Mr. Hans van Rietschote

GLG News by Mr. Hans van Rietschote, Former Technical Advisor

Carriers running scared of Google (voice)

July 28, 2009

Analysis of:Apple Silences Google Voice On the iPhone | theappleblog.com

Carriers are running scared of Google entering their market with Google Voice. They are trying to block the Google Voice app for the iPhone but they don't seem to bother with the Android phones or the blackberries. Why is this?

As the Twitter security breach and Sarah Palin's email account show: passwords are evil!

July 16, 2009

Analysis of:Lessons from Twitter's security breach | news.cnet.com

Passwords are evil: they are either easy to guess or the password recovery service allows the hacker easy access, as was shown by the Twitter "security breach" and the break-in into Sarah Palin's yahoo email address. But there are companies out there solving this problem, one of them is a stealth start-up called FortKnock.

Why has Yahoo allowed themselves to become the RC Cola of search?

July 16, 2009

Analysis of:Chrome vs. Bing vs. You and Me | www.nytimes.com

Companies providing only Internet search do not have a long lifespan. Microsoft's main interest in acquiring Yahoo was not their Internet search technology but rather to use them in their fight against Google.

Less desktops being sold but more netbooks/laptops being sold, what is going on?

July 14, 2009

Analysis of:Desktop PC Sales Decline For the First Time Since 2001 | gizmodo.com

PC desktop sales in Q1 2009 declined 8.1% compared to Q1 2008. And this is not due to the recession because sales of notebook PCs (laptops and netbooks) are up 11.7% for the same quarter.  So what is going on?

US and Europe joining to fight cyber crime?

July 13, 2009

Analysis of:U.S. and Europe Jointly Establish Cyber-Crime Force | online.wsj.com

From the headline in this article it sounds like the US and Europe are joining in a anti cyber crime task force. However if you read the details then it become clear that this is not really a giant project that will "prevent identity theft, computer hacking and other computer-based crime".

SharedBand: a UK start-up solving the main issues with using The Cloud: availability and capacity

July 13, 2009

Analysis of:SharedBand Service Plan Details | us.sharedband.com

There are two main problems with when using "The cloud": availability and capacity (bandwidth). Once your Internet connection goes down or slows to a trickle due to capacity limitations you will wish you never got rid of your local data and application. But help is on the way in the form of a UK start-up called SharedBand.

Here is why Google making its own operating system

July 10, 2009

Analysis of:Hardware makers support Google OS | news.bbc.co.uk

Google is doing everything possible to glue people's eyeballs to their web pages. In doing so they compete with Microsoft who is also trying to glue people's eyeballs to their web properties while at the same time trying to guarantee the survival of their desktop revenue.

Dell providing free consultancy to boost sales of their PowerVault DL2000

July 1, 2009

Analysis of:Dell puts customers on fast track to storage efficiency | www.nationmultimedia.com

The backup market is competitive and at the same time very sticky, meaning once customers buy a backup solution they will stick with it. This means that the only place for growth is in the SMB space where customers are shopping for price. De-duplication is a great cost savings features so very attractive to the SMB customer.

Cisco slowly making strategy changes as the world moves to cloud services

July 1, 2009

Analysis of:Cisco Won't Take on Amazon in Cloud | www.pcworld.com

Cisco is realizing that over time more and more of their current customers will be moving to cloud based services, but unlike others they will not provide cloud "capacity" instead focusing on Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings and the "tools" needed to run an efficient cloud offering.

Waiting for the iPhone app that can target ads specifically to the individual user

June 30, 2009

Analysis of:AdMob Report: Apple Gains in Mobile Usage | theappleblog.com

It looks like the iPhone is not just another smart phone. iPhones (and the non phone version the iTouch) are responsible for 70% of the 3.8 billion ad views done in the USA by smart phones. Worldwide the iPhone does 31.4% of a total of 8 billion ad views. So isn't it about time to target ads to the iPhone specifically?

Is Google going to use their dark fiber to create a competing voice network?

June 29, 2009

Analysis of:Internet Telephony: Google Voice | www.pcmag.com

PC magazine did their typical in-depth review of Google Voice and found it to be very good. The only thing missing they said is consistent call quality. And as others have pointed out before it will be hard for Google to control this quality, or will it?

Intel and Nokia working togehter to create the laptop and smart phone successor

June 29, 2009

Analysis of:Nokia and Intel Look to the Future of Mobile Devices | www.wirelessweek.com

Intel and Nokia are working together to create a new "device" that will not only be the successor to the laptop but also to the smart phone. This new product will have all the advantages of the smart phone and all the advantages of the laptop/netbook.

Vodafone and AT&T improving in-home mobile reception to boost revenues

June 24, 2009

Analysis of:Vodafone promises indoor mobile signal boost | www.v3.co.uk

More and more people are starting to realize that mobile phones are much more practical than the old fashioned "land line phone". With a mobile phone you are always reachable and a mobile phone has a built-in address book unlike the land line where you have to look up the number (on your mobile phone!) before you can dial it.  Given the almost limitless number of minutes that cell phone plans provide these days, it seems to make sense to abandon the land line. However one problem remains: the cell phone reception inside homes is not always perfect. 

AT&T getting ready for 3G data battle with VERIZON, while improving service for their iPhone subscribers

June 24, 2009

Analysis of:AT&T to Unfurl 3G Access in 850MHz to Enhance Coverage | www.phonescoop.com

AT&T is adding major 3G data capacity to its network for several reasons: one to better serve the (new) iPhone subscribers who are all major users of the data network; two to be ready for when the iPhone users start using the tethering feature (where you can use the iPhone to connect your laptop to the Internet) and three be be ready for battle with VERIZON, who still has the better, more capable data network in the USA.

Why Dell shouldn't buy Palm, but go with Android

June 19, 2009

Analysis of:Why Dell should buy Palm | www.computerworld.com

I agree with the author of the original article that DELL should have a smart phone offering like all other PC vendors, however Palm is the wrong choice for DELL. DELL has gotten to where they are by making reliable laptops, desktops and servers, that are priced better than their competition. DELL's whole culture is based on efficient manufacturing of no frills computers, Palm's culture is all about design, those two cultures do not work well together.

Google Voice offering will make Google a serios telecom player

June 18, 2009

Analysis of:Google Voice secret weapon: number portability | hvrietsc.blogspot.com

Google Voice the VOIP service of Google has lots of interesting features, is well integrated with the rest of the Google services and offers competitive international calling rates. So once it is out of beta and available to the general public it will make Google a serious player in the telecom arena.

Cloud services need lots of bandwidth, can we get enough?

June 18, 2009

Analysis of:Replify an interesting start up that can boot your cloud applications | hvrietsc.blogspot.com

Bandwidth is neither free nor readily available in a lot of places in the world. So in order for cloud based services to really be usable we need to use bandwidth improvement products such as the one from Replify. When will big companies pushing for cloud based services start noticing small companies like this?

Windows 7, Microsoft's latest Operating System has lots going for it, but it will not revive sluggish PC sales

June 15, 2009

Analysis of:Can windows 7 save the PC market? | hvrietsc.blogspot.com

Microsoft's latest Operating System called Windows 7 (Win7) has lots going for it: new features,  better performance, greener, easier to use etc, but its scheduled release this fall will not significantly boost PC sales. Consumers are not ready to spend extra money while we are in a recession, and more and more consumers are moving to "doing it all in the browser" or cloud computing as the experts call it. Plus with the current smart phones like the iPhone from Apple they are needing a "real" PC less and less.

Can we really protect ourselves when on the Internet?

June 15, 2009

Analysis of:What are the most dangerous seearch terms on the Internet? | hvrietsc.blogspot.com

Internet threats like Phishing, man-in-the-browser attacks, and keyloggers are all terms that might sound scary (or not) to the average computer users, but what they do not realize is how vunerable they are when they are simply "surfing the web". Did you know that a certain set of viruses exists that are only detectable when they are running inside your corporate LAN (in other words when it is too late)? How can IT departments protect themselves from undetectable viruses?

Why is Symantec partnering with HP for their online backup service?

June 11, 2009

Analysis of:HP to sell Symantec backup service on consumer PCs by Reuters: Yahoo! Tech | tech.yahoo.com

In the consumer security market it is all about getting your product onto the PC before the consumer buys it. So it is essential for a consumer security company like Symantec to partner with the laptop and desktop manufacturers like HP. It also explains why McAfee is hoping to woo the contract away from Symantec.

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