Ever wondered why every US wireless carrier has a spotty coverage map? Just look at this old AT&T (then Cingular)coverage map. It turns out, wireless carriers own "spectrum" they are allocated from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and these are like "pipes" they own to provide wireless services to their voice and data customers. Naturally,Continue reading “As US mobile wireless data zooms: wireless carriers run out of spectrum”
Category Archives: Information Technology
Digital marketing logjam between organization,IT,Marketing and Ad-Agency
Digital marketing has two words and the first is digital whose legacy meaning is IT or information technology. The legacy meaning of marketing in digital marketing is about being a "peoples person", being "creative" and as this blog mentioned in a previous post – generally in favor of an open bar in any celebration!The ITContinue reading “Digital marketing logjam between organization,IT,Marketing and Ad-Agency”
As the economy turns around in 2012: re-training opportunities in the healthcare value chain
As 2011 winds down there is positive news in the quarterly jobless numbers,in real estate and the stock market. 2012 should be better than the last four years of the recession. OK it may not be boom time but there does appear to be the right signals for at least modestly better economic times aheadContinue reading “As the economy turns around in 2012: re-training opportunities in the healthcare value chain”
Where did medical transcription, tax preparation, legal documents work get outsourced? To self-service technology
Just a few years ago if you traveled in small town India you would see billboards offering medical transcription training. Students would be put through rigorous training to learn medical terms and also go through intense training to understand the American physician's accent on each of these highly technical medical terms. For the assurance wasContinue reading “Where did medical transcription, tax preparation, legal documents work get outsourced? To self-service technology”
USPS to slow down first class mail: how the Internet affects your business
First class mail at the USPS is down. In fact down from 104 Billion pieces in 2001 to 73.5 Billion pieces last year and is projected to go down to 39 Billion pieces in 2020. As a result the post office is cutting half its mail processing facilities besides planning huge cuts in deliveries andContinue reading “USPS to slow down first class mail: how the Internet affects your business”
What an 80 year old workforce means for organizations and innovation opportunities
Working till you are 80 years old is not a happy thought, particularly if you want to retire at 65 or 67. But 25% Americans think that they might have no other alternative. From an older worker's point of view not being able to retire is hard as is dealing with the stereotype of beingContinue reading “What an 80 year old workforce means for organizations and innovation opportunities”
Diffusion of discontent: Why Netflix lost only 4% customers but about 20% share value
Diffusion of innovation used to be a slow phenomenon on the positive side (seen from the organization's point of view- hey the market and product awareness is growing) till you had the Internet and social media. On the flip side of diffusion of innovation is the phenomena of diffusion of discontent which probably explains whyContinue reading “Diffusion of discontent: Why Netflix lost only 4% customers but about 20% share value”
Will Alan Krueger be able to help with the immediate employment problem?
Alan Krueger has been named to the top job of Chairing the Council of Economic Advisers. Compared to his predecessors Krueger is a far more influential academic. Influence being measured by the number of times Alan Krueger's work is cited in the academic world. To have an entire first page of Google Scholar in excessContinue reading “Will Alan Krueger be able to help with the immediate employment problem?”
Feedback is really important in the ICT Model of input-process-output
Given the interest of blog readers on the ICT model based on a past post, it’s important to emphasize the value of feedback to the inputs and process part of the ICT model. To recall the ICT (or Information Communication Technology) model is depicted as input—> process—> output with a feedback loop to input from the quality of the output as depicted in the ICT diagram above. The feedback is really important.
A town level SEC for investing in local small business
With globalization it is easier and easier to buy stocks in a variety of growth markets or in large US companies who are under pressure to turn a profit and therefore outsource jobs for lower costs. Meanwhile the most stellar small businesses have a hard time in finding small money to finance a website upgrade,Continue reading “A town level SEC for investing in local small business”