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HOT TOPICS
- The Accelerator Conundrum
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
infrastructure
Level 3’s Impact on Akamai?
I wrote about Akamai earlier this week, and thought it would be a good idea to add this short post about Level 3’s price cuts. The Level 3 announcement that they would be offering CDN services at the same rate as normal bandwidth has thrown a lot of confusion in the market. Mostly, it is
Enterprise Mashups
A Mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool. That is the Wikipedia definition anyway. For those who have been around the industry long enough, this may sound like a Portal. It is. Except, it uses a bunch of newer web 2.0 technologies like Ajax,
Eric Benhamou & the Turnaround of 3Com (Part 13)
3Com challenged Cisco with a Boundary Router strategy that threatened Cisco’s core router franchise. SM: So what prevented you from finally catching Cisco and passing them? EB: In 1997, there was one major shock for 3Com. More and more enterprise networks had to extend into carrier networks. Enterprises could not build all of these large
Eric Benhamou & the Turnaround of 3Com (Part 7)
Eric takes over as CEO of 3Com, and as a first item of business, makes some hardline choices. SM: What catalyzed the CEO change at 3Com? EB: The board realized something needed to be done. In 1989, my two partners at Bridge, Bill Caraco and Judy Estren, left out of frustration. They realized this was
Eric Benhamou & the Turnaround of 3Com (Part 5)
Here Eric details several significant happenings. Not only does he discuss the development of Bridge and the IPO, but also the birth of networking as a recognized market, as well as the merger with 3Com. SM: Where you running Bridge during the IPO? EB: I was not the CEO, but I was one of the
VMWare’s IPO: Wait?
It has been a strange summer of uncertainties elsewhere in the market, but certainly, VMWare’s hot IPO has not felt any of the pressure. In fact, it has made a slow August exciting with one of Tech’s most important events this year. Eric Savitz at Barrons reports: “EMC (EMC) today generated a massive return on
MTV CTO Articulates CDN Open Problems
As we discuss Web 3.0 and Online Music, I have also been pondering some of the issues that large media companies are facing today. I had an interesting chat with Nick Rockwell, CTO of MTV Networks, focusing on MTVN’s digital businesses, including some of the internet’s most popular and recognizable brands: MTV.com, VH1.com, Nick.com, and
My India, After 10 Years (Part 5)
By Jorge Freyer, Guest Author The answer to India’s growth may lie in a much tighter alliance between India and the US. These alliances will need to come from both industry and government and should be at the level of the reconstruction of Europe after the second world war. India has to do a great
