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time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors,
log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of
vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.
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"Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies,
Industry Verticals & Forecasts"
Key Findings:
In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware,
software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further
expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually
accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for
acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between
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Yesterday morning I checked the Ulitzer home page on my iPhone on my way to
the office and I realized two of the top three stories were about "Typhoon
Ondoy" in Philippines.
Thirty-six hours later we still have three stories filed from Manila on
Ulitzer's home page. Top Ulitzer stories on Ulitzer from around the 25
distinct subject categories it covers are processed every 60 minutes and
displayed by an algorithm which we believe is more sophisticated than, say,
Google News algorithms.
Early this year, seasoned news man Roger Strukhoff, whose family owned and
published their town newspaper in Wisconsin, launched the Ulitzer topic
Philippines Online Journal. Strukhoff logged close to three million Ulitzer
page views with his articles.
Inday Vinas is a struggling young writer who grew up in a very poor area of
the Philippines. She sta... (more)
Note: Ray Roxas-Chua is the Chairman of the Commission on Information and
Communications Technology (CICT), in the government of the Philippines. He is
the youngest cabinet member in the administration of President Gloria
Arroyo-Macapagal.
I interviewed him in late 2008. The interview occurred before the Satyam
scandal in India, which in my view threatens to disrupt all outsourcing
growth in India, perhaps to the benefit of other countries, including the
Philippines.
Roger Strukhoff: Let’s start with some background information on the CICT.
Ray Roxas-Chua: The CICT was formed in 2004, as a realization of the
importance of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) to the
development of the country. We are the lead agency responsible for the active
development of ICT in the Philippines. In a nutshell, our mission is to
leverage the benefits of ICT in all aspect... (more)
The Philippines on Ulitzer
There's been an outpouring of concern and aid from many people in the US and
elsewhere to help victims of the flooding caused by Typhoon Ondoy in the
Philippines.
One place to send aid--an organization that's not as well-known as it should
be--is the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary.
http://www.pcgaux.org/
The Auxiliary is not part of the Philippine government. Rather, it is a group
of seaworthy, dedicated volunteers who assist the Philippine Coast Guard in
many areas: search and rescue, public education, environmental protection,
and several other civic-minded functions. I spent several years with the U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary and got to know many people around the world who
volunteer for similar organizations in their countries.
One of the great people I met along the way is Commodore Harold Wolf of the
Philippine auxiliary. I've just been... (more)
Cyber City Teleservices (www.cctll.com) is the most venerable of the CRM
call-center firms in the Philippines. Dating back to 1999, it was co-founded
by longtime industry executive Jonathan Rosenberg, who spent two decades in
the US in the direct response industry.
"The first thing I want to be clear about is that we don't view ourselves as
a solution for companies to reduce costs," he told me in a recent interview
at CCT's headquarters in the Clark Special Economic Zone, a couple hours
north of Manila in the state of Pampanga. "The most important issue for
business executives is driving topline revenue, and we help our clients do
that."
I met Jonathan during an event called Convergence 2009, part of a convention
at Clark that was sponsored by the Philippine government. The event attracted
local business leaders and foreign executives, as well as students eager to ... (more)
Datuk Badlisham Ghazali is the CEO of Malaysia’s Multimedia Development
Corporation (MDeC). (“Datuk” is an honorific term in Malaysian society
that can be used as a rough approximation of “Sir” in the UK.)
MdeC is responsible for the country’s MSC, or Multimedia Super Corridor, as
it was known when it was conceived in 1996.
The MSC covers an area of about 175,000 acres, stretching approximately 30
miles from the famed Petronas Towers in the center of Kuala Lumpur, through a
planned “Silicon Valley” region that encompasses the district of Sepang
(and the palnned cities of Cyberjaya and Putrajaya), to the Kuala Lumpur
International Airport.
A comprehensive story about the MSC would require at least one book. For now,
we just decided to focus on getting some initial thoughts from Mr. Ghazali.
With a renewed, recent focus on the potential of Southeast Asia as a major
... (more)
Oscar Sanez runs marathons, which seems appropriate given that he plays a key
role in the Philippines long haul to establish itself as a world leader in
the global sourcing industry. Currently the President and CEO of BPAP--the
Business Processing Association of the Philippines (www.bpap.org)--Oscar
brought his youthful energy and appearance to a recent interview with a tired
old American journalist who was nearing the end of a two-month tour of
Southeast Asia.
We met for coffee in Makati City's Greenbelt area, a showcase neighborhood
for a country that often struggles with an image of natural and political
disaster. I had just heard Oscar speak at a meeting attended by Philippines
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that was focused on the convergence of
information technology--or "information and communications technology"
(ICT)--as its referred in the Philippines ... (more)
Virtualization Track at Cloud Expo
My appreciation of David Linthicum's writing increased yet again when I found
a piece on the Intertubes that he wrote about some Big Rules for cloud
computing. One of his basic premises is to avoid the big consultant shops. To
wit, he writes:
"Most big consulting firms lead with well-polished presentations and,
perhaps, some pretty smart people. However, when it comes time to do the real
work, you're staring across the table at very inexperienced individuals whose
knowledge of cloud computing is limited by the number of article printouts
they could read on the plane flight out."
My experience is that this is the approach these thieves, er, firms use in
every project they've ever undertaken. I have now forgotten more screwed-up,
vastly over-spent installations than most people remember about grand plans
from grand consultants that... (more)
It's the Year of the Tiger throughout Asia, even in the overwhelmingly
Christian and Muslim Philippines. Nothing like a good icon to give people an
excuse to party.
The year may be propitious in bringing back some growl to a region once famed
for its "Asian Tiger" economies, if the growth of Cloud Computing continues
to have a positive affect throughout the region.
One specific growth area is that of data centers, or server farms. I worried
a week or so ago that it was simply too hot to afford the air-conditioning
required in most of this region to make server farms a valid business
proposition, ie, one that is not propped up by government subsidy year after
year.
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Then again, roads, trains, airlines, and even one of the world's two major
airline manufacturers are propped up by governments, given what... (more)
Doha, Qatar is known in the business world as having served as the location
as the launching point of current WTO negotiations. The "Doha Round of Talks"
began in November 2001, and continue. The country remains a serious place
about business. Although its oil revenues have triggered an impressive
construction boom, it has not gone over the top with megaprojects as in
neighboring Dubai; the emirate of Qatar has a stated commitment to build an
information-savvy society.
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Cloud Computing was therefore a topic at hand at a recent conference in Doha.
One of the key presenters was MEEZA (the Arabic word for "advantage"), a
government-funded joint venture that provides managed data services, delivers
SaaS, and has developed a large data center called M-Vault 1 that is located
at the Qatar Software Technolog... (more)
Cloud Computing is a global phenomenon. Unlike many IT breakthroughs of the
past--such as personal computers, the World Wide Web, and SOA--which saw
their initial growth in the developed markets of North America and Western
Europe, Cloud Computing is seemingly billowing up simultaneously throughout
the world.
One of the most dynamic markets in the developing world is found in Vietnam,
where IBM has established a major presence with its global Cloud Labs and
HIPODS (High Performance on Demand Solutions) initiatives.
We were able to get ahold of Dr. Tran Viet Huan, CTO of IBM Vietnam, to
answer a few questions about Cloud Computing and IBM in his country.
This is how it went.
1. When was the IBM Cloud Lab in Vietnam created? How large is it, in terms
of number of systems, square meters, and number of employees?
The IBM Cloud Lab in Vietnam--originally called the Cloud Compu... (more)
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