Not all tech projects go according to plan. When a project goes off the rails, it can entail a lot of frustration. However, experience is the greatest teacher, and learning from adversity helps us become better.

As an engineer and entrepreneur, I’m always looking for ways to solve problems -- including figuring out what the real problem is. And as a smart cities innovation cluster founder looking to the future, I can think of few debates more important than this one.

Os treinadores ajudam os atletas a desenvolver uma memória curta para erros. O objetivo é que eles possam passar para a próxima jogada e alcançar o sucesso. Da mesma forma, os líderes empresariais são frequentemente aconselhados a falhar rapidamente e seguir em frente. Em ambos os casos, a ideia é reorientar e começar de novo, tudo isso sob uma tremenda pressão contínua - e ainda assim produzir resultados de alto nível.

Coaches train athletes to develop a short memory for mistakes so that they can move on to the next play and succeed. Similarly, business leaders are frequently advised to fail fast, and move on. In both cases, the idea is to refocus and start again, all while under ongoing, tremendous pressure — yet still produce results at a high level.

Run the term document management, or even document management system, in Google search and look what you get. There is no surprise that that are hundreds of entries about dozens of different types of software, and that doesn’t’ even count entries for its related enterprise content management systems.

Google just got the green light for its smart city in Toronto. But those who fear a scenario like in Hong Kong or San Francisco, where authorities can use residents’ data for whatever they want, maybe it’s not too late to fight back?

Hiding behind populist statements like ‘make housing more affordable’ hides the real objective to misuse citizens’ personal data for a social experiment.

Facebook is moving to emancipate its hardware ventures from Google’s Android operating system with an OS the company is developing alongside former Microsoft engineer Mark Lucovsky, according to a report from The Information.

Camaraderie is one key to success for any team, especially in the tech department. For in-house tech teams, this strong, positive dynamic can easily come from working together to solve problems, create solutions and tackle projects—not to mention getting to interact regularly with people who have similar interests and expertise.

There are all kinds of clichés thrown around technology conferences at the moment. Here are two about data that are currently doing the rounds: "Data is the new oil" and "garbage data in, garbage insights out", a reference to the impact of feeding "dirty" data into the machine learning and artificial intelligence tools.

The rate of advancement in technology in recent years has been staggering, and the tech departments of many companies deal with near-constant evolution. Often, software and hardware are updated so regularly that systems that are less than five years old are already outdated.