Stories I Found Of Interest (weekly)

• Friday Charts: The Death Of TV, Annoying Politicians And The Most Unexpected Economic Stimulus Plan - Seeking Alpha

  • every penny of lower gas prices per gallon yields $1 billion in economic stimulus, according to Deutsche Bank's Joe LaVorgna.
  • Meanwhile, the 800-pound gorilla in the online streaming industry,
  • So for every one American who ditched cable TV, almost two signed up for Netflix. The investment implications couldn't be clearer: Go short cable television and long video streaming.

• 10 Trends for 2014 and Beyond | JWT Intelligence

  • ● Executive Summary
     ● Immersive Experiences
     ● Do You Speak Visual?
     ● The Age of Impatience
     ● Mobile As a Gateway to Opportunity
     ● Telepathic Technology
     ● The End of Anonymity
     ● Raging Against the Machine
     ● Remixing Tradition
     ● Proudly Imperfect
     ● Mindful Living

• Evolve or Die: 5 New Service Areas You Should Be Looking At - Technibble

  • Evolve or Die: 5 New Service Areas You Should Be Looking At

• Wipro - Press Releases > 'Hybrid Cloud is the New Normal', says Wipro-Cisco Joint Study

  • IT decision-makers report great interest in using IaaS in a hybrid cloud approach to complement on premises capacity, rather than replace it, and are planning for the impact that it will have on network operations and spending. While a hybrid approach promises cost savings and significant gains in IT and business flexibility, some concerns remain around how to manage and integrate on-premises infrastructure with cloud services in a hybrid cloud architecture.

     

    The study notes that 60% of the respondents believe virtualization will be the primary technology over the next 12 months. Banking, financial services and insurance companies strongly recognize the link between virtualization and private/hybrid cloud enablement with 97% of those surveyed highlighting this aspect.

• Richard Bernstein's 10 Themes For 2014 - Business Insider

  • RICH BERNSTEIN: These 10 Themes Will Be The Big Market Stories Of 2014

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