Future Cyber Intelligence and Innovation

      The Loss of Compaq Computers to Standard Forecasting Unit 6 - IP Marshall Copeland Colorado Technical University Futuring and Innovation (CS875) Professor Cynthia Calongne Feb 26, 2023                           Compaq computers are the market leader and losses from standard forecasting In 1991, Microsoft increased support for their Disk Operating System (DOS) 5.0, AT&T Computer Systems and NCR Corporation announced mergers, and Tandy Corporation announced plans to open superstores to sell Compaq computers (InfoWorld, 1991). The new stores would be called Computer City SuperCenters to carry products from Tandy, Compaq, IBM, and Apple computers incorporated. Less than a decade later, in 1998, Tandy Corporation sold its retail market to CompuUSA, which forecasted future growth on name-brand computer systems, some private label computers, and business sof...

 Compare and contrast the concepts of scenario planning and traditional forecasting. Fully explain both concepts so that the reader understands the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of each. Scenario Planning Scenario planning is a process planning method that helps to better predict the future outcome by using feedback from key external pressures or external factors that put pressure on the topic. The external forces are then used to run alternate scenarios, again and again using changes from these factors and external forces.   The use of scenario planning first defines the topic or issue. Once identified and information that could change the outcome is clearly linked to the pressures of peripheral forces used in the process of predicting the change. There are peripheral forces that are measured to better run the scenarios and other indicators that must be taken into account to predict the outcome.  Predicting the future using planning techniques all invol...

    The Invention of Bakelite (aka Plastic) Unit 4 - IP Marshall Copeland Colorado Technical University Futuring and Innovation (CS875) Professor Cynthia Calongne Feb 12, 2023                           Game-changing ideas that came from an error or accident. This class individual project is to explain how Bakelite plastic was accidentally discovered by a Belgian chemist named Leo Hendrik Baekeland. During the research, many early writings referend to Baekeland as the father of the plastics industry.   What is not as widely known is the details of the accidental discovery of plastic, the early uses of the product, and how it became a global pollutant product for planet earth (Calvert, 2020). Leo Hendrik Baekeland was born November 14, 1863, in Ghent, Belgium. He acquired a Ph.D. at the early age of 21 from Ghent Municipal Technical School and quickly became a we...

  QuickPoll Results: Impact of IT Supply-Chain Disruptions Unit 3 DB-1 assignment  Educational projects require updates however, IT supply chain slow down learning. One area of concern  is the need for IT replacement  equipment.    https://images.pexels.com/photos/7598913/pexels-photo-7598913.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1260&h=750&dpr=2 Caron, Ashley, (2022) EDUCAUSE: QuickPoll Results: Adapting to Change and Disruption in Higher Education Monday, November 7, 2022 Article   https://members.educause.edu/ashley-caron