“We regret to inform you that your credit card information may have been compromised.”
That’s how the letter started (or something to that effect). Nice that they didn’t wait until paragraph 2 for the punchline, so I didn’t need to read on.
This is the second time that I have received a letter like this. The other was from [...]
I am continually amazed at how limited some large organization’s current video capabilities are today. I always assumed that smaller operators would be at a disadvantage and would have a more minimalist set of video capabilities than the big operators that have large corporate support infrastructures.
I also assumed that these large operators, many of whom [...]
I played around with Amazon’s calculator for their Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service).
All I can say is, “Woah!” S3 is not cost effective for video surveillance storage. If it were possible to store all the video recorded at Envysion’s customer locations centrally in the Amazon S3 service, the monthly charge just for storage is in [...]
As Arthur C. Clarke once said was the best advice given by Douglas Adams, I too think it’s the best advice software as a service companies should give themselves. The chart below is one version of the fundamental reason why.
More people are connecting to the Internet today than in past years. The chart [...]
I applaud California Pizza Kitchen’s press release concerning 3rd quarter performance. In a very difficult environment, CPK provided indication that they’ve hit their per share earnings target. Despite providing earlier guidance that same store sales would drop by 2% in the 3rd quarter, CPK cited “operational efficiencies” as one of the main drives to hitting their per [...]
I had a post in late August on the importance of Efficient Capital. Written before the current banking/credit/stock market/recession/etc. crisis, the focus was on the sensibility of MVaaS for store operators.
Well, I noticed the appearance of the term “capital efficiency” today on the blogosphere. I noticed it first on Feld Thoughts, and it was linked and commented from another post [...]
Yikes.
It is a crazy time in the world when you see something like the current credit crisis reverberating around the world in such a dramatic and rapid manner. Thomas Freidman wrote “The World is Flat” to highlight the growing global competitiveness and the fact that it is becoming a much more level international playing field. Wonder [...]
I ran across an interesting file sharing site whalemail.com. The intent of this site is to make it feasible to share large files via email. The way the system works is that you use your browser to upload a file to the site and then type in a list of email addresses. The site then [...]
I follow major league baseball only casually, so I’m no expert on the subject. However, it is my understanding that a couple of teams (Cubs and Brewers) have just been eliminated from post-season play.
I mention this because one of my colleagues, Jeff Gannon, had a marvelously penned post from earlier this season about the Cubs’ fortunes. Oh to be [...]
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ GS:JAVA) President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz posted to his blog an e-mail that he shared with Sun leaders. The e-mail was written in response to frequent questions that Mr. Schwartz has received regarding the current banking crisis in the U.S., and how this might impact Sun.
Mr. Schwartz turns the question around. It is not [...]
