The new Strobe framework builds on the vision of the Open Screen Project, a broad industry initiative to deliver a consistent runtime environment across desktops, televisions, mobile phones, and consumer electronics. While this might be a game changer for over-the-top video, I wonder how DRM and existing IPTV platforms will react on this.
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Rich Internet (micro) TV portals with increasing interactivity are emerging. They include social as well as media immersion – more than just content, but a complete platform. The question is what telecoms can offer as a platform provider.
Whoever says that storage, hardware and bandwidth are ridiculously cheap by now should try and scale (and keep operating) cloud storage for 500k+ users – or roughly $23k per month for me. While economies of scale benefit ad-based business models, they also exponentially grow your storage costs – in the worst case for things no
An excellent (German) article by BITKOM summarizes business challenges, decision points, and business models of cloud-based solutions. BITKOM segments the “Cloud” space into Software, Platforms, and Infrastructure. While this is all true and good for current business, the Cloud stack looks more like Information, Relationships, Services, Platforms, Infrastructure, and Networks.
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