Plans to create a virtual workforce of self-employed drivers have also come face-to-face with the realities of employment law. From demonstrations of aggrieved taxi-drivers, to outright bans in some cities. True, a lot of headway has been made, but ridesharing app companies have also faced a lot of roadblocks – both figuratively and literally. The mission of ridesharing companies is to revolutionize urban transport for the betterment of all – unless, that is, if you happen to be deeply invested in the existing taxi industry, for example. The intangible future collides with the very tangible present and the status quo usually likes to do some disrupting back. However, while change may be inevitable, invariably it is not pretty: often the disrupted party refuses to go quietly.
Gartner has published its latest Hype Cycle on emerging technologies which includes the emergence of so-called Sovereign Clouds – the result of a collision between technological promise and geopolitical reality.ĭisruptive technologies, by their very nature, are intended to upend the existing status quo.ĭigital cameras have usurped traditional film and electric vehicles will eventually do the same to the combustion engine.
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