VEMBU BLOG
March, 2009
Individual innovations will lift us out of this economic calamity – not government doles
While searching randomly on the web I came across my own interview by a blogger on Indian startups. That interview was done little more than a year ago. A couple of things I had said was pertinent to the post “Where Are the Innovators When You Need Them?” by Joe Panettieri of MSPmentor.
Here is the link to my interview: http://desistartups.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/interview-with-vembu-by-prabhu/
To quote myself from the interview:
“The truth is that I am not really an early adopter of anything….. Also, I would like to call myself more of an incremental innovator with a lot of
Tags: Central Planning, Economic Calamity, Government Dole, Innovation, Recession
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HP shutters its Upline online data backup service – Why commoditized online backup service is not a sustainable business
I was contacted by ChannelWeb to comment on HP’s decision to shutter their Upline online data backup business. The gist of what I commented was carried in the article “HP To Shutter Upline Online Storage Backup Service” by ChannelWeb’s Senior Editor Joseph F. Kovar. I felt it’s a good idea to post here my full comments along with my view about commodity online backup services like Carbonite and EMC’s Mozy.
Hope these are not perceived as just wishful thinking on my part. My comments are based on our experience supporting more than 1000 partners offering backup services … Read the rest
Tags: Commodity Storage, HP Upline, IT support, MSP, Online Backup, Sustainable Business, VAR
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