Connected Services

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"Connected Services is a must-read for telco strategists who needto get up to speed on how the world of software and the web 2. 0works." Andreas Constantinou, Research Director,VisionMobile "This book is a must read for those charged with leadinginnovation in a world of connected services where telco andInternet collide." - Jason Goecke, VP of Innovation, VoxeoLabs This book explains the common underlying technological themesthat underpin the new era of connected services in a post Web 2.0epoch In this book, the author explores the underlying technologicalthemes that underpin the new era of connected services.Furthermore, it explains how the technologies work and what makeseach of them significant, for example, the potential for findingnew meaning in data in the world of BIG DATA platforms, oftenreferred to as "No-SQL" databases. In addition, ittackles the newest areas of technology such as HTML5, Android, iOS,open source, mash-ups, cloud computing, real-time Web, augmentedreality, and more. Finally, the book discusses the opportunitiesand challenges of a connected world where both machines and peoplecommunicate in a pervasive fashion, looking beyond the hype andpromise of emerging categories of communication such as the"Internet of Things" and "Real-time Web" toshow managers how to understand the potential of the enablingtechnologies and apply them for meaningful applications in theirown world. Key Features: * Explores the common and emergent underlying technologicalthemes that underpin the new era of connected services * Addresses the newest areas of Internet technology such as weband mobile 2.0, open source, mash-ups, cloud computing, web 3.0,augmented reality, and more * Shows the reader how to understand the potential of theenabling technologies and apply them for meaningful applications intheir own world * Discusses new developments in the technological landscape suchas Smartphone proliferation, maturation of Web 2.0, increasedconvergence between mobile networks and the Internet, and soforth * Examines modern software paradigms like Software-as-as-Service(SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Network-as-a-Service(NaaS) * Explores in detail how Web start-ups really work and whattelcos can do to adopt lean and agile methods This book will be an invaluable guide for technical designersand managers, project managers, product managers, CEOs etc. atmobile operators (O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, BT), fixedoperators, converged operators and their contributory suppliernetworks (e.g. infrastructure providers). Internet providers(Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Apple, Facebook), analysts, productmanagers, developers, architects, consultants, technologyinvestors, analysts, marketing directors, business developmentdirectors will also find this book of interest.

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Paul Golding

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Business & Management Business Technology Computer Science Drahtlose Kommunikation Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Informatik Mobile & Wireless Communications Networking Netzwerk Netzwerke Unternehmenstechnologie Wirtschaft u. Management

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"I highly recommend the essential and idea filled book Connected Services: A Guide to the Internet Technologies Shaping the Future of Mobile Services and Operators by Paul Golding, to anyone in any internet, telco, business, policy making, or technology related field who seeks a clearer understanding of the rapidly changing technologies affecting the overall information and communications landscape. This book explains in detail how the underlying technologies, that drive connected services, really work in a format that is understandable and applicable for anyone with a basic knowledge of technology." (Blog Business World, 4 November 2011)
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