Well, Amazon finally announced its tablet. The event itself might have offered some clues because Apple would have done this in the Superdome and Amazon had something that looked more like a high-school auditorium. Bezos set the tone for the launch with a long praise-fest for the Kindle and the ebook and e-ink concept. Then…
Mobile Broadband’s Impact, Juniper’s Mobility Launch
We’re on the eve of Amazon’s tablet, and rather than speculate now in advance of the announcement, I’ll wait until tomorrow to talk about the device and how it might impact the tablet space. What I propose to do today is chat about the tablet space at a higher level, and in particular about the…
Content is (Still) King!
We’ve been seeing some interesting developments in the media space, though they’ve been a bit overshadowed in a news sense by more dramatic technology announcements. Media and media-related consumer behavior is important because it’s the driver of many new business models (too many, I think) and also because it’s the major driver of change in…
HP: Not Enough Change
Well, Meg Whitman now has the responsibility for making the right move at HP, and frankly I’m not encouraged by some of her early comments. The only thing that seems to be on the table, of all the changes that brought down Leo Apokether’s reign there, is the fate of the PC business. That may…
Oracle’s Quarter Sends a Message, Adobe’s a Warning
Oracle and Adobe both announced their earnings after the bell yesterday, and both companies were being closely watched as possible indicators of the overall health of the tech sector in what’s pretty obviously at least an economic hiccup on the way to recovery. Both the companies reported quarters that included upside surprises, sending both stocks…
Upcoming Netwatcher Topics
We want to provide our Netwatcher subscribers, blog readers, and other interested parties with a summary of the topics we’ll be covering in our technology journal, Netwatcher, this fall. Here’s how the editorial schedule is lining up so far! In September, we’ll feature the fourth segment in our service-layer series, which looks at the practical…
Upcoming Netwatcher Topics
We want to provide our Netwatcher subscribers, blog readers, and other interested parties with a summary of the topics we’ll be covering in our technology journal, Netwatcher, this fall. Here’s how the editorial schedule is lining up so far! In September, we’ll feature the fourth segment in our service-layer series, which looks at the practical…
NSN’s Liquid Touch
NSN is making another wave in the market, this time by extending the notion of adaptive networking in the mobile/EPC world from the RAN (where its product is Liquid Radio) to the network core, with Liquid Net (including Liquid Core and Liquid Transport). These products are aimed mostly at the mobile/metro space, where the explosion…
Some Video Developments and Musings
Apple is always a wonderful target for rumors, and the current one is that the company is getting into the TV business for real, launching not only a service but a line of TV sets that would link to it. The idea has the media agog of course, but no matter who is supposed to…
Some Video Developments and Musings
Apple is always a wonderful target for rumors, and the current one is that the company is getting into the TV business for real, launching not only a service but a line of TV sets that would link to it. The idea has the media agog of course, but no matter who is supposed to…