Category: Cloud
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IBM buys DemandTec – What does this deal tell us?
IBM’s recent acquisition of DemandTec sits within IBM’s “Smarter Commerce” initiative. This strategy is all about enabling businesses to quickly adjust prices, promotions and other marketing efforts by analysing online and in-store buying trends. One could argue that this deal is just a takeover like many others. However, these are some of the things about…
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First there was Niall Murphy, now there is Eric Ries
A few months ago, I went to a talk by Niall Murphy at London Business School where he talked to a large group of MBA students about “An experience & perspective from a serial startup tech entrepreneur”. Niall co-founded The Cloud, one of the first major players in the wireless network (WiFi) market, which business was…
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Endless possibilities in the cloud
It was interesting the other day to read an online piece on 10 Technologies That Will Change the World in the Next 10 Years. Perhaps not surprisingly, the cloud was the third technology mentioned in this overview. We’ve already got video and music being accessed and stored in the cloud, the general expectation is that…
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iCloud: what’s all the hype about?
This week saw Apple launching its iCloud music streaming and online data storage service. It will enable users to instantly access any song purchased on iTunes on any device. Anything downloaded from the iTunes Store will be made available on all your Apple devices for free. In addition, for $25 a year, iTunes Match will take…
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7digital improves its Android app and takes on mighty iTunes
7digital is stepping up to compete with iTunes by updating its Android app to include an in-app music download store along with acting as the default Android phone music player. The past couple of weeks I’ve been learning a lot about innovative music businesses venturing into new partnerships and trying to make the most of…
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