Reduce Platform Switching Barriers
Jesse Chan | December 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment
The computing platform is what matters. It’s one thing if you’re the big fish with THE platform. But what do you do when you’re the small fish, your competitor already owns the dominant platform, and has millions of customers? How do you switch customers to your platform? Answer: Reduce the platform switching […]
Apple’s Strategy is to Partner with Leaders
Jesse Chan | December 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments
People seem to think Apple is a big, risk-taking company. That is true, but the risks they take are calculated ones. The switch from IBM PowerPC to Intel x86 chips was a big risk at the time — given the possibility of alienating Apple’s customer base. The risks to branch out their product […]
The 7 Services Virtualization Lacks for Utility Computing
Peter Nickolov | November 15th, 2007 | 4 Comments
by Bert Armijo and Peter Nickolov
Utility computing has gained considerable popularity over the past eighteen months as businesses big and small seek to take advantage of the flexibility the new computing model offers. This hasn’t always been the case, though. For a time, utility computing seemed a lackluster space that hadn’t been able to deliver […]
OpenSocial - Social Unification
Jesse Chan | November 1st, 2007 | 2 Comments
Google laid the hammer down by announcing OpenSocial. For those out there that thought that Facebook was the next big thing and would lead to Google’s eventual downfall, think again. Google has done it again by strategically abstracting themselves from the social network wars.
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Interview with 3tera
Jesse Chan | October 29th, 2007 | No Comments
3tera provides a virtual data center solution. Just like VMWare virtualizes physical computers, 3tera’s AppLogic virtualizes entire data centers. This is incredible technology that provides huge time-savings and simplicity. They have brought utility computing to the masses. Now, administrators can manage thousands of machines in an instant. Here is […]
Brittle Machines
Jesse Chan | September 10th, 2007 | No Comments
by Lauren Nicole
Computers are brittle machines. If a single CPU or hard drive dies the entire system dies and productivity grinds to a halt. This can be caused by anything from an electrical surge, a mechanical failure, a virus attack, or any number of issues. This is especially true for many home […]
Steve Jobs’ Master Plan
Jesse Chan | August 15th, 2007 | 10 Comments
“Digital convergence” is a word that has been thrown around since the early-90’s. It seems every company has tried its hand at it, but none have really succeeded. Now, however, digital convergence is starting to become a reality in the mobile space and the living room. There is no company better positioned […]
Virtualization
Jesse Chan | August 14th, 2007 | 2 Comments
[Update 8/15/2007: Citrix is in the process of buying XenSource for $500m].
Virtualization is an amazing technology that has been with computing since its infancy. However, in recent years it has reached the mainstream on servers and desktops. Virtualization provides an abstraction of physical computing resources - such as cpu, network, and storage. Hence […]