A quick glance registers the L16 as innocuous. It's really just a black, rounded rectangle topped with a silver button. But when you notice the 16 different circles (17 if you count the IR sensor) on its face, the L16 becomes an almost threatening piece of technology to look at.
Light has taken advantage of what founder Rajiv Laroia calls "a silent revolution" in the photography world. Thanks to the need to put better-quality cameras in smartphones, the process of miniaturizing camera modules and molding high-quality plastic lenses has brought things to a place where — with a little computational photography — you can make something like the L16. Light sees it as a DSLR replacement, something that you can throw in your bag to save yourself from lugging around extra lenses and equipment. But really it's more of an experiment, one that you can preorder now for $1,299, and one that won't ship until late summer 2016.
Not your dad’s Oracle OpenWorld
To me, the last few Oracle OpenWorlds have melded with each other. I usually avoid the band evening so typically associate each with a sporting event. So last year, the local Giants were on their way to winning the World Series, in 2013 America’s Cup sailing fever pervaded the event, in 2012 CEO Larry Ellison used his keynote to highlight a pretty impressive command of athletes who had dominated the London Olympics.
This year, something else is dramatically different. The large number of non-IT tracks is striking. HCM, Modern Finance, SCM, CX, Industry specific tracks are being hosted at a nearby hotel away from the main Moscone Center venue. There are a staggering number of sessions – over 2,500. Many of the customer panels have NO CIOs – all are line of business executives. In the HCM panel I am moderating tomorrow, the guidance has been to focus on HRO hot buttons not so much cloud/IT architecture issues.
Oh, it is still an IT-centric conference, but impressive how business conversations are being intermingled with Java, Exadata and encryption discussions.
October 28, 2015 in Industry Commentary | Permalink | Comments (0)