Another company is following the Google trend in creating a value for free on the net in order to attract more eyeballs for a paid service that is already established.
viatalkfree.com is another service that comes to clients without stealing their personal information or pushing them to register and get scammed with a lot of newsletters.
You can come to the site, no login, no registration and get 10 minutes of free talk.
The shortcoming are not that many but worth of mentioning. There is help or instructions on the format of the numbers and what is allowed or what is working. For example, I could not use it with international numbers. I expect this to be blocked but it would be nicer to have a list of countries that one can call.
In not nice to see people getting back the internet?
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Google in the Entreprise: Postini and Sugar??
Official Google Blog: Welcome, Postini team
A lot of analysts felt the threat that Google is brining into Microsoft main segment (Desktop Applications). With Postini Google got 10 million enterprise users for $625M only which means $62.5/user which less than 20% of what TD bank is paying to acquire a new individual client.
Is this a real threat to Microsoft? Not currently because this company is very small compared to the behemoth that Microsoft represents. However this is a sign only that Google has been working into this market for a while shopping for correct targets. Based on my experience when I was following the IT acquisition of Google, I expect that the huge shot is on the way and we would see Google putting at least $2 billions to acquire one of the most successfully enterprise management startups.
Why?
Google put $1.5 for Youtube which did not have a clear revenue model. So imagine how much they would pay for a company that would bring at least a billion dollar yearly.
Why I expect Google to acquire Sugar CRM?
Simple, Google is supporting a lot of the open source activities and Sugar has established its position is the throat cutting market of CRM applications. The beauty of CRM is the coherence with Google in the development culture and the coincidence that it is aligned with the line of business Google is targeting.
When this might happen?
I expect it to jump up around early 2008.
A lot of analysts felt the threat that Google is brining into Microsoft main segment (Desktop Applications). With Postini Google got 10 million enterprise users for $625M only which means $62.5/user which less than 20% of what TD bank is paying to acquire a new individual client.
Is this a real threat to Microsoft? Not currently because this company is very small compared to the behemoth that Microsoft represents. However this is a sign only that Google has been working into this market for a while shopping for correct targets. Based on my experience when I was following the IT acquisition of Google, I expect that the huge shot is on the way and we would see Google putting at least $2 billions to acquire one of the most successfully enterprise management startups.
Why?
Google put $1.5 for Youtube which did not have a clear revenue model. So imagine how much they would pay for a company that would bring at least a billion dollar yearly.
Why I expect Google to acquire Sugar CRM?
Simple, Google is supporting a lot of the open source activities and Sugar has established its position is the throat cutting market of CRM applications. The beauty of CRM is the coherence with Google in the development culture and the coincidence that it is aligned with the line of business Google is targeting.
When this might happen?
I expect it to jump up around early 2008.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Canada and Quebec Days
Coming from the middle east, I can understand the separation syndromes that people would have when they think that their national directions can not go with the path of the confederacy. Arabs themselves had a lot of national splits and units.
However, the issue in Canada is different because there is not much linkage between the diverse groups that constitutes each province and the country in general. Though, Quebecers are still praising the idea of having a "souverain" country for themselves.
Immagive that the closest neighbour of US having their own territory with all the tension between the Quebecers and their South neighbours. I do not think G.W. Bush is going to spare any chance to invade the new territory to promote his own Texan Democracy. I bet that Condy would love to come and take over the rules in Quebec as well.
On Canada day, I would love to praise the Quebec love for freedom and liberty. However, I think that what Canada and Quebec needs more is to look down the road to get rid of the debt being accumulated and establish a solid relations for a win win situations for both of them. Quebec might be able to survive out of Canada but it would be hard to sustain the same level of luxury.
However, the issue in Canada is different because there is not much linkage between the diverse groups that constitutes each province and the country in general. Though, Quebecers are still praising the idea of having a "souverain" country for themselves.
Immagive that the closest neighbour of US having their own territory with all the tension between the Quebecers and their South neighbours. I do not think G.W. Bush is going to spare any chance to invade the new territory to promote his own Texan Democracy. I bet that Condy would love to come and take over the rules in Quebec as well.
On Canada day, I would love to praise the Quebec love for freedom and liberty. However, I think that what Canada and Quebec needs more is to look down the road to get rid of the debt being accumulated and establish a solid relations for a win win situations for both of them. Quebec might be able to survive out of Canada but it would be hard to sustain the same level of luxury.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
WiMax in Montreal. Felicitations
Finally Montreal is going to have its own wide wireless network that should cover the whole island by 2009. In 2 years, we would get rid of the many cables still wondering around the rooms and the bundle of devices attached to our wall outlets.
A WiMax would simple provide extreme mobility at the same speed Videotron or Bell Sympatico are providing.
Would this have any effect on the way e-business is being run in Montreal? It should and this should be implemented and supported as soon as possible because the Entrepreneurship spirits in Montreal are dying down. One of the many reasons for this weakening is the high cost of communications in Quebec in General because of low competition.
On the other hand, Telus is willing to bite BCE in order to shake the lucrative wireless markets in Canada and rip all the synergies of the latest baby Bell operating on its own in North America.
A WiMax would simple provide extreme mobility at the same speed Videotron or Bell Sympatico are providing.
Would this have any effect on the way e-business is being run in Montreal? It should and this should be implemented and supported as soon as possible because the Entrepreneurship spirits in Montreal are dying down. One of the many reasons for this weakening is the high cost of communications in Quebec in General because of low competition.
On the other hand, Telus is willing to bite BCE in order to shake the lucrative wireless markets in Canada and rip all the synergies of the latest baby Bell operating on its own in North America.
Friday, June 01, 2007
What is Life about?
I found this in the signature of someone and I liked it.
What do you think?
Imagining
Dreaming
Envisioning
Discovering
Educating
Empowering
Inspiring
Achieving
Succeeding
Renewing
Protecting
Celebrating..
In other words, making a difference...that's what life's about.
What do you think?
Imagining
Dreaming
Envisioning
Discovering
Educating
Empowering
Inspiring
Achieving
Succeeding
Renewing
Protecting
Celebrating..
In other words, making a difference...that's what life's about.
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