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Internet Growth Means Big Changes For How Businesses Connect

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By John Curran, President and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN). When the Internet was first conceived as a better way for computers to communicate with one another, no one could predict the impact it would have on business communications. billion of them.

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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. And if you accept that premise then you have to accept that the future of the Internet will be dominated by video. But distribution is now unlimited. And global.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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The top line is available storage (S), the middle line represents processing power (following Moore’s law) or (P) and the bottom line is the Network (N). In it he asserts that the web is dying and in its ashes will see the rise of the “App Internet.” The web is dying and will be replaced by “the App Internet.”

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8 Applications You Should Hunt Down On Your Network

YoungUpstarts

However, the influx of low-cost or no-cost applications – easy to download and user-friendly – means rogue employees are failing to bring IT into the equation, despite the effect (and potential risks) these applications can pose on the network. Internet Voice. Online Gaming. Media Streaming. Social Media.

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7 Startup Proposals That May Raise Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I am wary of one more search engine provider, clones of existing social-media sites, and yet another new dating site. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. Your startup is in a high-failure-rate business sector.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. The future of the Internet is video.

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