A new technology that has a serious impact on the status quo and changes the way people have been dealing with something, perhaps for decades. Music CDs all but wiped out the phonograph industry within a few years, and digital cameras are destined to eliminate the film industry. The most disruptive technologies in history have been the telephone, the computer (and all of its offshoots) and the Internet.
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- Software downloads 2009-09-15
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- Software downloads 2009-09-15
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- Software downloads 2009-09-15
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- Software downloads 2009-09-15
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- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- The disruptive nature of cloud computing
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
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- Discussion threads 2009-06-27
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- Blog posts 2009-06-27
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- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
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- Blog posts 2009-06-25
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