Telecom Ramblings, a blog written by Rob Powell and a must read, has an excellent post about the evolving online video space. This subject matter is certainly near and dear to us at MVaaS. Perhaps one of our astute readers could appropriately add to the discussion…
That’s a comment that is sure to get your attention, especially when it comes from your 12 year old son on a Sunday afternoon. This question, I needed to investigate. It turns out my son Ted was intent on hacking his PSP to give it new functionality that its creators (Sony) had not provided. He [...]
Given enough time a particular camera, location, recorder or other piece of equipment WILL fail and your system won’t be capturing the information you bought it for. If you don’t have a management system monitoring your video systems, Erwin Schrödinger might say it is both working and broken at the same time. You won’t know [...]
Howard Schultz, the charismatic Chairman of Starbucks (NasdaqGS: SBUX), returned to the role of CEO in January 2008 (Starbucks Press Release January 7, 2008). In subsequent communications, Mr. Schultz speaks of his “transformation agenda”. What were their perceived problems? The following five items are addressed in the press release, copied here verbatim: · Improving the current state of the [...]
Providing further evidence of the growing recognition of MVaaS, Envysion just won the Colorado Technology Association’s (CSIA) Apex Award for Most Innovative New Technology Product. Most Innovative Technology Product – This award is presented to the company whose technology-based product consistently delivers verifiable business value. The product must demonstrate a high level of technical innovation and [...]
Can you change your DNA? This isn’t a riddle with some clever twist to it – the answer to this question will vary from company to company. Some companies will be able to and others won’t. If you look back at my prior post on this topic, I suggested that a company’s DNA was [...]
I’ll continue my string of posts with one of the quick-hits identified through the use of video. Labor is always scheduled against sales targets. On nights when we met or exceeded sales targets, no problem – labor kept in check. However, on nights when we didn’t, were resources being let go early enough to stay [...]
No, I’m not talking about genetic engineering. I’m talking about whether a company can change the very core elements of how it both views and approaches its business and the world around it. A company’s DNA is a complex result of the people that work there, the values and beliefs that they share, the practices and [...]
In this final post on the various paths a customer can follow to take advantage of video, I will provide the rationale customers use when they subscribe to video from an MVaaS provider. Here are some cases that describe companies that are choosing to Subscribe. You are results, not technology focused. The most common thread [...]
Here http://www.gss.co.uk/news/?&id=5098 is an interesting article about the difference between PCI compliance and security. The point of the article is that purchasing compliant products doesn’t necessarily make you secure. This reminds me of a related point: that much of compliance is about human processes and procedures. Even if your equipment is compliant, you still need [...]