Core Infrastructure by Yi-Jian Ngo

July 2008 - Posts

• 02:13 AM Wednesday, July 30, 2008
  Jul 30 Wed

  Horses, Roads and Online Video Infrastructure

  During my first drive into Boston many years ago, it didn’t take me long to get hopelessly lost. I later learned that the labyrinthine road system was not in fact an elaborate trap for hapless outsiders, but owed its legacy to a time when horses were Read More...
  Filed under: p2p video, content distribution network, video delivery, video distribution

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• 12:50 PM Wednesday, July 23, 2008
  Jul 23 Wed

  Fishing on LinkedIn

  Won’t it be neat to know which customers your competitors are calling on? Or perhaps the number of salespersons they have in a particular geography? How about the technical details of that “top secret” product they’re developing? You would think that Read More...
  Filed under: Security, compliance, linkedin

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• 01:18 AM Thursday, July 17, 2008
  Jul 17 Thu

  Cloud Federation

  Chinese mythology is replete with deities that ride clouds up into the heavens. Many startups similarly seeking nirvana on the back of cloud infrastructure have found their ascent rudely interrupted . It seems unlikely that any single cloud infrastructure Read More...
  Filed under: Startup, Entrepreneur, eucalyptus, cloud

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• 02:56 AM Wednesday, July 09, 2008
  Jul 09 Wed

  3 Success Factors for Auto Startups

  Purveyors of plush mattresses are quick to point out that since you spend 8 hours per day on their product, their eye watering prices are fully justified. Rarely mentioned is the fact that you’re unconscious for most of those 8 hours. Less well known Read More...
  Filed under: Entrepreneur, consumer mobile, car startup, auto startup

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• 02:40 AM Wednesday, July 02, 2008
  Jul 02 Wed

  Lanchester's Laws for Startups

  Interesting rule of thumb based on military operational research performed by Frederick Lanchester during World War I: If you’re trying to enter an existing market where the dominant player has greater than 40% market share, you will need to spend at Read More...
  Filed under: Startup, Entrepreneur, segmentation, lanchester

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