Cloud Computing
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IBM has bought Red Hat in an attempt to recreate its success in the 90s; it’s not clear, though, that the company or the market is the same.
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AWS seems to have a dominant position in enterprise computing, but Google is trying to change the rules to favor their inherent strengths.
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Larry Ellison has declared that Oracle is a cloud company, but their customer offering seems more suited to the world that was.
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Amazon’s Transformation, The Apple Music Backlash
Amazon turned a surprising profit: was it on purpose? More importantly, what does it say about the fundamental nature of Amazon as a company and as an investment? Plus, why the Apple Music backlash shouldn’t be a surprise, and a survey about meet-ups for this summer.
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AWS Follow-up; Tesla Powerwall; Google, LinkedIn, and Playing Nice
Today’s Daily Update includes: – Follow up on yesterday’s post on AWS, including why Amazon still worries me – An overview of the Tesla Powerwall and what kind of company Tesla is – A discussion about Google’s real estate set-back in Mountain View and the bigger question about where the company is going — and why
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The AWS IPO
AWS has long been a question mark when it comes to Amazon: it’s a good idea, and it makes money, but like it’s parent company, will it ever be profitable? The revelation that AWS is already very profitable indeed is a really big deal both for AWS but also for Amazon itself.
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Twitter Follow-up, Microsoft’s Build Keynote
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Getting Amazon (Partly) Wrong, Xiaomi in India
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Daily Update: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google Earnings
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Daily Update: Microsoft is Rebuilding Office, Amazon Home Services
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Daily Update: Intel Reportedly Buying Altera, Tim Cook’s Op-Ed
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Daily Update: Was I Wrong About Cyanogen?, Weekly Wrap-Up