The Digital Revolution has swept across the world at a dramatic pace since 1997, and created a truly global marketplace. The areas where this impact has been felt the most are: connectivity and communications; creation of new communities; content creation, distribution and consumption; e-commerce, spanning the buying and selling of all goods and services, not just 'digital' products; advertising and marketing; and the behaviours and lifestyles of individuals and corporations across the world.
As confusion and turmoil reigns across markets globally, it would be easy to succumb to the general mood of doom and despair. Those with vision and courage, however, should be plotting now to survive and emerge in a much stronger position because this mayhem will not last forever.
Uday Phadke, 03 October 2008
The recently-released Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast projects that global IP traffic will grow at a combined annual growth (CAGR) of 46% from 2007-2012, nearly doubling every two years. This will result in an annual bandwidth demand on the world's IP networks of approximately 522...
More »
Sarita Jones, 22 September 2008
It was only a matter of time before Amazon added content delivery to its range of web services, which include the S3 storage service and EC2 on-demand computing. Amazon has just announced its intention to offer a content delivery service that could transform the industry and pose a serious...
More »
Michelle Wong, 18 September 2008
Cisco has acquired PostPath, a provider of innovative email and calendaring software, based in Mountain View, California, for $215m. PostPath, which also has a development team in Bulgaria, should enhance the email and calendaring capabilities of Cisco's WebEx Connect collaboration platform.
More »
Reiko Uchida, 28 August 2008
Sony Corp and Bertelsmann AG have finally reached agreement on Sony buying Bertelsmann's 50% stake in Sony BMG for $1.2 bn. The company will now be called Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. Sony and Bertelsmann AG originally...
More »
Sarita Jones, 21 July 2008