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Real, Open Guidance to Navigating a closing Web
Rafael Laguna
on Jan 27, 2014
The threat of cloud providers closing is a very real one, and any business or indeed individual needs to be aware of the risks involved when purchasing cloud services. In theory, there is nothing stopping a cloud...
What’s around the corner? A look ahead to 2014
Rafael Laguna
on Jan 9, 2014
Yesterday, we looked at some of the biggest stories of 2013 and discussed how they effected the technology community. Here we look at some trends that I think we will see develop in the internet industry in 2014 ...
Land of the (Internet) Giants
Rafael Laguna
on Dec 11, 2013
Like something resembling a superhero movie, Monday morning brought a very curious piece of news. The often fractious group of companies, sometimes known as the Internet Giants, put their differences aside to fig...
Icann, the US and the future of a free and open web
Rafael Laguna
on Dec 2, 2013
Last week Icann, the governing body for Internet names and addresses, announced that it was to distance itself from the United States and become a more globally focused organization. Welcome news indeed and a mov...
OXPP – Can’t Google this”
Maurice Hofmann
on Nov 26, 2013
Last year I had the opportunity to introduce a new program called ‘the OX GTM Program’ (Go-to-Market) which was kicked-off as a support program for OX client partners. In this pilot program, OX sales and marketin...
Hosters start moving beyond the big three to SaaS
guest
on Nov 19, 2013
Guest Blog by Phil Shih, Structure Research Given the pace of the market’s development hosters have not been compelled to move very quickly. Many services still look the same as they did a decade ago. But that co...
The PRISM effect: how data privacy and location are challenging European ho...
guest
on Nov 5, 2013
We have talked with hosting companies in Europe over the last six months or so to gauge their reactions to the revelations about alleged spying and data privacy breaches, and to see what effect these have had on ...
Who should control how you and your friends´ personal information is used
The Editorial Team
on Nov 1, 2013
Personal information about the people in our lives is typically kept in different places. These places can be one or more email accounts, one or more social/professional networks or one or more messaging/chat ser...
When is a subscription not a subscription?
Chris Latterell
on Oct 31, 2013
Perhaps the most common type of subscription is the mobile phone. Almost all of us have one; many even have two – business and personal. The United Nations’ telecoms agency, the ITU, has predicted that by the end...
