Tag Archives: GigaOm

Networks and storage: which is the chicken and which is the egg?

Source: guardian.co.uk

Networks drive storage growth.  The fatter the pipes, the bigger the content users can create and consume – from streamed HD movies to 240 TB [....]

Fat pipes beget fat storage

Just as processing power increases created the PC Era in the 20th Century, broadband increases are creating this century’s Network Era.  The

GigaOm points to five game-changing applications enabled by [....]

SlotMusic reminiscent of BluRay

Electronic music distribution might make this format a tough sell

Om Malik’s not sure there’s a spot available in the market for a physical replacement for CDs, as people want fewer [....]

HP buying EDS – is it all about The Cloud?

EDS differentiates HP more than you might think

Could Om Malik be on to something?  Unlike other analysts looking at HP’s pending acquisition of EDS as a me-too consultancy move - similar [....]

Content is the new electricity

Ann at GigaOm reviewed “The Big Switch”, Nick Carr’s follow-on to “Does IT Matter?”.

I agree that the Big Switch is a good thing.  Change is always scary, but that doesn’t [....]

A third way for internet infrastructure

The future of the internet infrastructue is not pizza boxes or Big Iron

Om Malik poses a question: Will the inefficiency of “pizza box” servers push the internet infrastructure back to [....]