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In International Dollar, the number, actually is $5 Trillion, which breaks down as follows.
The BOP market in Asia (including the Middle East) is by far the largest: 2.86 billion people in 19 countries, with an aggregate income of $3.47 trillion. The BOP market in these countries represents 83% of the region’s population and 42% of its aggregate purchasing power—a […]
Qubad Talabani is the son of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, and is a representative of the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq. The entire world is all too familiar with the war going on in that country. While I am not interested in exploring the political ramifications of such a war, history has taught us that […]
I made the comment in an earlier post that Yahoo now needs true GMs, not just glorified functional managers. As I wrote that piece, it made me reflect on the significance of what I just said. Silicon Valley is not a place that has that many true General Managers. In the sense that GE […]
As promised in my earlier post on SAP, here is my take on Oracle in the Enterprise 3.0 framework.
Oracle is the world’s leading supplier of information management software and the second largest independent software provider. Its current market cap exceeds $100 billion.
Oracle’s core strength since its inception in 1977 has been its database technology where […]
Here I challenge Amir some more on the business strategy. Technology is wonderful, but are they solving the right business problem? Just because I am looking at a car chase in a movie segment doesn’t mean I am ready to jump and buy a BMW. There is little relevance. On the other hand, if I […]
The iPhone isn’t perfect, acc. to the reviews. Here are the objections so far:
Fragility of the device, compared with equivalent mobile handsets. The glass case may break if you drop it. Battery Life. Apple says, the iPhone will have 8 hours of battery life. The battery is not removable, hence the option of carrying an extra […]
My definition of Web 3.0 is one of the most popular entry points into this blog. In it, I proposed the vision of a web which becomes increasingly verticalized by “Context”, and the relevant Content, Community and Commerce elements are successfully mashed up “in Context”. I also proposed 2 other elements: Vertical / Contextual Search, […]
We continue our discussion about the technical and strategic implementation of the Adapt.tv technology. The core behind it is a learning system which is fed data from contextual matching as well as inputs from user interaction with ads. Over time, this produces an optimized ad campaign for video-content providers, addressing a validated market need.
SM: How […]
