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Cloud computing could become mainstream with Google’s annoucement this week to release the Chrome operating system for NetBook PCs.
I believe the cloud is the platform of the future, and Google is uniquely poised with their already popular office suite, Google Docs, and their other Google Apps which do just about everything owners of netbooks would be looking for.
This is certainly an exciting announcement for consumers looking to the future, and should cause real innovation and competition within the other computer and software makers.
On a side note, Ars Technica has an article discussing the reliability issues with cloud computing, and whether or not our infrastructure is ready for Chrome. I agree, with the downtime that Google has faced earlier this year, which took down a large chunk of Internet traffic in North America, it may be too soon for firms to invest their money making ability (read: computer software) in the cloud. What happens when Google’s data center is down, and my netbook can’t open an office document that I have to send to my client because of a server issue? Well, we need to make reliability and uptime as close to 100% before people will take this service seriously.
But, SaaS and Cloud are looking brighter as we move further into the future.
Update: See this Barron’s article describing the problem with Chrome, and what they believe to be Google’s major misstep. (Editorial Note: I think they are missing the value of the cloud. They are using the old value model of standard software architecture, and are discrediting future innovation and consumer preferences changing in the open market. In short, I think they got it wrong.)
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Unemployment for 16- to 19-year-olds is at its highest rate since 1992 — at 22.7 percent in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is causing some teenagers to rethink their notion of work and to embrace entrepreneurship.
“This is a generation raised to believe they can do anything, and the first to grow up with entrepreneurial celebrities like Steve Jobs of Apple and Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google,” said Donna Fenn, who interviewed 150 young entrepreneurs for her forthcoming book, “Upstarts: How Gen Y Entrepreneurs Are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit From Their Success.”
[via The New York Times]
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I was having a discussion the other day with one of my employees about the benefit of twitter and how it can be utilized in a business setting as a value-adding marketing tool. He was not so convinced. He could only see twitter as a way to tell people what you were doing at any given moment. “I’m sitting on my couch” or “I’m going to the bathroom!” were his tweet examples to show the inanity. He was all about what you could do with Facebook – in his eyes – a much richer experience.
I think the twitter and micro-blogging phenomenon is a lot more telling about social media in general than most would give credit for, and if you can find a way to use this tool to your advantage, you’re instantly ahead of the pack. At least for now.
What can you do with 140 characters or less, the length of each tweet? A lot, restaurants are discovering - everything from posting daily specials to luring followers with offers of free appetizers to offering a glimpse of kitchen life. It’s all good for business.
“It’s instant and free marketing,’’ said Chris Barr, a manager at L’Espalier, which joined Twitter this month.
Restaurants are starting to sign on by the dozens, inspired, perhaps, by the success of Kogi, a Korean barbecue taco truck in Los Angeles that gained national notoriety by tweeting its whereabouts. In February, Newsweek called it “America’s first viral restaurant.’’
[via The Boston Globe]
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According to the BBC, which surveyed more than 27,000 adults, 79% of respondents said that they either strongly agree or agree that access to the Internet is a fundamental right for every person around the world.Most around the globe believe Web access is a ‘fundamental right’ | Technology | Los Angeles Times
The founders of 37Signals have a new book out today, and it promises to rethink the traditional business plan with simpler solutions to creating a successful business.37Signals’ 13 Simple Rules for Success in Business | Slideshows
Cloud Computing Podcast - AccentureGreat Podcast on Cloud from Accenture. Cloud computing is promising to become the most important technology development since the Internet.
Listen to this exclusive podcast for university students as the Director of Cloud Computing explores what opportunities and challenges lie in the cloud.
In Search of the Lost Customer: Accenture 2009 Consumer Satisfaction Survey .
Consumers expect more and more year over year, and they are finding that companies are not meeting their expectations. Companies need to work harder to keep customers, especially during a bust year.
While interest in alternative vehicles may be growing, consumers do not see ‘green’ as the only purchasing factor and are demanding more from automakers, according to an Accenture (NYSE: ACN) study released today. Accenture’s survey showed that six out of 10 consumers are more likely to buy a hybrid or electric vehicle only when it is superior to gasoline-only models in every way, so while automakers are increasingly focused on addressing the demand for greater fuel efficiency and economy they should also address those areas that continue to influence the consumer. ‘Green’ is not enough by itself.Accenture Newsroom: Consumers Want Green Vehicles to Offer More Than Fuels Savings, Accenture Finds
Cloud Computing, someday, yes?.
Cloud computing hype has been “deafening” lately, as the Economist puts it plainly. But, is it really hype or is it an accurate vision of the future of enterprise?
Given the straitened times, you…
More on Technology and Customer Service.
Due to the nature of my job, I find that I am constantly thinking about how to improve customer satisfaction, but as a consumer, it’s also something that I am acutely aware of when it’s done…
States, Innovate in IT or Else - BusinessWeek.
Interesting read. Systems integration is in demand!
In order to fix SAP, former North American sales boss McDermott and Snabe, head of product development, need to stock its pipeline with products that companies are more interested in buying, calm restive customers, and counter competition from Oracle (ORCL), which has outmaneuvered SAP through canny acquisitions. High on the co-CEOs’ priority list will be shifting SAP’s focus from cost-cutting to innovation. SAP must develop versions of its complicated software that can be delivered over the Internet and run on new classes of mobile computing devices.What SAP Needs After Apotheker - BusinessWeek
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