Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.
The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.
Lithium-ion batteries revolutionized portable electronics, but we must push beyond their limitations.
变化的速度永远不会比今天更慢。
"We are moving towards a world where machines will be able to understand and interpret the world in a way that is similar to how humans do."