The Agile Manager
JULY 31, 2020
Even as the pandemic hits sales, [automakers] need to pour vast sums into developing electrical vehicles - with absolutely no guarantee of success. -- FT Lex, July 29, 2020 Socioeconomic systems in transition are impossible to navigate. At the same time that the old order is in collapse, the keys to the new order are very difficult to forge.
All Things Distributed
APRIL 5, 2012
Customer Conversations - How Intuit and Edmodo Innovate using Amazon RDS. From tax preparation to safe social networks, Amazon RDS brings new and innovative applications to the cloud. Empowering innovation is at the heart of everything we do at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Whats unique and innovative about your service?
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All Things Distributed
JUNE 20, 2017
In 2008, AWS opened a point of presence (PoP) in Hong Kong to enable customers to serve content to their end users with low latency. They chose to use AWS in order to focus on developing their platform, instead of managing infrastructure. They believe that they have reduced development time from 20 to 30 percent by having done so.
All Things Distributed
MAY 8, 2012
Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. Managing databases has been a stumbling block for many of our customers, shifting their time away from developing innovative applications to the â??muckâ?? Amazon RDS currently supports SQL Server 2008 R2 and plans to add support for SQL Server 2012 later this year. Comments ().
The Agile Manager
APRIL 30, 2020
Both the financial and real economies have suffered quite a few shocks in the last 20 years: the dot-com bubble bursting (2000); September 11 (2001); the Great Recession (2008); and today in 2020 the COVID-19 crisis is wreaking economic havoc. It was much different in 2008.
The Agile Manager
MAY 31, 2020
A small merchant wanting to do more business digitally didn't have the balance sheet to finance development of digital capabilities, let alone drive consumer behavior change to use those capabilities. From a certain point of view, a lot of banks were nationalized by governments in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
The Agile Manager
APRIL 28, 2008
Because capital is globally mobile, markets must innovate to remain competitive. Financial markets are innovating at a fast clip. Principle-based regulation posits that compliance with best practices is the best way to facilitate innovation while retaining transparency. Rules can't be written as quickly as markets evolve.
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