Posts Categorized: business models

Outsource your errands online

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Description: CNNMoney’s Laurie Segall talks about the latest trend in tech: outsourcing your errands to people looking to make money. Source: cnn.com Date: Nov 15, 2011 Questions for discussion: What is the business model for this type of e-commerce business? What risks would this type of site have to mitigate to make this a viable… Read more »

7 Poor Excuses for Not Measuring Cloud Computing Costs

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Description: How much does cloud computing really cost?  Anyone know yet?  Last week, I mentioned some estimates which suggest that companies can save up to 30% in IT costs over a three-year period employing cloud resources versus on-premises equipment. Source: www.forbes.com/ Date: Nov. 8, 2011 A relatively small operation with two application servers and two… Read more »

Drugmakers Mine Data for Trial Patients

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Description: A Pfizer-led group plans to buy access to hospital records in New York State to help identify and enroll participants in drug studies Source: www.businessweek.com/ Date: Nov 3, 2011 Pharmaceutical companies can easily spend years—and more than $1 billion—bringing a new drug to market, in part because they can’t find enough patients to do the… Read more »

Bit by Bit, Work Exchange Site Aims to Get Jobs Done

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Description: Mr. Rosedale, 43, is back with a new business called Coffee and Power, where people buy and sell most any kind of task, like making Halloween costumes or writing sophisticated software. Source: www.nytimes.com/ Date: Nov 6, 2011 To prove his point that a work exchange could function, Mr. Rosedale built the software for his… Read more »

A fond farewell to Steve Jobs

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Description: New York Times technology columnist comments on how when Steve Jobs died, the country lost not one but four of its greatest minds. Source: CBSNEWS.com Date: Oct 9, 2011 Questions for discussion: Can Apple be just as successful in the next five years with out Steve Jobs as the past five years with Steve… Read more »

Global glitch bruises RIM

Posted by & filed under Blackberry, branding, business models, Denial of service, EXAM ARTICLE, RIM, wireless networks.

Global glitch bruises RIM Description: A major technical glitch affected BlackBerry service across much of the globe Wednesday, delaying e-mails and messages for an estimated 30 to 40 million users – about half of RIM’s customer base of 70 million. Source: CNN.com & Globe and Mail.com Date: Oct 13, 2011 The problems, which began earlier… Read more »

Retail giant’s @Walmartlabs plans to reinvent online shopping with ‘social commerce’

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Description: Wal-Mart is hoping the two start-up mavens can reinvent its own e-commerce platform, which has lagged competitors. Source: Gobe & Mail.com Date: Oct. 3, 2011 Tucked in the heart of Silicon Valley, Wal-Mart (WMT-N52.120.210.41%) has assembled a team of 70 developers, computer engineers and researchers – dubbed @WalmartLabs – in an aggressive attempt to… Read more »