Tag Archives: telco

July 26, 2008 Posted in Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, PaaS, SaaS, Strategy 1 Comment

On Telcos and content

By Ben Kepes

.Lance posted about the fact that the iPhone is having difficulty coping with telco giant mobile content offerings over in Australia. Lance puts it better than I could when he says that; The news is that these services are not really wanted – and have only been used to date

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June 27, 2008 Posted in Business, Design, Efficiency, Governance, IT, Strategy 4 Comments

Low risk plays provide no differentiation

By The Unreasonablemen

A guest post from the Unreasonablemen.net This might be obvious but I see it time and time again. Old world companies are so fixated on risk that they are going nowhere. Old world companies behaviour can be characterised by panic, followed by engaging consultants and outsourcing to drive down cost

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June 25, 2008 Posted in Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, SaaS, Strategy 1 Comment

Another telco creates a SaaS aggregation platform

By Ben Kepes

Awesome to see that, fresh after the British Telecom move into creating a SaaS aggregation platform, Telstra has done similarly for Australia. The idea is that the platform will include applications from the major international players as well as offerings from smaller local companies. Telstra is targeting SMEs with the

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June 10, 2008 Posted in Compliance, Design, IT, Strategy Leave a comment

iPhone maximum price, data plans and contracts…

By Ben Kepes

There been a lot (actually a huge amount) of talk about the iPhone 2. But the pricing and contract situation caught my eye. Firstly I have some queries about the “USD199 maximum worldwide” promise. For a start, and in New Zealand at least, it is against the law for a

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June 9, 2008 Posted in Efficiency, IT, Society 2 Comments

It’s about quality, not quantity…

By Ben Kepes

I’ve talked plenty of times in the past about the quality of service vs quantity of service debate. I’m a firm believer that “most” of our businesses can exist on sub 1meg broadband, so long as it is ubiquitously available and is reliable. It was interesting to read this post

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Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.