Information Technology: Innovation, Productivity, and Progress Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation, spoke at the Chief Executives’ Club of Boston on Friday, October 16, about how information technology can continue to help “drive and propel productivity and innovation.” Joe Tucci, chairman, president, and CEO of EMC Corporation, introduced Ballmer. VIEW FULL VIDEO »
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Steve BallmerChief Executive OfficerMicrosoft Corporation
TAKE AWAYS"I look out the next five to 10 years and, frankly, I see more opportunity for more IT innovation to have a more profound impact on society even than [in] the last five or "[It is also] important for me to highlight the changes that we can expect out of technology that are maybe even more societally profound ... solutions to our energy problems, to our environmental problems, to our financial and economic "We’re working on what it means to provide individual citizens, consumers, with their health information, because … having consumers participate more intelligently in their health care … is an important part of reducing the cost and improving the efficacy of health care.” |
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