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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Ari Zilka, CTO of Terracotta (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: OK, as a follow-on question – this is a good, visceral example to illustrate what you’re talking about. Why has Twitter not been able to monetize along those same lines? It’s similar to Facebook, but Twitter has not succeeded in leveraging the big data/real time element of their infrastructure, why not? Ari Zilka:
Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Mal Postings, CTO, IT Advisory Services, Ernst & Young (Part 8)
SM: Yes. We use a lot video conferencing in our business also, and we are a little tiny company compared to your clients. There’s something interesting going on in video conferencing. One of the great places where cloud adoption is happening in leaps and bounds, actually in collaboration, it’s especially in video conferencing. I think
Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing: Mal Postings, CTO, IT Advisory Services, Ernst & Young (Part 4)
SM: Yes. I think the complexity arises because in some cases, there are these alliances, existing alliances or evolving, emerging alliances, but then there are also competitive dynamics emerging. If you look at Salesforce.com’s platform as a service strategy, Force.com, technically, you would want the IT environment that is operating in this CRM with Salesforce.com,
Thought Leaders In Cloud Computing: Dr. Reed Sheard, CIO Of Westmont College (Part 7)
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini SM: What about higher education–specific vendors? RS: I would put Apple in there. Apple would count as an education-specific vendor. SM: How so? Do they have specific offerings for higher education? RS: Every other year, Apple organizes a conference for CIOs in higher education. They have account
Will Apple Choose AMD’s Fusion Chips Over NVIDIA?
The launch of AMD’s Fusion chip or “Llano,” which combines the central processing unit (CPU) and graphics processing unit (GPU) has been pushed to next year. Meanwhile, at the recent Intel Developer Forum Intel announced a new multi-function chip, Sandy Bridge, that integrates graphics and video processing. Will such hybrid chips render graphics chips obsolete
Will Amazon Or Apple Buy Netflix?
According to MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, online spending grew 18% over the year in March, outpacing the growth rate of traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Online retailers Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) also saw significant growth in their revenues. Amazon’s stock touched a record high, and recent quarter results surpassed market expectations, recording double-digit revenue and earnings growth. But the company
Strong iPhone Sales In Asia Lead Apple Up and Away
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported another strong quarter this week driven by a whopping 131% increase in iPhone shipments and a 33% increase in Mac sales. Apple started shipping its latest innovation, the iPad, on April 3 after the close of its first quarter and is already expected to have sold more than 500,000 units of the
Is Reading On Steve’s Mind?
On Monday, Apple (NASAQ:AAPL) reported a strong fourth quarter driven by strong Mac and iPhone sales that topped estimates. In my most recent post on Apple, I wondered out loud about what is on Steve Jobs’s mind and if he would come with an innovative product that would encourage people to read more. There are
