Archive for November, 2006
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
Worldwide 3G Networks: A reference guide
In reference to yesterday’s entry on the state of our domestic wireless service providers and what technologies are in use both now and in the future, GigaOM has a great follow-up guide to the worldwide picture today and the growth we are seeing.
“The 3G networks are going into service worldwide with regularity, and now even [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Cellular, IV General Posts, Wireless by Jake Carey-Rand
Monday, November 20th, 2006
CDMA - HSDPA/HSUPA - EV-DO (Rev. A,B,C) - CDMA 1x RTT – TDMA – GSM – UMTS -WCDMA — What is all of this? I wish THEY knew!
In the title, I’ve listed off most of the cellular “standards” the US market has seen in the last five years and/or will likely see in the next three or four years. Now obviously, some of them directly replace others (i.e. CDMA vs. CDMA 1x RTT or EV-DO Rev’s A, B &C). However there still [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Cellular, IV General Posts, Wireless by Jake Carey-Rand
Saturday, November 18th, 2006
Will they ever learn? Where is your customers’ data!?!
It happened again. Actually, it happened three months ago and the company (Nationwide) just decided not to report it. What is this again? Oh yeah, during a home break-in three months ago in the U.K., the laptop belonging to an employee of Britain’s largest building society, was stolen with the names and account numbers of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Disaster Planning, IV General Posts, Law, Security, Technology Planning by Jake Carey-Rand
Friday, November 17th, 2006
Web2.0 and Beyond: Definitions and Summations
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of reading, discussing/debating and writing on Web2.0 and its implications, definitions and future. I’d like to take a moment to clarify just a couple of things and point you to a great piece written by Loic Le Meur. In it he goes further than most I’ve seen with his [...]
No Comments » - Posted in IV General Posts, Internet, Web2.0 by Jake Carey-Rand
Friday, November 10th, 2006
Broadband Access to the Internet is our Future
I’d like to follow up on a point from yesterday’s post where I mention that the US now has the ability to perhaps lead the charge into Web2.0 with fully integrated and customized content and services.
“Many imply (including Malik) that, like many other technology innovations (such cellular services), Europe and Asia will probably be at [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Broadband, IV General Posts, Internet, Productivity, Web2.0 by Jake Carey-Rand
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
The State of Media and Content Delivery to Consumers
Today, November 9th, marks the last day of the third annual Web2.0 Conference (just renamed Web2.0 Summit) held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. While there have been many interesting new projects announced, joint ventures ventured and creativity using the Internet is obviously booming, I have my doubts about the true use of some [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Advertising, IV General Posts, Media, Reference, Web2.0 by Jake Carey-Rand
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Executives and IT Professionals: Read This!
Available here (and I will provide the full text on demand), this is an article which is a must-read for anyone having anything to do with business (technology or not). Written by Andrew McAfee and published in this month’s Harvard Business Review, it is a compelling piece titled, “Mastering the Three Worlds of Information Technology.” [...]
No Comments » - Posted in IV General Posts, Reference, Technology Planning, Vendor Relationships by Jake Carey-Rand
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Microsoft Windows Vista Released to Manufacturing; and MSDN Subscribers
If I read this correctly, according to this Microsoft press release, they have signed off on the code for Vista and released it to manufacturing. This also means that you now have access to download it if you are a MSDN Premium subscriber. Please note: I don’t see the download as of yet, but this [...]
No Comments » - Posted in IV General Posts, Software, Technology Planning, Technology Upgrades by Jake Carey-Rand
Monday, November 6th, 2006
Recommended Reading…for Today
You might notice that I’ve included a “Recommended Reading” section to our blog which can be found on the right as you scroll down. This is a fluid list, so please do let me know if you have any suggestions or comments. I’ve also listed them here for your reference. Have a great day!
“Happiness Is.” [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Books, IV General Posts, Reference by Jake Carey-Rand
Monday, November 6th, 2006
Another reminder from Symantec’s Thompson
John Thompson, the Chairman and CEO of Symantec, gave an interesting talk at an event in Tokyo last week. Thompson, and some of his deputies, discussed the changing security threat posed with changing times.
Bill Robbins, head of Symantec’s Asia Pacific business, “explained in an interview that this changing threat would mean businesses will have to [...]
