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Natural Evolution: PaaS to SaaS
If we are to oversimplify the evolution of the value chain in the computing industry, it broadly breaks down to: from hardware to operating systems to software applications (a little of the chicken/egg fallacy there).
Using that storyline to examine the current online video platform market, we are starting to see platform providers evolving into application providers, or platform providers beginning...
Google to buy Brightcove. Not.
I got my first email at 12:28 pm – “rumor: Google to buy Brightcove.”
I got my second email at 1:07 pm – “rumor false: Google to buy Brightcove.”
I spent the time during those emails scratching my head – What is wrong with the Brin/Page/Schmidt triumvirate? Does it really make sense for Google to invest in an up-market (at those price points Brightcove is no...
Adobe announces DRM for Flash
Recently, the artist formerly known as Macromedia – Adobe plugged the most obvious hole in its Flash platform by announcing DRM in the form of Flash Access 2.0.
What can we take away?
Premium content comes at a premium and needs to be treated differently.
Adobe has effectively killed the Adobe Media player – browser-based streaming is the future.
The competition for adoption by premium-content...
There is no "Secret Sauce"
In the recipe for entrepreneurial success one comes across an oft used phrase: “secret sauce.” Venture Capitalists talk about it, in fact they look for it. When we were fund hunting, we were asked about it…. hell I even wrote a post about it.
It even came up last week in the self-SWOT analysis… and if our meeting notes were ever leaked, you would see that someone said:
“If you can provide...
What we’re all about
Hey everyone.
Riff here… let’s deviate from the “what’s happening?” and “what will happen?” to something more relevant for you – the publisher: what does all this mean for you?
As I sit and think about how to introduce the team (friends to me) and the service (passion for me) to the rest of you, I am reminded of the long, arduous and fun journey… we...
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