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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I had been selling large content management systems and storing documents for industrial-scale customers. At the time we viewed Amazon’s offering, EC2 as too nascent. They have built tools to store the data but also to allow 3rd-party developers to rapidly consume or even write data to their tables.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. They controlled distribution to the masses.