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Tapping The Cloud To Tackle Oil Spill

Tapping The Cloud To Tackle Oil Spill

By Krishnan Subramanian on August 9, 2010

As the workforce becomes more distributed, organizations are faced with daunting tasks with respect to workforce management, security, etc.. Location services and SaaS come very handy for organizational managers to manage their mobile workforce in a centralized way. As more and more organizations of all sizes and shapes start using smartphones, organizations can tap into […]

Posted in Mobile, Strategy | Tagged emergency response, location, mobile, oil spill, saas

X PRIZE Takes on Oil Spills with $1.4 Million Open Innovation Challenge

X PRIZE Takes on Oil Spills with $1.4 Million Open Innovation Challenge

By Hutch Carpenter on July 30, 2010

The BP Gulf Oil spill has unleashed somewhere on the order 150 to 200 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Thankfully, much of this oil has been eaten by bacteria, reducing its damage. But much of it is hitting the Gulf coastlines, and scientists know that a disaster of that magnitude will […]

Posted in General | Tagged bp, challenge, competition, crowdsourcing, innovation, oil spill, open innovation, x prize | 1 Response

Should BP crowdsource solutions to solve the Gulf oil spill?

Should BP crowdsource solutions to solve the Gulf oil spill?

By Hutch Carpenter on May 26, 2010

Clifford Krauss of the New York Times reports on BP’s latest effort to cap the oil leak, called “top kill”. He notes the following: The consequences for BP are profound: A successful capping of the leaking well could finally begin to mend the company’s brittle image after weeks of failed efforts, and perhaps limit the […]

Posted in General | Tagged bp, crowdsourcing, geek, oil spill, open innovation | 9 Responses

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