November 21, 2008

The future is already here - it is just unevenly distributed. —William Gibson

Bangalore Bomb Blasts Heard Around The World

The Bangalore Fort and Palace Being from Bombay, which has seen its share of serial bomb blasts, I was quite taken aback this morning to read about serial bomb blasts in Bangalore, which has managed to escape them so far. My deepest condolences go to those killed and injured by this act of terrorism. As GigaOM puts it, these blasts may have occurred far away but their echoes will be felt in the global innovation ecosystem, including in Silicon Valley–this is the reality of our globally connected world with Atomized Enterprises. No doubt this will be another unfortunate factor to be accounted for in business continuity discussions.

The silver lining though is that even with nine bomb blasts, only 2 were killed and 20 were injured (the seven bombs that ripped through Bombay in July 2006 killed 209 and injured 714). I have full faith in the resilience of the Bangaloreans and am confident they’ll bounce right back.

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