NASDAQ Launches An Internet Index
Excerpt:
"The new index will track the performance of internet companies across the full spectrum of online activities, including ecommerce companies, ISP’s, search engines, web hosting and web design firms. The index will benchmark the performance of companies in the sector, giving a quick representation of where stocks including Yahoo and Google are heading."
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/27/nasdaq-launches-an-internet-index/
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Verizon Wireless - Shot Across the Wireless Bow
Excerpt from Verizon Wireless Press Release:
"In early 2008, the company will publish the technical standards the development community will need to design products to interface with the Verizon Wireless network. Any device that meets the minimum technical standard will be activated on the network. Devices will be tested and approved in a $20 million state-of-the-art testing lab which received an additional investment this year to gear up for the anticipated new demand. Any application the customer chooses will be allowed on these devices.
This new option goes beyond just a change in the design, delivery, purchase, and provisioning of wireless devices and applications.
“This is a transformation point in the 20-year history of mass market wireless devices – one which we believe will set the table for the next level of innovation and growth,” said Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless president and chief executive officer."
(Verizon Wireless link at end of post)
Alex: For Verizon to use the type of visionary language that they do in this release, that in itself could be one indicator.
I believe that this growing openness for developers could lead to potentially leaps of convergence across devices, applications, even mediums.
When openness becomes embraced by major players it's difficult to tell the limits on what that might ultimately involve.
Or where the responding shot across the bow might come from.
There are a lot of really smart people (and by extension companies) out there. Don't think that others won't piggyback upon and extend a good idea, bringing it to new domains and uses.
It's an exciting time in the world.
Reactions from industry leaders:
Why Verizon Went Open & What It Means - by Om Malik
Verizon Wireless Opens Up It Network. Who’s Next? - TechCrunch
Google Plans Service to Store Users' Data - Wall Street Journal
Verizon Wireless Plans to Open Its Network - PC World
Verizon Press Release Link:
http://news.vzw.com/news/2007/11/pr2007-11-27.html
"In early 2008, the company will publish the technical standards the development community will need to design products to interface with the Verizon Wireless network. Any device that meets the minimum technical standard will be activated on the network. Devices will be tested and approved in a $20 million state-of-the-art testing lab which received an additional investment this year to gear up for the anticipated new demand. Any application the customer chooses will be allowed on these devices.
This new option goes beyond just a change in the design, delivery, purchase, and provisioning of wireless devices and applications.
“This is a transformation point in the 20-year history of mass market wireless devices – one which we believe will set the table for the next level of innovation and growth,” said Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless president and chief executive officer."
(Verizon Wireless link at end of post)
Alex: For Verizon to use the type of visionary language that they do in this release, that in itself could be one indicator.
I believe that this growing openness for developers could lead to potentially leaps of convergence across devices, applications, even mediums.
When openness becomes embraced by major players it's difficult to tell the limits on what that might ultimately involve.
Or where the responding shot across the bow might come from.
There are a lot of really smart people (and by extension companies) out there. Don't think that others won't piggyback upon and extend a good idea, bringing it to new domains and uses.
It's an exciting time in the world.
Reactions from industry leaders:
Why Verizon Went Open & What It Means - by Om Malik
Verizon Wireless Opens Up It Network. Who’s Next? - TechCrunch
Google Plans Service to Store Users' Data - Wall Street Journal
Verizon Wireless Plans to Open Its Network - PC World
Verizon Press Release Link:
http://news.vzw.com/news/2007/11/pr2007-11-27.html
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Study: Internet could run out of capacity in two years
Excerpt:
"Consumer and corporate use of the Internet could overload the current capacity and lead to brown-outs in two years unless backbone providers invest billions of dollars in new infrastructure, according to a study released Monday.
A flood of new video and other Web content could overwhelm the Internet by 2010 unless backbone providers invest up to US$137 billion in new capacity, more than double what service providers plan to invest, according to the study, by Nemertes Research Group, an independent analysis firm. In North America alone, backbone investments of $42 billion to $55 billion will be needed in the next three to five years to keep up with demand, Nemertes said."
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/11/19/internetcapacity/index.php#content
"Consumer and corporate use of the Internet could overload the current capacity and lead to brown-outs in two years unless backbone providers invest billions of dollars in new infrastructure, according to a study released Monday.
A flood of new video and other Web content could overwhelm the Internet by 2010 unless backbone providers invest up to US$137 billion in new capacity, more than double what service providers plan to invest, according to the study, by Nemertes Research Group, an independent analysis firm. In North America alone, backbone investments of $42 billion to $55 billion will be needed in the next three to five years to keep up with demand, Nemertes said."
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/11/19/internetcapacity/index.php#content
The Future of Internet Immune Systems
The Future of Internet Immune Systems
Excerpt:
"ISPs are loading up their network centers with intrusion detection systems and tripwires that are supposed to stop attacks before they happen. For example, there’s the filter at the hotel I once stayed at in Jacksonville, Fla. Five minutes after I logged in, the network locked me out again. After an hour on the phone with tech support, it transpired that the network had noticed that the videogame I was playing systematically polled the other hosts on the network to check if they were running servers that I could join and play on. The network decided that this was a malicious port-scan and that it had better kick me off before I did anything naughty."
http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=479&doc_id=139358&
Excerpt:
"ISPs are loading up their network centers with intrusion detection systems and tripwires that are supposed to stop attacks before they happen. For example, there’s the filter at the hotel I once stayed at in Jacksonville, Fla. Five minutes after I logged in, the network locked me out again. After an hour on the phone with tech support, it transpired that the network had noticed that the videogame I was playing systematically polled the other hosts on the network to check if they were running servers that I could join and play on. The network decided that this was a malicious port-scan and that it had better kick me off before I did anything naughty."
http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=479&doc_id=139358&
Thursday, November 15, 2007
TechCrunch UK - Stealth-mode app turns InBox 2.0 into Life 2.0
TechCrunch UK - Stealth-mode app turns InBox 2.0 into Life 2.0
Excerpt:
"The interface is pretty interesting. A slider allows you to visually morph these themes over time, so you could literally see how births, deaths, partying, work, marriage and divorce filled your inbox. Click on a word like “important” and you get a tag cloud of people most associated with that word.
Plus, the word and the individual selected are mapped out on a graph, showing a correlation between you, your theme and the individual. A pie chart shows an integration between people in your life and a social network you are a member of, like Facebook. The words are even all drag and drop. What this means is that by analysing your email you can get to the underlying trends and data about your personal or business relations and a host of other trends that are normally buried under a pile of emails."
Alex: Whether Web 2.0 or Web 3.0 it's all about relevance. And increasingly that means integration, personalization and social elements. Take a look at the last sentence especially of that excerpt:
"What this means is that by analysing your email you can get to the underlying trends and data about your personal or business relations and a host of other trends that are normally buried under a pile of emails."
Early adopters, those that recognize the key technologies but also - and this is where business expertise comes in - know how to ascertain, access and then leverage the competitive business advantage of those technologies, in integrated ways, will be able to soar to the front in regard to productivity and business success. Business software intelligence will need to incorporate these aspects, scouting and integrating the newest most productive technologies.
http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/11/15/stealth-mode-app-turns-inbox-20-into-life-20/
Excerpt:
"The interface is pretty interesting. A slider allows you to visually morph these themes over time, so you could literally see how births, deaths, partying, work, marriage and divorce filled your inbox. Click on a word like “important” and you get a tag cloud of people most associated with that word.
Plus, the word and the individual selected are mapped out on a graph, showing a correlation between you, your theme and the individual. A pie chart shows an integration between people in your life and a social network you are a member of, like Facebook. The words are even all drag and drop. What this means is that by analysing your email you can get to the underlying trends and data about your personal or business relations and a host of other trends that are normally buried under a pile of emails."
Alex: Whether Web 2.0 or Web 3.0 it's all about relevance. And increasingly that means integration, personalization and social elements. Take a look at the last sentence especially of that excerpt:
"What this means is that by analysing your email you can get to the underlying trends and data about your personal or business relations and a host of other trends that are normally buried under a pile of emails."
Early adopters, those that recognize the key technologies but also - and this is where business expertise comes in - know how to ascertain, access and then leverage the competitive business advantage of those technologies, in integrated ways, will be able to soar to the front in regard to productivity and business success. Business software intelligence will need to incorporate these aspects, scouting and integrating the newest most productive technologies.
http://uk.techcrunch.com/2007/11/15/stealth-mode-app-turns-inbox-20-into-life-20/
Saturday, November 10, 2007
'Semantic' website promises to organise your e-life
'Semantic' website promises to organise your e-life
Excerpt:
"Although only available to only about a 100 testers, Twine has caused a stir among web experts because it is one of the first few commercial ventures to try harnessing the semantic web.
Other semantic start-ups include the search engines Powerset and True Knowledge, and a free semantic database service called Freebase.
As a technology that could transform the way websites work, the semantic web is often also associated with the term "Web 3.0".
Twine uses a semantic approach to act as a personal organiser, bookmark service, and a social network combined. A user adds information to Twine by creating a note, forwarding an email, uploading a document, or tagging a web page.
"Twine is a service that helps you de-fragment your digital life," says company founder Nova Spivack. "Today we all have different bits of data in different places, there is no easy way to see all you know, and share and manage it.""
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn12903-semantic-website-promises-to-organise-your-elife.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
Alex: The semantic web, by making greater sense out of and helping to organize the digital world, will, I believe, be as revolutionary (i.e. on the order of magnitude) as the original Internet to pre-Internet days. I'm not sure how long it will take leading companies in this area to make a strong impact to the masses. Nova is a Facebook friend (Powerset's Barney Pell is as well), and I've heard a lot of very great things about his company.
Excerpt:
"Although only available to only about a 100 testers, Twine has caused a stir among web experts because it is one of the first few commercial ventures to try harnessing the semantic web.
Other semantic start-ups include the search engines Powerset and True Knowledge, and a free semantic database service called Freebase.
As a technology that could transform the way websites work, the semantic web is often also associated with the term "Web 3.0".
Twine uses a semantic approach to act as a personal organiser, bookmark service, and a social network combined. A user adds information to Twine by creating a note, forwarding an email, uploading a document, or tagging a web page.
"Twine is a service that helps you de-fragment your digital life," says company founder Nova Spivack. "Today we all have different bits of data in different places, there is no easy way to see all you know, and share and manage it.""
http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn12903-semantic-website-promises-to-organise-your-elife.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
Alex: The semantic web, by making greater sense out of and helping to organize the digital world, will, I believe, be as revolutionary (i.e. on the order of magnitude) as the original Internet to pre-Internet days. I'm not sure how long it will take leading companies in this area to make a strong impact to the masses. Nova is a Facebook friend (Powerset's Barney Pell is as well), and I've heard a lot of very great things about his company.
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