Comments on: Web Services — Who’s Next? http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/ Doug Kaye's Weblog Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan Mahoski http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/comment-page-1/#comment-27422 Ryan Mahoski Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:19:27 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/#comment-27422 AWS will likely encounter Gperil. Google's distributed server farms are a potential EC2 threat. Gmail is a watered-down version of S3, to jump-start: loosen the file size restriction from 10MB to 5GB, strengthen Google Checkout security with secret keys, and Gbrand. Its dark fiber binge makes Google (now the world's largest owner or controller of fiber bandwidth) the net's de facto speed daemon so why wouldn't Google open APIs to spare Hz and GB? Gturk could impress more than a few requesters with ajaxy flowcharting (i.e., Yahoo Pipes + Coghead), etc. If Amazon enjoys strong patent protection, threats to AWS might even come from foreign startups. It's conceivable that bitorrent could compete with S3 if nodes somehow became motivated to reliably host strangers' encrypted data. A non-US based Mturk imitation could weaken Amazon's (not to mention oDesk's) market share if it: reverse engineered the Mturk API, provided tax cover for workers and undercut the 10% requester fee. AWS will likely encounter Gperil. Google’s distributed server farms are a potential EC2 threat. Gmail is a watered-down version of S3, to jump-start: loosen the file size restriction from 10MB to 5GB, strengthen Google Checkout security with secret keys, and Gbrand. Its dark fiber binge makes Google (now the world’s largest owner or controller of fiber bandwidth) the net’s de facto speed daemon so why wouldn’t Google open APIs to spare Hz and GB? Gturk could impress more than a few requesters with ajaxy flowcharting (i.e., Yahoo Pipes + Coghead), etc.

If Amazon enjoys strong patent protection, threats to AWS might even come from foreign startups. It’s conceivable that bitorrent could compete with S3 if nodes somehow became motivated to reliably host strangers’ encrypted data. A non-US based Mturk imitation could weaken Amazon’s (not to mention oDesk’s) market share if it: reverse engineered the Mturk API, provided tax cover for workers and undercut the 10% requester fee.

]]> By: Kevin J. http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/comment-page-1/#comment-27214 Kevin J. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:34:10 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/#comment-27214 Most notably, you left out possibly the largest player in this space, the Sun Grid (http://www.sun.com/service/sungrid/index.jsp). Most notably, you left out possibly the largest player in this space, the Sun Grid (http://www.sun.com/service/sungrid/index.jsp).

]]> By: Craig http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/comment-page-1/#comment-25695 Craig Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:04:54 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/#comment-25695 A pile of Sun shipping containers. :) I'd suggest to Jeff that Amazon should buy Vertica, complete the stack, distribute globally and forget about the competition until Google joins the party. A pile of Sun shipping containers. :) I’d suggest to Jeff that Amazon should buy Vertica, complete the stack, distribute globally and forget about the competition until Google joins the party.

]]> By: Bryce http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/comment-page-1/#comment-25666 Bryce Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:18:05 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/#comment-25666 You can expect every web hosting company to eventually go after Amazon. For S3 especially, the gross margins on data transfer are huge and the storage side ain't bad either assuming a 3-5 year useful life. You can expect every web hosting company to eventually go after Amazon. For S3 especially, the gross margins on data transfer are huge and the storage side ain’t bad either assuming a 3-5 year useful life.

]]> By: Moss http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/comment-page-1/#comment-25627 Moss Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:11:16 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/#comment-25627 Don't discount Microsoft just because of LAMP lack; remember they get SW licenses for "free". IBM has the experience, but can they cut the margins to compete? Any system vendor can build the boxes, so add Dell. Storage is an important cost contributor, so add EMC, especially with VMware to leverage, but probably as a team play (with Dell?). Don't overlook the large presence of a computer-savvy retailer like Wal-Mart or Target. Maybe one of the not-so-Baby Bells will step up, or Best Buy/Speakeasy. Don’t discount Microsoft just because of LAMP lack; remember they get SW licenses for “free”. IBM has the experience, but can they cut the margins to compete? Any system vendor can build the boxes, so add Dell. Storage is an important cost contributor, so add EMC, especially with VMware to leverage, but probably as a team play (with Dell?). Don’t overlook the large presence of a computer-savvy retailer like Wal-Mart or Target. Maybe one of the not-so-Baby Bells will step up, or Best Buy/Speakeasy.

]]> By: Jon Chase http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/comment-page-1/#comment-25620 Jon Chase Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:45:30 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2007/03/28/web-services-whos-next/#comment-25620 eBay or Yahoo come to mind. eBay or Yahoo come to mind.

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