Tech Talk
This is the term for a collection of related tables managed by a DBMS.
What is a database?
Gordon Moore worked for this company at the time of his observation of Moore's Law.
What is IBM?
True disruptive technologies often have this perception by customers, causing firms to ignore their potential success.
What is a set of performance attributes that existing customers don't value?
When both drivers and riders benefit from each other on Uber, it’s an example of this type of market.
What is a two-sided market?
These are the University of Indianapolis’ official colors.
What are crimson and gray?
This “law” predicts that chip performance per dollar doubles roughly every 18 months.
What is Moore's Law?
This global problem, caused by discarded technology, is the dark side of Moore’s Law.
What is e-waste?
Disruptive technologies are often created or aided by this type of employee.
Who are former employees of large tech firms?
The trio of “exchange,” “staying power,” and “complementary benefits” describe these crucial digital dynamics.
What are sources of network effects?
This is the previous name of the University of Indianapolis.
What is Indiana Central University (Indiana Central College)?
This term describes software that can improve its performance without being explicitly programmed.
What is Machine Learning? (AI also accepted)
These six “waves of computing” include mainframes, PCs, and smartphones — and we might now be in the seventh wave led by this.
What is AI and cloud computing?
Large firms often fall victim to this “fallacy,” focusing only on measurable data.
What is the McNamara Fallacy?
Announcing a new product too early, like Apple did in the 1980s, can cause this self-inflicted sales disaster.
What is the Osborne Effect?
This is the founding year of the University of Indianapolis.
What is 1902?
When a product becomes more valuable as more people use it, it’s experiencing this phenomenon.
What are network effects?
This small but powerful technology connects devices like thermostats and billboards to the internet.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
These are some of the reasons why big firms can fail when it comes to disruptive technologies (name at least one).
What are the failure to see disruptive innovations as a threat and early customers for a disruptive technology care about different features than incumbent customers?
- Failing to inspect peripheries also accepted
This pricing strategy, used by apps like Zoom, offers basic services for free to attract users.
What is a freemium model?
This drink is traditionally consumed by winners of the Indianapolis 500.
What is milk?
The process of using computers to uncover hidden patterns in massive datasets.
What is data mining?
These technology hubs are thought to draw 5% of all US energy use, and 18% of electricity generated in Ireland.
What are data centers (or server farms)?
A major camera company ignored the rise of smartphone photography, thinking customers would always prefer high-end cameras. It’s now a cautionary tale in disruptive innovation.
What is Kodak?
When new technology is so superior it overcomes users’ switching costs and network lock-in, it’s called this.
What is technological leapfrogging?
This famous writer described “All my jokes are Indianapolis…” about their hometown.
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?