Cloud Computing

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:27:19 +0000

Cloud computing has finally arrived for the general public.

Amazon provided the proof-of-concept with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Spencer Reiss interviewed Jeff Bezos about the journey.

And there’s the real disruption. Instead of building cute apps and ladling them out to the masses — the Google and Microsoft model — Amazon is delivering silicon power to the people. Bezos is fueling a flotilla of nimble, aggressive entrepreneurs, including frontier types chafing inside gilded prisons like the Googleplex. For them, AWS is a launch pad, not just for the next million Facebook apps, but also for personal live TV channels, virtual desktops, pay-by-the-mile auto insurance, and no doubt plenty of things no one has thought of yet.

A number of competitors are gearing up to enter this space.

IBM are expected to release Blue Cloud this quarter.

Microsoft and Google along with others have projects in the works.

An exciting 18 months lies ahead within this emerging service sector.

TED2008

admin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:43:27 +0000

TED2008 was held in Monterey, CA last week. Many people come to TED seeking something out of the ordinary. A chance to mentally recharge. A chance to step back and consider the really big stuff that's happening. A chance to understand life in a richer way. TED2008 will be our most ambitious attempt yet to deliver on [...]

FASTforward 08

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:56:24 +0000

FASTforward 08 was held in Orlando this week. This years theme was The User Revolution. Building on last year's high-energy discussion of the 2.0 world, FASTforward '08 takes that topic to the next level to examine how search-driven innovation is fueling the User Revolution, a critical shift that is placing users in all markets increasingly at the [...]

Demo 08

admin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:25:53 +0000

Demo 08 was held last month in Palm Desert, CA. DEMO was there when the seeds of Web 2.0 were planted in a platform called .NET, exploring some of the first Web services before we even had buzz words to describe them. We have stayed true to our mission: to find great innovation wherever it occurs, [...]

Kung Hei Fat Choi

admin — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:05:15 +0000

AlwaysOn OnMedia NYC, Jan 28-30 2008

admin — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:17:50 +0000

AlwaysOn Onmedia NYC was held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel this week. OnMedia NYC is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the global advertising and media establishment. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities in the [...]

World Economic Forum 2008

admin — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:55:28 +0000

This years principal theme was The Power of Collaborative Innovation. An interdisciplinary and systemic view of the major economic, political, societal and technological forces currently at work in the world form the conceptual pillars of the 2008 programme and the framework for the global agenda in Davos. The programme was based on the following five conceptual pillars: [...]

DLD Conference Jan 21-22 2008

admin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:04:53 +0000

DLD Conference 08 took place at HVB Forum in Munich this week. DLD (Digital, Life, Design) is Europe's conference for the 21st century, covering digital innovation, science and culture and bringing together thought leaders from Europe, the Middle-East, America and Asia. The three-day event is chaired by publisher Hubert Burda and investor Joseph Vardi and hosted [...]

The Crunchies 2007

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:16:16 +0000

The inaugural Crunchies awards were held in San Francisco last night. The 2007 Crunchies is our first annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year. The Crunchies is a collaboration project between GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb, VentureBeat and TechCrunch. Best of all, the internet community is [...]

OnHollywood 2008

admin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:58:27 +0000

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