The relationship between buyers and sellers isn’t usually hostile or adversarial, but it’s naturally wary, particularly on the buyer side. Sellers make money by making buyers spend money, and while that spending can often be offset by benefits, there are times when it isn’t. One such time is when changes in pricing policies set by…
I’m happy to say that we’ve had 44 end users of technology products join in our program to allow tech users to email us with comments and questions, under a promise of anonymity unless they release us to use a comment. These users are spread over 15 vertical markets and three continents. All but 5…
What’s the right model for AI-based operations, or AIOps? There are obviously a lot of different “operations” AI could be used in, so does the optimum model depend on the specific mission? Or, just maybe, is there at least a set of guidelines that would cut across all the missions? That would enable us to…
Are there states in the US that present a special opportunity for network and cloud services? That’s a question I’m getting more often as vendors and service providers look for attractive targets for new revenue. In fact, to me at least, the big question is why this particular question hasn’t been asked and answered long…
Are there states in the US that present a special opportunity for network and cloud services? That’s a question I’m getting more often as vendors and service providers look for attractive targets for new revenue. In fact, to me at least, the big question is why this particular question hasn’t been asked and answered long…
Discussions about the threat of AI have been popular for decades. “Hal” in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” is a classic example of AI run amok, and the recent explosion of interest in large language models and chatbots has reignited the whole discussion. Generally, the threats can be classified into two groups. First, there’s…
It’s a business adage that any investment has to be justified by a return, but that’s a bit of an oversimplification. Some spending, whether capital or expenses, is “recurring” in that it represents ongoing spending committed by past projects. “New” spending is what has to be justified, and that includes increases in spending to expand…
It should be clear to everyone by now that the EU is going to provide some mechanism to subsidize telcos for carrying OTT traffic, at least the major players. It is less clear (but should be) that this is going to have a seismic impact on the industry. Perhaps the lack of clarity can be…
I’ve noted in past blogs on MWC that the cloud providers were front and center at the show, and also that public cloud providers had their sights on the telco space in general, and 5G in particular, as a conduit for future revenues. Amazon sent a copy of their MWC presentation, and it’s a good…
Last week I was provided access to Google’s Bard chatbot, the ChatGPT competitor. I’ve had a chance to run it through its paces as I’ve done with ChatGPT, and I want to offer my view of Bard and what I think Bard could do. Let me say up front that I was impressed with Bard,…