tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62335342011-11-27T16:27:03.859-08:00I identify and monitor technology trends that will have a great impact on the software industry. I talk about cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Cloud Storage, Virtualization for both the Enterprise data center and the desktop, Enterprise and Consumer Security, Enterprise and Consumer Backup and Enterprise and Consumer Storage technologies. I also mix in personal technology items such as my favorite iPhone and any other technologies that I consider to be "Cool".Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12854852000400300627noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233534.post-75720718036287818172009-07-28T10:15:00.000-07:002009-07-28T11:38:13.880-07:00

Apple Silences Google Voice On the iPhoneThere we have: more proof that the traditional carriers are very afraid of Google Voice. Now that Google Voice is starting to add new users rapidly, the traditional carriers are waking up. As a result the existing 3rd party Google Voice app for the iPhone has been removed from the iTunes store and Apple is not accepting Google's own voice app for the

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Lessons from Twitter's security breach | Webware - CNETThis so-called Twitter security breach didn't have anything to do with the security of Twitter. Here is (supposedly) what happened. A hacker got the yahoo email address from one of Twitter's employees, managed to get the password, logged in and through reading some emails was able to get into the employee's Google account where he found a

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Why has Yahoo allowed themselves to become the RC Cola of search? Yahoo got started as a search engine, just like Alta Vista and just like Google. Out of these three (there are/were more) Alta Vista is the only one in this list that didn't go beyond Internet search and it is also the only one that doesn't exist anymore. The lesson here is that in order to stay in business you have to do more than

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Desktop PC Sales Decline For the First Time Since 2001 - desktop pc - GizmodoPC desktop sales in Q1 2009 declined 8.1% compared to Q1 2008. And this is not due to the recession because sales of notebook PCs (laptops and netbooks) are up 11.7% for the same quarter. So what is going on?Well for one the current laptops and netbooks (small laptops) are so powerful that for most consumers they have

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U.S. and Europe Jointly Establish Cyber-Crime Force - WSJ.comFrom the headline in this article it sounds like the US and Europe are joining in a anti cyber crime task force. However if you read the details then it become clear that this is not really a giant project that will "prevent identity theft, computer hacking and other computer-based crime".What is happening is that the Italian post

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The Sharedband SolutionWhat if your business depends on your Internet connection being available 24/7 without any downtime? What if you are using all of your available Internet bandwidth (capacity) and you want more but your provider can not offer you any more or their prices quadruple if you double your bandwidth?Until now there wasn't much you can do but now SharedBand a UK start-up that just

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Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google Chrome OSWe have seen before that everything that Google does with Gmail, Google apps, Google Voice, Google Wave etc. is aimed at getting people to spend as much time as possible on the Google web pages. All of this so they can spend more time watching the ads that Google puts on there.The Google app strategy for example, is aimed at getting people to

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Cisco Won't Take on Amazon in Cloud - Business Center - PC WorldEven though we are still in the hype phase of cloud computing and cloud services, smart companies like Cisco are already busy redefining their long term strategy. They realize that once customers do move away from traditional data center based services to cloud based services that the size of the IT data center market will shrink.A

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Dell puts customers on fast to storage efficiency - Nationmultimedia.comDell together with CommVault is trying to boost sales of their PowerVault DL2000 backup product by providing free consultancy. This game is all about the SMB backup market. The larger enterprises all have made their choice for a backup (and archiving) solution a long time ago and unless something drastic happens with the

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AdMob Report: Apple Gains in Mobile UsageIt looks like the iPhone is not just another smart phone. iPhones (and the non phone version the iTouch) are responsible for 70% of the 3.8 billion ad views done in the USA by smart phones. Worldwide the iPhone does 31.4% of a total of 8 billion ad views. So isn't it about time to target ads to the iPhone specifically?As the numbers seem to indicate the

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Is Google going to use their dark fiber to create a competing voice network?Google voice has a lot of interesting features, it has very cheap international rates and even PC magazine's reviewer calls it very good. The only thing missing they said is consistent call quality. Google voice uses the Internet to connect your calls. And of course naturally people are assuming that because Google

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Nokia and Intel Look to the Future of Mobile DevicesCurrent smart phones, like the Apple iPhone, are much more than just a cell phone with an address book, a calendar and an email reader built-in. Smart phones are simple to use, they can run multiple applications that allow access to corporate data, they are easy to carry, have a long battery life and can store a significant amount of data. But

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Vodafone promises indoor mobile signal boost - V3.co.uk - formerly vnunet.comMore and more people are starting to realize that mobile phones are much more practical than the old fashioned "land line phone". With a mobile phone you are always reachable and a mobile phone has a built-in address book unlike the land line where you have to look up the number (on your mobile phone!) before you can

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AT&T to Unfurl 3G Access in 850MHz to Enhance Coverage (Phone Scoop)AT&T provides the so called 3G data services for mobile phones currently only on the 1900mhz frequency. The older 850mhz frequency until now did not support 3G. The advantage of 850 over 1900mhz is that the 850 frequency penetrates buildings better so by adding 3G data to this frequency AT&T is adding a lot of new data capacity

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Replify an interesting start up that can boost your cloud applications running over the corporate WANI bumped into Replify a few months ago when they were presenting for only 5 minutes in one of those marathon sessions where you listen to quick pitches from too many companies. Replify caught my attention because they claimed to drastically speed up WAN traffic. After talking with them for a bit

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Google Voice’s Secret Weapon: Number PortabilityThere are lots of rumors on TechCrunch about Google Voice (previously known as Grand Central). One rumor is that they will support number portability (so you can take your current mobile phone number and make it your Google Voice number). Another rumor is that Google Voice is about to be launched to the public. Right now only a few beta testers and

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Can Windows 7 save PCs? - Jun. 12, 2009PCs do not really need to be saved ;-), but as the article shows, PC sales are dropping and Microsoft bringing out a new Operating System (OS) is not going to be enough to significantly boost sales during this recession.On the plus side: everyone who has seen or worked with Windows 7 (Win7) says it is everything that Vista promised to be, but without the

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What are the most dangerous search terms on the Internet? - CNN.comInteresting article about a study that McAfee has done about which search results point to the most virus ridden web sites. Their (free) Site Advisor browser plug-in should protect you from this but only in as far as you are carefully watching which sites it rates as dangerous and only if you do not click on the dangerous links.

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HP to sell Symantec backup service on consumer PCs by Reuters: Yahoo! TechWhy is Symantec partnering with HP for their online backup service?In the consumer security market it is all about getting your product onto the PC before the consumer buys it. So it is essential for a consumer security company like Symantec to partner with the laptop and desktop manufacturers like HP. It also explains why

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The annual French Tech Tour brings some interesting companies to Silicon ValleyYesterday I went to see the annual French Tech Tour visiting Sand Hill road in Menlo Park. Like last year they brought with them some interesting startups from France. For a full list see their website where there is also some more information on the rest of their tour of Silicon Valley during the rest of this week.

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Will the new IPhone make all my other gadgets unnecessary?The new IPhone 3G S (S for speed) has some interesting new features that might make you stop using all your other gadgets. First of all it has a new 3.2 mega pixel auto focus camera for taking pretty good still photos and with the same camera you can now record VGA sized videos. You then use the video editing software on the iPhone to make

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Does being aware of the dangers on the Internet make you safe?From a study done by PayPal one may conclude that the Dutch are the most naive about internet security, only 23% of the Dutch worry about loosing their digital identity versus 90% of Americans. But does being aware really make you safe enough on the Internet?The quoted article seems to indicate that Americans are much smarter than the

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Google wave shows the future of the Corporate DesktopLast weeks presentation of Google Wave got me thinking again about the corporate desktop. I honestly believe that something like Google Wave will be the future of the corporate desktop. I say "something like it" because I also believe that Microsoft is realizing what Google Wave means to their business and that they must be scheming on some

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Yes Google will become Big Brother, because users don't careIn this article the author is asking the question whether or not Google will become Big Brother (if it hasn't already). Google, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, AOL and MSN (the Microsoft online presence) are all competing for the so called internet "eye balls". Since Google's main source of income is paid advertising they need to do two

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Below is my BIO for more details please visit my linked-in profile.My expertise areas are in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Cloud Storage, Virtualization for both the Enterprise data center and the desktop, Enterprise and Consumer Security, Enterprise and Consumer Backup and Enterprise and Consumer Storage technologies. I also have identified and continue to monitor the top ten technology

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