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 one ever wants to see again and you can not delete without driving away your customers.
Most amateur database programmers will answer you that any kind of application “basically only needs one big table”. Well, Twitter has proved them wrong. Just throwing more resources at a problem isn’t necessarily the best idea if your design is already flawed. That is also true for cloud-based testing, or even cloud-based testing of your cloud-based applications.
Cable is everything but boring. While Web2.0 and Telco2.0 gets all the attention right now, a quiet revolution is taking place in the cable industry. And I’m talking big bucks product, service, and technology innovations.
Many articles are touting 2009 as the year where open source mobile and open mobile (yes, there is a difference!) operating systems will mature. I seriously doubt that: the hype is far from over, there have been no failures yet, and I have not seen any merger and acquisitions yet.
Why do you want a Porsche, a Marc Jacobs handbag, or a Bugaboo stroller? It’s not the price, I would guess. Even with no-name plastic wrap, flour, or electronics: It’s not just the price you’re looking at. So what’s wrong with the current “US deflation” debate, and with the broadband access price wars?
Ten main differences between WiMax and 802.11n – in a nutshell.
Out of my head I can think of three big opportunities for mobile WiMax and WiMax Femto cells: avoiding wholesale charges, upselling Internet access without PCs, power-efficient and simplified in-home communication
The independent consumer-research company Big Research writes in November 2008 about recommendations at the work place: “Before they make a purchase, 93% of Americans consult their co-workers for advice.”
Thomas L. Friedman: “John Kennedy led us on a journey to discover the moon. Obama needs to lead us on a journey to rediscover, rebuild and reinvent our own backyard.” That is true for telecoms, too.
There is no such thing as “Dumb Broadband Pipe”. The worst thing video service providers can do is petitioning a Network Neutrality.
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