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AWS Outage: let’s learn a lesson to improve all cloud industry!
It’s the second day of (partial) outage of AWS, see; was it so bad? if you look at the Service Health Dashboard it seems a little red in a green pasture! Well, for some perceived-mission-critical-services it has been a problem; … Continue reading
Crowdsourcing the crystal bowl: what big news in the Seattle IT industry?
I do not have a crystal bowl, right? So it is fun to see when other smart guys meet and read theirs, at least from a statistical perspective something they say will come true! Read this article about the last … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, M&A, Technology/IT
Tagged Amazon, IT strategy, Microsoft, Seattle, venture capital
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Why Windows Phone 7 is indeed an early entrant to the smartphone wars (?!)
Read Harry McCracken: “Steve Ballmer may or may not be right about Windows Phone 7, but he’s right about smartphones–and he’s definitely not deranged.” PS Harry elaborates better than this only comment! Of course it is true that only between … Continue reading
Strategic questions to Microsoft
Or – the Microsoft shareholders meeting in Bellevue, how it was, what were the questions asked and how the answers addressed them… There was a number of issues that deserve a lifetime each (is the cloud the right strategic bet … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Technology/IT
Tagged ecosystem, IT, IT strategy, Microsoft, partner strategy, software companies
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Why “gamization” is relevant to your business
Gamization is one of the “must do” trends in internet & apps market – add a “social gaming UI” to entice users to use your app, entertain them as you address them. The new research from Flurry now says that … Continue reading
Cloud economics
If you still debate if the “Cloud” is coming, or if it makes economic sense for you, you may look at the new whitepaper that Microsoft has published with its own results: Our analysis uncovers economies of scale for cloud … Continue reading
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Tagged cloud, IT, IT strategy, software platform, TCO
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Smart IT companies pay very low taxes…. a location-based competitive advantage
“Two thousand U.S. companies paid a median effective cash rate of 28.3 percent in federal, state and foreign income taxes in a 2005 study by academics at the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina. The combined national-local … Continue reading
Posted in Business Landing, Internet, M&A, Technology/IT
Tagged business development, Google, growth, localization, software companies
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Ozzie has accomplished what he came to accomplish, right?
So Mr. Ozzie is leaving Microsoft. SteveB gives the news, and says that he “plans to step down from his position as chief software architect. He will focus on Microsoft’s investments in the field of entertainment during a transition period, … Continue reading
We now have Super Angels too, LOL
It is very interesting to read we have a new category of funds available for investors, from the so-called “super angels”. I believe this not only offers a new opportunity for entrepreneurs, but that they really address a space which … Continue reading
Zynga comes to Seattle
The Pacific NorthWest is a good hotbed for tech companies; and this week Zynga posted job openings for Web engineers in Seattle, signifying that the social games company is expanding to the Northwest, already a hotbed of game design. In … Continue reading
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