Archives for October 2006
By now, you’ve probably heard all about Microsoft new MP3 player - Zune. You can see it discussed in some detail by Zune’s product manager on the Scoble Show;and Scoble discusses Zune versus the iPod on his blog.
My view on Zune? I think it’s going to fail. Here’s my top five reasons [...]
I’ve been e-mailing with a colleague today, discussing various aspects of Microsoft and Google. Now, I don’t really follow Microsoft and Google all that closely - Microsoft, especially, does so much that it’s difficult for the casual observer to keep up.
However, during the discussions, I realised I actually knew quite a lot about Microsoft’s [...]
In his most recent posts (here, and here) Jonathan Schwartz has been talking on his blog about re-thinking how the IT industry builds data centers.
Companies and institutions continue to spend vast sums of money on “flagship” data centres. You know the kind of thing - huge rooms, with smoked glass windows, and [...]
Imagine you’re a venture capital group that invests in both life science companies (biotechnology & pharmaceuticals) and software companies. If you’re successful in both areas, the chances are that the software side of your business is outperforming the life sciences side of your business. Which begs the question: can life science companies [...]