Smart = Digital Future

speaker: Serguei Beloussov, CEO Acronis event: National Cloud Computing, Distinguished Speaker Series ** On why so many degrees vs Zukerberg/Gates “Nice not to get a degree from Harvard” ** Timeline 1996 Started a software business in SG from NCB grant 2000 founded Parallels in Singapore 2013 Acronis HQ moved back to Singapore ** Moore’s Law iPhone 5 is able to beat Magnus Carlson at Chess ** Smartphones are powerful enough to be the brains of a robot ** Teleprescence robots available in each Acronis office ** Blockchain gaining interest in banks ** Wearable will bring about a connected human, with the right sensors ** Distributor of VR hardware from predecessor of Oculus and demoed it to PM Goh ** Virtual meeting is the killer app of virtual reality ** Optimizing oil extraction with big data by controlling the extraction hardware dynamically ** Stanley Williams presentation: Computing beyond the age of Moore’s Law ** Types of trends: productivity, making money, human instinct ** Digital singularity where digital world > physical world ** Next Generation Storage Software R&D office in Singapore