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It’s funny that I read this just after listening to the guy from AT&T considering his company has major aspirations in the mobile entertainment business and in iptv. This is death from below for companies like AT&T, the capabilities of technologies well out of their control that don’t rely on their infrastructure. TiVoBlog » Blog [...]
I missed most of the first panel on this topic, but Eric Shepcaro from AT&T is on stage with Kevin Werbach in a one-on-one interview. I think it’s interesting that Shepcaro begins his talk by talking about how the Internet was predicted to be the death of the telco but “we’re still here and doing [...]
All competitive arrows aside, this is one unfrickin real story about Ellison not honoring a commitment he made to fund a research institute and endow 5 professorships. I hope the coverage of this story shames him into writing the check. Classic Ellison, when it’s for some shiny new toy not a problem, but when it’s [...]
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21Jun
Posted by Jeff as Innovation
This is exactly where the notion of mashups comes up a little short in my opinion. It’s exceptionally difficult to deliver a service that features dependencies on 3rd party services, both from the user experience standpoint but also from performance and reliability. Mashups are a stepping stone to something more meaningful that has yet to [...]
20Jun
Posted by Jeff as Enterprise Software, Innovation
Peter and Rafael Bracho came by my office a few months ago (probably about 6) to talk about what they were doing with this concept. As it turns out I had been thinking about something similar, I just lacked the vocabulary to describe it as eloquently as they were able to. Also, at the time [...]
This is clearly targeting Oracle’s recent attempts to rebrand their technology initiatives as “SOA 2.0″, which IMO isn’t a bad attempt at hitching one’s wagon to the Web 2.0 meme that is quite hot right now. Having said that, I believe customers are smarter than Oracle is giving them credit for, and the Panorama Capital [...]
The use of RFID in pharma has been a hot topic for a couple of years because it offers the promise of combatting the two big problems in the drug business today, counterfeiting (Viagra) and illegal distribution (OxyContin). The FDA has had some contradictory rulings on RFID in the face of protests and endorsements from [...]