Business Driven Technology
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ISBN: 9781259567322
Author: Paige Baltzan Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Scheduler.com:
It is a large corporation that develops software that automates scheduling process and record keeping for medical and dental practices.
Disruptive technology:
This technology reanalyzes the competitive playing fields of their corresponding markets. Its aim is to destroy old markets and open new ones.
Example: Introduction of mobile phones to market (It is a new invention).
Types of disruptive technologies:
As a Vice President, some types of disruptive technologies that could benefit “Scheduler” corporation are as follows:
3D printing technology:
- It is called as three dimensional printing. Some materials like liquid molecules or grains are fused together to get a three dimensional object using a printer that operated via computer. It is used in rapid prototyping as well as additive manufacturing.
- 3D printing is considered as a disruptive technology because; it reanalyzes the competitive playing fields of their corresponding markets. Now-a-days 3D printing is used in many sectors like Aerospace industries, Construction, Medicine, etc...
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