Cloud Computing
Google: The New Microsoft
The other day I was watching TV and saw an ad for Google Chrome. The various scenes in that ad which all had to do with Internet Marketing and cloud computing using Google Docs, made me think. With all the new tools that are coming out from Google such as Google Apps, Chrome and the Android OS for smartphones and tablets, is Google becoming the Microsoft of the 21st Century? It seems like it as just about every new mobile device not made by Apple is using the Google Android IOS. This is basically where PCs were twenty some years ago.
The other thing about Google is its dominance in the Marketing arena. All the major tools we in the Internet marketing field use are from Google. There are a few tools outside the rink, but for the most part all the decent and known solutions all are coming out of Google’s camp. The one nice thing about the solutions is that they are not under attack yet. Everyone seems to be happy with Google’s dominance in the Internet realm.
The most interesting thing will be the competition between the Android based devices and Apple’s devices. The Android based devices are all Flash friendly compared to the Apple OS devices coming out into the market. Yes, the new version of HTML might phase out the need for Flash, but does that require jumping ahead of the gun and not supporting it? Obviously Google sees the need to keep it around awhile just as Blackberry does. There are more things that I could get into about this, but this discussion is on my other blog, MyFavoriteTechie.com.
Overall, I think the products that Google has given to us have been great and more keep coming. As I said earlier, the interesting thing will be where Google goes in the future between Internet marketing and operating system development for a new generation of computing devices.
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Tags: Android, Google Analytics, Google Dos, HTML 5, HTML5 | 
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The Future of Telephony
Alexander Graham Bell new thought that his telephone invention would change the world in the way it has. The strange thing is that even though advancements have been made to his invention, it has pretty much stayed the same in how the connection is made. From the beginning, the connection was always by wire. Now, those long distance wires seem to be disappearing as we move to a wireless and Internet based world.
People, both individuals and business, have been migrating from being chained to their desk phones for hours are now relying more and more on technologies that “cut the cord” and allowing more flexibility and mobility during the day. Right now, the residential phone service market has been moving more toward depending on their mobile phones for regular usage and the land line has been taking the back seat as no one is ever around to answer it.
Businesses on the other hand, have been taking a hybrid approach. Businesses have the option of using mobile phones in addition to their traditional desk phones for the times when business leaves the office. Now, there is another newcomer in the mix, IP telephony. IP phones allow the desk phone to go mobile anywhere there is an Internet or data connection available to the user. That could be their home office or mobile smartphone.
Somehow I think that with the roll out of LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile broadband, cellular phone service and IP phone service will converge into one solution. With the increased bandwidth of LTE, data speeds will become equivalent to office and home Internet connections allowing for improved voice and video communications. If these technologies combine, there will be a definite change in the telephone from the way that Mr. Bell designed it.
Lastly, with developments in software based PBX systems in the open source market, the ability to have phone numbers for multiple geographic areas converge at one switching point will allow for people to have an inexpensive solutions to being able to be everywhere and anywhere and not miss a phone call or need multiple physical phone lines.
Posted in Cloud Computing, Telephony | Tags: Alexander Graham Bell, Business phone service, IP Telephony, Long Term Evolution, LTE, Residential phone service, Voip | No Comments »
Marketing Using Cloud Computing
One of the many benefits of cloud computing is sharing documents as marketing material. Using services like Google Docs,YouTube, Vimeo, Viddler, Box.net, Slideshare and Powershow, we have the ability to create or upload documents and video content to the service and then share them out to the general public or selected constituents.
One has to remember that without the “sharing” piece, information is just something stored somewhere. Data becomes information when it is processed and shared publicly. Therefore, by posting and sharing knowledge via virtual services otherwise known as “The Cloud” we are marketing ourselves and our products to the prospective markets available.
Remember “the cloud” is another fancy word for saving things on the Internet. When using “cloud” services you do yourself a great favor by spreading yourself out thus giving your web presence a boost by having content in various places. Other places on the “cloud” may include article directories, social networks, and comments on other blogs and bulletin boards.
