Month: August 2009

|In: ManagementSpeak|Last Updated:

ManagementSpeak: While we have the same goal as the FCC – to keep our networks running during times of emergency – we believe that having the flexibility to adapt to unique emergency situations will better serve American wireless consumers.

Translation: We don’t care if cellular phones work during an emergency and we’re going to fight any regulation requiring they do.

Whitham Reeve joins the KJR Club by sharing this bon mot from a Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) press release.

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|In: Cloud|Last Updated:

What if the Cloud really is a disruptive technology?

It’s been called that enough times. Usually, though, those using the term never actually read Clayton Christenson’s seminal work in the field, The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business.

These folks will tell you “disruptive technology” means a technology that disrupts a marketplace. The original and useful meaning is quite different.

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