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Level 3 Adds IBM’s CDN Patents to Its Portfolio

Guest Column, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 1:00 PM PT Comments (12)

Written by Dan Rayburn, EVP for StreamingMedia.com, who also has his own blog at BusinessOfVideo.com.
Over the past few weeks, an ongoing patent dispute has meant most of the focus in the content delivery market has been on Akamai and Limelight. In the meantime, however, Level 3 has been quietly expanding its CDN services, adding [...]

How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different

Guest Column, Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 4:42 PM PT Comments (38)

Written by Geva Perry, chief marketing officer at GigaSpace Technologies.
We are witnessing a seismic shift in information technology — the kind that comes around every decade or so. It is so massive that it affects not only business models, but the underlying architecture of how we develop, deploy, run and deliver applications. This shift has [...]

When Did You Become Someone Else’s Intellectual Property?

Guest Column, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:02 AM PT Comments (17)

Every day, venture capitalists like me see the chilling effect that employer non-compete agreements have on innovation. Employer non-compete agreements are literally handcuffs, and we need to ask whether their impediments to innovation serve a greater good by protecting employers’ legitimate rights.

How Not to End Up as an Anachronism

Guest Column, Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (24)

The move to SaaS applications built on SaaS is a much more profound shift than the move from on-premise applications to SaaS applications. It’s spawning a new software service economy — and it’s disrupting the software industry.

Sprint Mobile Losses Not a Sign of Recession

Guest Column, Friday, February 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (8)

Taken individually, the latest quarterly results for three of the top U.S. mobile operators look strong. Add in Sprint’s two consecutive quarters of net subscriber losses, however, and the picture looks substantially different. But this is just isn’t about Sprint. There is also something bigger going on here: a shortage of new subscribers.

Broadband’s Kindle Paradigm

John Roese, CTO Nortel Networks, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (21)

When it comes to broadband economics, a new paradigm may be found in Amazon’s Kindle. The question now is to what degree will this trend accelerate as the first WiMAX and LTE networks come online?

Skype On the Go

Guest Column, Monday, January 28, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (21)

One of the most common requests made by Skype users is “How can I access Skype from my mobile device?” Skype user needs on mobile are different — but it is the data protocols and data plans that place the final limitation on migrating a VoIP client to mobile.

What Can Wireless Operators Learn From Politics?

Guest Column, Friday, January 25, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (8)

As the U.S. immerses itself in election primaries, wireless service providers would do well to pay attention. There are a number of lessons that the sector — especially operators — can draw from successful political campaigns, specifically around microsegmentation, messaging and engagement.

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