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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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The Myth of Mobile First

Rafael Laguna on Oct 28, 2013

Semil Shah’s “Rethinking the Seductiveness of Mobile-First” article published recently in TechCrunch was a breath of fresh air. Here is a writer, focusing mostly on mobile, suggesting that mobile may not necessar...

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The Rise and Rise of the Subscription Economy

Chris Latterell on Oct 25, 2013

As the move towards SaaS shows no signs of slowing down, the subscription payment model is growing in presence throughout the software industry. But it is not only in the cloud computing sector where we are witne...

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