Life For European Telecom Carriers Will Not Get Any Easier In 2013

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The European carrier market will continue to suffer. Once upon a time, Europe led in telecom innovation and usage via a couple of large carriers and network equipment suppliers. More than 100 carriers in the 27 European countries are after 650 million consumers — less than the installed base of China Mobile alone. Competition will be fierce, especially in France with Free/Iliad’s aggressive disruption. Expect regulation, acquisitions, and cost-sharing to be high on the agenda, but the No. 1 challenge is to invent a new business model via more strategic partnerships with OTT players.

via Life For European Telecom Carriers Will Not Get Any Easier In 2013 | Forrester Blogs.

How SSD power faults scramble your data

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The 2 SSDs that had no failures? Both were MLC 2012 model years with a mid-range – $1.17/GB – price.

via How SSD power faults scramble your data | ZDNet.

Yikes!

This paper reminds us that SSDs are very new technology whose idiosyncracies are still being engineered around. We’re still 5 years away from the average enterprise SSD being as reliable as the average enterprise hard drive is today.

The Native Advertising Summit

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The first conference dedicated to defining and discussing the future of native advertising.

via The Native Advertising Summit – Presented by Sharethrough.

I had suspected for quite awhile that a lot of content on newspaper sites I frequent like Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times have been using native advertising for many years now.  It’s nice to see this practice being discussed publicly.  I find native advertising creepy because it treats users as idiots.  It is fun now trying to spot native ads and try guessing the sponsor.

More on the concept of native advertising here.

Game Studios at the Forefront of Big Data, Cloud

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If you want to see the future of Big Data, look no further than the nearest gaming-development studio. It isn’t all fun and first-person-shooting. Game developers are the sentinels of a variety of advanced IT techniques, placing them in front of the general IT population with regard to using real-time analytics and cloud computing, among other areas.

via Game Studios at the Forefront of Big Data, Cloud.

Salesforce 4Q Revenues Up 32% With $3.05B For The Fiscal Year

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Salesforce.com has announced its fourth-quarter earnings with revenues of $835 million, up 32%, compared to last year. Non-GAAP earnings per share were 51 cents. Financial analysts had expected revenues ranging from $825 million to $830 million. EPS was estimated to come in at 40 cents.

via Salesforce 4Q Revenues Up 32% With $3.05B For The Fiscal Year | TechCrunch.

The 5 Commandments Of Data And Why Analytics Efforts Are Still A Big Old Mess

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Data has to be a strategic asset. The presence of consultants at a conference like Strata shows how much confusion people still have in realizing how to get the value that vendors promise in such bountiful amounts

via The 5 Commandments Of Data And Why Analytics Efforts Are Still A Big Old Mess | TechCrunch.

I don’t have patience to watch people talk but it sounds like data analytics might be a lucrative field to be in right now.

Smartphone Screen Real Estate: How Big Is Big Enough?

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First, let’s talk small. At just 3.5 inches, the iPhone 4 (and earlier) is relatively small compared to most higher-end phones on the market, yet it’s immensely popular. (Technically, the iPhone 5 has a 4-inch screen, but it’s just longer–not wider–so that doesn’t really count.) Apparently, then, that’s a good baseline for an acceptable screen size for a large swathe of the mobile market.

via Smartphone Screen Real Estate: How Big Is Big Enough? – HotHardware.