business models

February 23, 2018

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

What Really is 5G? A Platform for Disruption with Cisco Services

4 min read

With all the 5G hype around, it's not difficult to assume that 5G is about "new radio". Right? Wrong! 5G is really about providing a platform for change.

Observations from Mobile World Congress 2016

6 min read

I have just returned from a very interesting and jammed-packed week at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona. For the first time ever, over 100,000 people and 2,200...

September 29, 2015

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Creating and Capturing Value To Thrive in a Digital World

2 min read

By 2020, 75% of business will become digital in some way by deploying solutions that leverage the intersection of people, process, data, and things—the very definition of the Internet of Everything (IoE). For example, IoE will drive an improvement of earnings before taxes and interest (EBIT) of 15.6% in retail, 14.5% in financial services, and […]

Observations from Mobile World Congress 2015

6 min read

I have just returned from a very interesting and jammed-packed week at Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona. A record 93,000 plus people are estimated to have attended...

March 6, 2015

CLOUD

SUMMARY: Moving to the Cloud

1 min read

Stay tuned for the next installments of our Moving to the Cloud series. In the meantime, please add your comments or questions to the previous posts: Seven Ways to Move to the Cloud Seven Software Business Models – Part 1 Seven Software Business Models – Part 2    

March 2, 2015

DATA CENTER

Seven Software Business Models – Part 2

5 min read

Many years ago I found myself talking to venture capitalists about the differences between SaaS, outsourcing, ASPs, MSPs, online applications; etc. Also I noticed that my Stanford students had little understanding of the economics of software, so I developed the idea of seven business models to cover everything in the software business, and remove the […]

February 23, 2015

DATA CENTER

Seven Software Business Models – Part 1

4 min read

Many years ago I found myself talking to a venture capitalist about the differences between SaaS, outsourcing, ASPs, MSPs, online applications; etc. Also I noticed that my Stanford students had little understanding of the economics of software, so I developed the idea of seven business models to cover everything in the software business, remove the […]

Observations from Mobile World Congress 2014

5 min read

I have just returned from a very interesting and jammed-packed week at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona. More than 75,000 people were estimated to have attended this...

Wi-Fi Value-Added Services Improve the Retail Bottom-line

3 min read

Retailing has always been a tough business.  But, the move to online shopping, the challenging economy and changes in shopper’s behavior has placed even more pressure on traditional retail margins.  Retailers are constantly looking for ways to get more people in to their store and to spend more.  Traditional retailers have long envied the massive […]