenges that the regular corporate structure is stifling innovation. Most of the time innovation comes from SMEs […]
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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, Why Is Nobody Using My App?, on the site 10 years, 5 months ago
That was a great article that will really help us when we begin building out our ideas into prototypes. I never thought of having users watch users instead of listen to them. I just assumed that having users take a poll would be a great way to get their ideas down and incorporate them in the app. It makes more sense now that people see how users…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 29, on the site 10 years, 5 months ago
Wow this is a pretty scary thought, I thought that computers already knew a lot about me. Just think about what big companies with a lot of R&D spending will do with these algorithms. I can only imagine companies like amazon taking advantage of this to help sell more and more products to its customers. There comes a point when companies should not…[Read more]
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 5 months ago
This article is talking about SAP releasing their quarterly earnings and providing its five-year outlook on where they would like to be. This article is interesting because SAP is starting to switch their business […]
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Steven D Martorelli wrote a new post on the site MIS4596 Section 2 Spring 2015 10 years, 5 months ago
With all of us entering the work force soon I found this article to be interesting since IT always consist of a lot of outsourcing. In IT there will always be companies looking to outsource work, by outsourcing companies can either find cheaper ways to get work done, or find more efficient workers on a certain task. I never really thought about how careful you needed to be for setting up a contract for outsourcing. In IT it is always crucial to spell everything out in your contract. In the article it talks about outlining technology currency and refresh clauses, this is a very critical part of the contract because technology is constantly updating, you wouldn’t want to sign a contract for outsourcing and then be stuck using older technology. I believe that the most dangerous part outsourcing is having technology advancing so rapidly, thus going forward IT professionals looking to outsource will need to perfect the short term contract.
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Steven D Martorelli joined the group Hohne Sec 002 Group 1 10 years, 5 months ago
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