Prada did it with Miu Miu; Dolce & Gabbana with D&G Now Verizon’s $1.4 billion purchase of Terremark applies a business model from the catwalk to cloud computing: The launch of a ‘diffusion’ line. Diffusion lines – affordable merchandise from luxury labels – are big business in fashion. Correctly marketed, they create a virtuous circle of demand between couture and main street buyers, and expand a designer’s overall revenues through direct sales and licensing deals. […]
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Based on the work I have been doing in cloud computing Europe, Asia/Pacific, and North America, people have been regularly asking me the questions, “How are attitudes towards cloud computing different in Europe?” and “How has cloud adoption differed in Europe from it’s adoption in the United States?” In fact, I was asked back in September to write a blog on the differences I have seen in cloud adoption in Europe versus my experience in […]
Businesses are rapidly switching on to the benefits a hosted private branch exchange (PBX) – or switchboard – environment. That’s according to Graeme Victor, CEO of telecommunications solutions company Du Pont Telecom, who says several organizations have already adopted the new technology that aims to expand voice-over-Internet protocol (VOIP). Victor says with the growth and maturation of the data networks and the changes in the interconnect agreements, it is now possible to run a company’s […]