SOA filling the Gaps

What was changed fundamentally when Google switched to its new Privacy Policy instead of multiple Policies, each policy related to a different product? Many people think that this change is the End of Google as You Know it . Some of them think that the slogan Don't be Evil should no longer be associated with the company. As you can easily guess from this post's title my opinion is different. The Problem Google is gathering a lot of information about its users.  Usage of this information could threaten these users Privacy.  The information is used by Google mainly for advertising, because its Business Model is based on optimizing the advertising to each user profile or characteristics. User Privacy could be violated not only for undesired advertisement but for other purposes.       Is Google unique? Gathering user information and analyzing it by Business Intelligence tools is a common practice. Many Web based companies like Amazon or eBay ...

In previous posts such as  Cloud Computing: Hype, Vision or Reality? ,  Hyped Cloud Technologies ,  PAAS is not Mainstream yet ,  SaaS is going Mainstream ,  Future applications: SaaS or traditional?   I discussed Cloud Computing. Recently I read  Joe McKendrick 's interesting article titled: Cloud Computing Market Hot, But How Hot? Estimates are All Over the Map Joe's views and predictions are similar to mine. However, he base his opinions on actual survey done by him, as part of his work with  Unisphere Research / Information Today Inc and on leading Analyst firms predictions. I recommend reading Joe's article.  The following bullets quote few highlights: Market Research Media ,cited  in the Bloomberg report, says the cloud market will reach $270 billion in 2020. Forrester is a tad less optimistic,  predicting  last year that the market will hit $241 billion by that time.   Research firm IDC  says...

Apple's December 2011, quarter was described by SplatF as a Monster i.e. as a very successful quarter with high revenues growth. You can see the charts in the article Apple's Monster Quarter in Charts . Is this a positive Long Term indicator? I am not sure. A company whose revenues are based on two products: iphone 53% and ipad 20% depends on these products.  Success of competing products or a major decrease of shipments of Smartphones and Tablets could be a catastrophe for Apple, if it will not be Innovative and develop new types of products.