Thanks Lane.

Smartphone Ultrasound

Product development can use the smartphone as a development platform and delivery mechanism.  Notice how the product includes a peripheral and software.  Now, what about the online service.  Humm, NPD is changing.  No?

New Product Development strategy — using the phone as a platform, creating new business models,  adding value through ongoing software development.  Should we build “analog” products that do not have associated services?  Ever?

From Fast Company ……

Google says that many e-commerce sites have not been optimized for search engines.  With each shopper spending only 8 seconds (stay or shop decision) Google feels that some help is needed.  Introducing GOOGLE Commerce Search.

GOOGLE Commerce Search Article and Video

What do you think?  Needed?  Boring?

Thanks Hugh

You Tube Video with Entertaining presentation by Simon Wardley on Cloud Computing

“Cloud computing is the convergence of three major trends: virtualization, where applications are separated from infrastructure; utility computing, where server capacity is accessed across a grid as a variably priced shared service; and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) where applications are available on demand on a subscription basis. ”

Blog Post on Private Cloud on Industrialization of IT

From the blog ” Ikeep coming back to Simon Wardley’s comparison of cloud computing to the industrial revolution.  There’s more to that analogy than meets the eye.  Fits nicely with Nicholas Carr’s views in the Big Switch.

We’ve begun to witness the industrialization of IT.

Simply put — this is no minor industry transition.  How we build, operate and consume IT will likely be forever changed in a handful of years”

Are you ready to invest or move your operation to “the cloud”?

Thanks Hugh and Djily

A short Video that VERY simply explains Cloud Computing

Does this explain it?  What are your concerns?  Why?

Do you use the cloud?  Of course you do.  Any problems so far with someone stealing your stuff?

Thank you to Elizabeth for her suggestion of The Economist Special Report on corporate IT.

Cloud Computing Special Report

From the report “But more importantly, it is turning into what has come to be called a “cloud”, or collections of clouds. Computing power will become more and more disembodied and will be consumed where and when it is needed.

The rise of the cloud is more than just another platform shift that gets geeks excited. It will undoubtedly transform the information technology (IT) industry, but it will also profoundly change the way people work and companies operate. It will allow digital technology to penetrate every nook and cranny of the economy and of society, creating some tricky political problems along the way.”

Is an accessible cloud a good thing?  Why?