{"id":6119,"date":"2014-07-23T09:49:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T14:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=6119"},"modified":"2014-07-23T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T18:45:24","slug":"fortune-brainstorm-tech-2014-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/fortune-brainstorm-tech-2014-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortune Brainstorm TECH 2014 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I had the privilege of representing WP Engine at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortuneconferences.com\/brainstorm-tech-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fortune Brainstorm Tech<\/a> conference. It was an outstanding event and truly exceeded my expectations in terms of provocative content and ideas shared. \u00a0Although there was no stated theme of the conference, I would say the predominate theme throughout the sessions was \u201cdisrupt thyself.\u201d I wanted to share just a few of my favorite memories and tak<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FortuneMagazine\/status\/488963797348909057\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6120 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.13-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-22 at 4.54.13 PM\" width=\"643\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.13-PM.png 643w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.13-PM-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.13-PM-188x144.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a>eaways.<\/p>\n<p>It was fascinating to hear Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, passionately share his vision for change and disruption right on heels of his \u201cleaked letter to employees\u201d that was subsequently published on their corporate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/ceo\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>. He gave a rousing call for Microsoft to focus on personal, individual productivity + organizational productivity recognizing that while Microsoft has been dominating the office, outside of Xbox it\u2019s been losing at home. Clearly reclaiming ground lost to Apple is a key focus for Nadella.<\/p>\n<p>Intel President Renee James demonstrated strength and courage in her transparency about how Intel both was ahead of its time in things like data centers and behind in mobile innovation. It was refreshing to see global leader of her stature talks openly about failures and learning from them. I\u2019m excited for the future of Intel with leaders like her at the helm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.12-PM-e1406125099717.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-22 at 4.52.12 PM\" width=\"643\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.12-PM-e1406125099717.png 643w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.12-PM-e1406125099717-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.12-PM-e1406125099717-303x104.png 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Internet of Things (IoT) movement was of course embedded throughout many of the discussions, but it was really interesting when John Chambers, CEO Cisco, asked the audience to raise their hands if they had any plans around IoT, most hands shot up. Then he asked, how many have had plans for 2 years, some hands dropped. Then for 3 years, no hands were up in the audience. He said Cisco has been investing in IoT enabling technologies for more than 7 years!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.46-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6122 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.46-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-22 at 4.54.46 PM\" width=\"642\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.46-PM.png 642w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.46-PM-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.54.46-PM-303x104.png 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The huge data opportunities &amp; challenges coming from the explosion of devices was another consistent theme. Cisco\u2019s Chambers said that they are forecasting that there will be 500 billion connected devices worldwide by 2030. \u00a0Much of this will be driven by IoT &amp; wearables, but another big portion will be the opening up of connectivity to new generations of emerging market citizens. Most of whom will make less than $20K a year. This dynamic will cause more businesses to get creative with how they cost effectively they can make, distribute and monetize their products a<a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.22-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6123 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.22-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-22 at 4.52.22 PM\" width=\"641\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.22-PM.png 641w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.22-PM-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.22-PM-187x144.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/a>nd services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.33-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6124 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.33-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-07-22 at 4.52.33 PM\" width=\"640\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.33-PM.png 640w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.33-PM-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Screen-Shot-2014-07-22-at-4.52.33-PM-188x144.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I came away from the conference energized by what I heard and the people I had the good fortune to meet. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fortunetech\" target=\"_blank\">#fortunetech<\/a> Twitter stream is chock full of great gems and I would encourage you to take a firsthand look! \u00a0\u00a0It is very clear the pace of technology change is only getting faster and faster. New, previously unthinkable alliances will be formed. Technology leaders will face new exciting &amp; perhaps daunting challenges with the acceleration of global connectivity. \u00a0I know that at WP Engine we will striving to disrupt ourselves, learn from both our successes and failures, and better enable our customers to confidently get their brand, ideas, products and services to the world via our platform.<\/p>\n<p>Carpe diem!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I had the privilege of representing WP Engine at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference. It was an outstanding event and truly exceeded my expectations in terms of provocative content and ideas shared. \u00a0Although there was no stated theme of the conference, I would say the predominate theme throughout the sessions was \u201cdisrupt thyself.\u201d<span class=\"tile__ellipses\">&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"tile__ellipses--animated\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":6125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[226,313,314],"class_list":["post-6119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","tag-events","tag-fortune-brainstorm-tech","tag-highlights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fortune Brainstorm TECH 2014 Highlights | WP Engine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last week I had the privilege of representing WP Engine at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference. 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