Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again. Goethe ways of organizing things Alphabet, Location, Time, Continuum, Number, or Category. Within one or two decades each of us will possess the full power of the information grid, not only on our desktops at work but also in our bathrooms, cars, briefcases, and pockets. Turbochargers recycle engine exhaust fumes to greatly increase performance and power. Information exhaust can be captured, processed, and recycled to improve business performance.
Opportunities exist to provide turbocharged information services in all businesses and industries.
The irony is that turbocharged information service businesses often become worth more than the businesses form which the information was generated in the first place. The cost of most electronic storage technologies decreases by a factor of two every two to three years. Most people in the information business find that despite this increased economy in storage, their total expenditure for memory increases continually. Information is leaky, that is, it runs through the narrowest cracks and floods the area below. Management of complexity is perhaps the most crucial problem of our time.