Two weeks ago in early December, I attended a conference on Mobile computing and I left with a strong thought that we are heading towards a future in which the third screen (Mobile) would replace the first screen (Television).
Until two years ago I was an avid user of Trip Advisor website almost on daily basis since I had been travelling around Europe a lot. But now that I travel only within the US, I don't use Trip Advisor as much because I don't look for reviews rather only for hotel and flight deals. So I use websites such as hotwire.com that are more focused on travel deals and I don’t perceive Trip Advisor as a website that would offer me the best deals.
Apparently here, Trip Advisor has lost one of it most loyal customers and there is a need here to keep the customers engaged constantly though for now he/she might not be making significant trips but in future. With the new capabilities in mobile devices and increasing migration towards the usage of mobile applications, I think that gaining a strong foothold in the mobile applications and platforms is the only way to maintain constant contact with the customers.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
A tale of System Integrators
I spent almost four years of my professional life working with one of the top three system integrators in India - Wipro Technologies.
A very common question from the customers when they chose their system integrators - Why should I chose the system integrator X? How is it different from the system integrator Y?
It is very challenging to measure the performance in a service provider industry and in the recent days the system integration business is becoming more like a commodity business. Thus it is the most challenging both for the provider and the taker in choosing the right partner.
Until three - four years back, big players like Wipro had six sigma compliance and a matrix organization providing expert services, as some of the point of differences in providing value to its customers. But if we look at the industry now, this is no more the truth.
It's apparent that these companies understand that they are in the battle field with a large number of look alikes. But do they relaize yet that they are in the commodity business?
A very common question from the customers when they chose their system integrators - Why should I chose the system integrator X? How is it different from the system integrator Y?
It is very challenging to measure the performance in a service provider industry and in the recent days the system integration business is becoming more like a commodity business. Thus it is the most challenging both for the provider and the taker in choosing the right partner.
Until three - four years back, big players like Wipro had six sigma compliance and a matrix organization providing expert services, as some of the point of differences in providing value to its customers. But if we look at the industry now, this is no more the truth.
It's apparent that these companies understand that they are in the battle field with a large number of look alikes. But do they relaize yet that they are in the commodity business?
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
VMWare- can it be the new $$$ pound gorilla?
It is apparent that the Operating System manufacturers are already out there fighting the war, but when we look at VMware's bare metal technology it is a pounding question ot the OS players " How long you think you can go on?? ".
Yes the bare metal technology has the capability to turn over the whole game of operating system. It would enable any applications to run directly on the hardware eliminating the need of an operating system. Is it a space that major OS players should think entering? I would say yes,definitely.May be partner with a company exploring this technology.
I am keeping my fingers crossed to witness the whole twist in the OS Cold war.
Yes the bare metal technology has the capability to turn over the whole game of operating system. It would enable any applications to run directly on the hardware eliminating the need of an operating system. Is it a space that major OS players should think entering? I would say yes,definitely.May be partner with a company exploring this technology.
I am keeping my fingers crossed to witness the whole twist in the OS Cold war.
Adam - The new iPad killer made in India
The six IITans and an MBA from India has created the latest buzz of a netbook while Apple has almost failed to make the buzz with its oversized iPhone - the iPad.
What's great about Adam' tablet:
1. It comes with nVidia’s Tegra 2 chip and a PixelQi screen. This enables twice the battery life and performance of the iPad.
2. It has a swivel camera which can be a revolution in taking the lecture notes ( Please watch the video in the link)
3. Comes with three USB port and a HDMI port
Some interesting facts:
1. Priced less than iPad.
2. Adam will run on Andriod, Ubuntu and Chromium.
3. Releasing in July in the US retail market - but Apple might release its next gen iPad before July with every feature we could think of. Hmm...Notionink needs to think about this.
Inspite of Adam's great technology and incredible features, it is surprising to see that the company's website is still under construction. They havn't given any thoughts on having presence in the social media and eventually lacks search engine optmization too. Given the fact that Adam tablet would be a potential competitor for the iPad, the lack in social media presence sends negative signals to the company. I have mailed the company about my ideas, let's see what the NotionInk does.
Check the Adam demo at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvefuCHZds
What's great about Adam' tablet:
1. It comes with nVidia’s Tegra 2 chip and a PixelQi screen. This enables twice the battery life and performance of the iPad.
2. It has a swivel camera which can be a revolution in taking the lecture notes ( Please watch the video in the link)
3. Comes with three USB port and a HDMI port
Some interesting facts:
1. Priced less than iPad.
2. Adam will run on Andriod, Ubuntu and Chromium.
3. Releasing in July in the US retail market - but Apple might release its next gen iPad before July with every feature we could think of. Hmm...Notionink needs to think about this.
Inspite of Adam's great technology and incredible features, it is surprising to see that the company's website is still under construction. They havn't given any thoughts on having presence in the social media and eventually lacks search engine optmization too. Given the fact that Adam tablet would be a potential competitor for the iPad, the lack in social media presence sends negative signals to the company. I have mailed the company about my ideas, let's see what the NotionInk does.
Check the Adam demo at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvefuCHZds
Is free sustainable??
After the speculations about Youtube endangering Netflix, I ought to think about "Is free sustainable"? Netflix is just a small example when we think about MSOffice getting phased out by Google docs, the most expected Google Chrome OS, Google wave that could potentially replace Webex and Skype.Is Google trying to kill the licensing business once for all? Here Google seems to set a trend for most of the business models through each and every application they innovate. Google does this because 97% of its revenue is from the online advertising, and it doesn't need money from the licensing business. But is it fair enough that it puts an end to all other players in the licensing market? Imagine the situation when Google is no more the portal where the advertisers go to post their advertisements. What would happen to Google and the others like Microsoft,Apple and other players like Netflix, Webex(Cisco)?? Is free sustainable?
Sunday, January 24, 2010
OS coldwars - Cloud Computing is the driver?
Most of us are either a PC or a MAC and we wouldn't like to switch from/to either OS. But cloud computing seems to be give a complete twist to this situation. Given the fact that we are hooked on to the internet 24*7, it is easy for a player like Google to come up with its Chrome OS and tell us that you won't need any heavy processing OS on your laptop and just carry a light weight netbook and use our applications for free. What should Google and Apple do in this case? What is going to happen to the years worth of OS licensing business? Microsoft and Apple moving to netbook business could be a better solution?
But the next few years would still be good for the traditional OS business which is evident from Microsoft's 60% increase due to Windows 7 sales. My guess is that Apple's long speculated iPad is probably not the right time now to get released and it is going to be hard for Apple to justify the necessity of an iPad.
But it is inevitable that Microsoft's OS would be in trouble soon in the consumer market especially with consumers on the go. Though Microsoft offers OfficeLive, how many of us even know about it?
Having used Microsoft OS for running most of the software development tools, I doubt that Microsoft's enterprise market will have any issues. Let's keep pur fingers crossed on more updates on this space.
But the next few years would still be good for the traditional OS business which is evident from Microsoft's 60% increase due to Windows 7 sales. My guess is that Apple's long speculated iPad is probably not the right time now to get released and it is going to be hard for Apple to justify the necessity of an iPad.
But it is inevitable that Microsoft's OS would be in trouble soon in the consumer market especially with consumers on the go. Though Microsoft offers OfficeLive, how many of us even know about it?
Having used Microsoft OS for running most of the software development tools, I doubt that Microsoft's enterprise market will have any issues. Let's keep pur fingers crossed on more updates on this space.
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