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Every few years, Webster updates the American lexicon by adding new words to the dictionary. Some of the recent additions have been vlog (a blog with video), webisode (a TV show episode that can be viewed on the web) and staycation (a vacation at home or close by). I believe that the next time Webster does and update, hacktivism will be on the new word list. Hacktivism is the term being used to describe the criminal activity of computer hacking under the cloak of social activism. The primary targets... -
Many Service Providers (SP) are considering plans to provide cloud computing services. This new business model allows SPs to increase ARPU, add to their service offerings, differentiate themselves from their competitors, increase their customer base and become a strategic partner to their large business customers. This move makes perfect business sense and much of the infrastructure is already in place. However, as these Service Providers moves from a model of information transit to comprehensive... -
What is the cloud, really? Never before have we had a technology that suffers so greatly from such a completely ambiguous name. Gartner Research VP Paolo Malinverno has observed that most organizations define cloud as any application operating outside their own data centre. This is probably as lucid a definition as any I’ve heard. More formalized attempts to describe cloud rapidly turn into essays that attempt to bridge the abstract with the very specific, and in doing seem to miss the cloud... -
The move to cloud based services and the potential for multiple cloud service providers opens up an opportunity for organizations to be more diligent in applying IT Service Management practices and principles across the service lifecycle. Areas that are often underdeveloped, such as financial management, service portfolio management, and supplier management, can be more completely defined by the organization and managed with greater vigor. Governance takes on a much greater role, as cloud computing... -
At the last International Conference on Cloud Computing organized by BITKOM ; René Obermann from Deutsche Telekom introduced the notion of "Cloud Computing made in Germany". An interesting if somewhat surprising concept. A few moments later, Werner Vogels from Amazon mentioned that it was possible to use Amazon cloud services located in the EU, rather than elsewhere in the world. Cloud computing made in the EU? While never explicitly stated, the notion of assigning geographic labels... -
As William Shakespeare famously wrote – “that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Truer words have never been spoken but it’s clear old Bill never tried to procure cloud services because in this market, names can be deceiving. You might think you’re buying lavender but in reality you get stinkweed. This point kept coming back to me over and over last week while attending TM Forum’s Team Action Week in Lisbon. Almost every topic we discussed – Service Level Metrics, Procurement... -
So a lady in Georgia last week logged onto Facebook from her mobile phone and ended up seeing confidential information for loads of other people. The reason given was an AT&T routing error . I still can’t quite understand why it isn’t a service security error but I’ll take their word for it. Two things come to mind. First, if you keep confidential information of Facebook or any other public site like that – you deserve to have your identity stolen. That’s like leaving your laptop in the front... -
I almost fell out of my chair the other day when I saw references to 'over-the-top' cloud services. The author was speculating that telecom service providers will become "also rans" as providers of cloud services just as they lost the battle for playing a value added role in providing digital media/content services. I have to admit the thought never occurred to me. Like many, I felt that Telcos were being handed a gift in that they have so many natural advantages when it comes to... -
The hits keep rolling in. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/162926,telstra-commonwealth-bank-join-cloud-standards-group.aspx -
With Orlando in the past and my swollen feet returning to normal size after walking 17 miles a day from one side of the hotel to the other, I wanted to share just a few of the many responses to TM Forum's Cloud Initiative and ECBC we announced last week. http://gigaom.com/2009/12/09/telcos-eye-the-cloud http://gigaom.com/2009/12/13/hedging-your-options-for-the-cloud/
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