My new book
- released March 2019
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Recent Comments
- Diya Digitals on Oracle: Gen 2 cloud, but Gen 1 applications
- Alan Alper on Davos report - a conversation with Alan Alper of Cognizant
- James Jeude on Davos report - a conversation with Alan Alper of Cognizant
- vinnie on Okay, enough of the silliness about SAP
- Matthew King on Okay, enough of the silliness about SAP
- Bala on 7 Surprising Findings from Workfront’s Annual State of Work Report
- vinnie on The Future of Work is....Dystopian?
- Bala on The Future of Work is....Dystopian?
- Bala on Decade-end review: Enterprise Applications have NOT eaten the world
- Bala on I will see Josh's five and raise him ten!
US Patent # 174,465
I wrote in Real Finance this month about the marvels of the modern day "telephone" - and the huge cost of connectivity and content. For many families that utility is greater than all others - gas, electricity etc - put together. For many CIOs, telecoms cost more than software, hardware and services put together.
As SaaS related hosting, sensor telemetry, mobile apps, global travel grow, our telecom costs will likely explode. And even more so if the telecom industry gets it way about Net Neutrality.
Read more below
Download telecoms_real_finance_jun_06.pdf
June 02, 2006 in Industry Commentary | Permalink