Many readers will be too young to remember it, but Telcordia once was called "Bellcore," way back in the days after the breakup of the AT&T system, and designed to provide a similar function for the Regional Bell Operating Companies that Bell Laboratories traditionally had played for Western Electric and the old AT&T.
That function had changed over the years, of course. Bellcore was privatized in 1996, when it was sold to SAIC.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Ericsson to Acquire Telcordia
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Did Apple Embrace the Cloud with iCloud, or Not?
Apple’s iCloud announcement can be read two different ways, it seems. Some say Apple's approach is more closed than open, more focused on device-based apps than cloud apps and actually is a private cloud, or a re-defined cloud. See iCloud and Apple’s truth.
Apple is going after consumers who have absolutely no idea what the cloud is, and don’t care. Apple is saying they shouldn’t care.
Others disagree. "With iCloud, Apple is transforming the cloud from an almost tangible place that you visit to find your stuff, to a place that only exists in the background. It’s never seen. You never interact with it, your apps do — and you never realize it." See http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/08/apple-icloud-google-cloud/.
Apple is going after consumers who have absolutely no idea what the cloud is, and don’t care. Apple is saying they shouldn’t care.
Google seems to be aiming more for users who understand current computing paradigms and want to transition that knowledge to the future of computing, the cloud. Power users, if you will.
While the fundamentals are the same, Apple’s approach to the concept of the cloud is the opposite of their competitors. Apple’s belief is clearly that users will not and should not care how the cloud actually works.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Did Nokia Shoot Itself?
One false step and you’re dead. Or worse: You’re the walking dead. This is what awaits CEOs who mismanage a product transition and allow the existing revenue stream to run dry before the promising new product shows up.The "Osborne Effect" is how some describe the problem. Osborne Computer Corporation in 1981 introduced a machine that was, in effect, the first commercially available portable computer, the Osborne 1. In 1983, the company announced two superior models in the works, the Executive and the Vixen.
Customers took his advice. They stopped buying the current model and waited…and waited… In 1985, the company ran out of cash and went bankrupt. Some would say Nokia is making the same mistake.
Customers took his advice. They stopped buying the current model and waited…and waited… In 1985, the company ran out of cash and went bankrupt. Some would say Nokia is making the same mistake.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Facebook Dominates Social Sharing
Facebook comes out on top, accounting for 38 percent of all sharing referral traffic. This is compared to 17 percent of sharing referral traffic each for Twitter and email.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Motorola Introduces "Televation" to Stream TV Around House
Motorola Mobility announced "Motorola Televation," a broadband device that works with a Wi-Fi router to allow consumers to watch live TV on a connected IP device anywhere around the home, whether they are preparing food in the kitchen or relaxing in the backyard.According to Motorola’s 2010 Media Engagement Barometer research, Americans watch an average of 21 hours of video content a week and about 86 percent pay for TV service. Furthermore, in May 2011, Motorola conducted focus groups with consumers in the New York and Los Angeles metro markets. In many cases, consumers liked the idea of watching live TV somewhere other than a traditional family room and felt it would allow them to spend more time with loved ones if they had the ability to watch different programs in the same room.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
HP Working On Cloud Service For TouchPad
HP is reportedly working on an iCloud-like service for its new TouchPad tablet that will allow users to stream and download movies and music. Given that media consumption is a popular activity on tablets, if a brand wants to sell tablets, an in-house content storage, rental or purchase service is an obvious asset.
The service may work a lot like Sony's Qriocity, the service that allows users an all-you-can eat package of music and movies.
The service may work a lot like Sony's Qriocity, the service that allows users an all-you-can eat package of music and movies.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Google Chromebook Launch June 15
With so much attention focused on tablets, the new Google Chromebook is not likely to get as much attention from technology-forward observers, in part because of the "post-PC" thinking that now dominates much of the computing industry.
But tablets aren't always, maybe rarely, a fully functional substitute for a PC. Many tablets are used only at home or in offices where there is Wi-Fi connectivity, and primarily for light text entry such as email, and mostly for other forms of content consumption.
"Heavy lifting" in terms of content creation still occurs on PCs. But tablets have some advantages that Chromebook will also feature, for users who have "heavy lifting" chores and must rely on a PC. Chromebooks will boot up in eigher seconds, Google says.
If you talk to iPad users, one of the advantages quickly noted is that such devices boot up fast. The other issue is that Chromebooks are optimized for web use, cloud apps and storage, and will be most useful for people who do content creation, but "live on the web."
Chromebooks also will update automatically, when powered up and connected to Wi-Fi or 3G mobile networks.
read more here
But tablets aren't always, maybe rarely, a fully functional substitute for a PC. Many tablets are used only at home or in offices where there is Wi-Fi connectivity, and primarily for light text entry such as email, and mostly for other forms of content consumption.
"Heavy lifting" in terms of content creation still occurs on PCs. But tablets have some advantages that Chromebook will also feature, for users who have "heavy lifting" chores and must rely on a PC. Chromebooks will boot up in eigher seconds, Google says.
If you talk to iPad users, one of the advantages quickly noted is that such devices boot up fast. The other issue is that Chromebooks are optimized for web use, cloud apps and storage, and will be most useful for people who do content creation, but "live on the web."
Chromebooks also will update automatically, when powered up and connected to Wi-Fi or 3G mobile networks.
read more here
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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