WEEKLY
BLOG COMMENTS No. 64
DATES:
2013/05/12– 2013/03/19
ANALYST:
Domingo
Trassens
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Dear Friends:
Last week was turbulent in the political
arena. Three scandals hit Washington: Benghazi, Internal Revenue Service and AP.
The administration released a package of
electronic mails between the intelligence services and State Department
officials following the attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Republicans members of Congress accused the
IRS of discriminatory behaviors against tea-party groups.
Associated Press complained the Justice
Department has checked a group of 20 phone lines of this press agency without
previous information.
In Los Angeles, the schools are reviewing the “suspension” as a
punishing system.
A special column of Wall Street Journal
about immigration and citizenship asks “how we might change the process of
becoming an American to exclude those who hate America”. ("Swearing In the Enemy" By Ayaan
Hirsi Ali, WSJ, May 17, 2013)
Also during the week, Cisco, Dell and Google
were in the top of the headlines for different reasons. Google Glass: new buzz in
the digital world.
Russian warships are visiting the coasts of Syria in a demonstration of support of al-Assad regime.
Now I would like to share with you a series
of comments posted by myself in the WSJ Journal Community and PBS through
Twitter during the last seven days about the top news of the week.
The comments are organized in the following
sections: United
States, Europe, The World (Asia, Africa, Middle
East…), Latin America, Education and Economy, Business, Technology.
DAT
May 19, 2013
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UNITED
STATES
Opinion: This Is No Ordinary Scandal
(Columnist: Peggy Noonan)
Subject: Columnist Peggy Noonan analyzes the recent scandals that hit the federal
administration and compares them with the Watergate scandal.
My Comment: Peggy you say that the assault on the Associated Press and the IRS’s
politicization are not ordinary scandals. We can conclude that both cases
together are a perfect plot against the democratic principles of this country. (2013/05/18) 2 Recommendations
Subject: A report from CIA warns about the risks of the American embassies in some Muslim
countries.
My Comment: We have to realize that the terrorism war didn’t end despite the death of
Osama bin Laden and other enemies of America. For this reason, we have to be
alert everywhere across the world, no only in Egypt, Yemen or Libya. (2013/05/18) 2 Recommendations
Story: Swearing In the Enemy –
Part 1
Subject: The cases of naturalized citizens who hate America.
My Comment: The question “How we might change the
process of becoming an American to exclude those who hate America?” is crucial.
Really, it is incredible to think that one of the suspected Boston bombers was a naturalized citizen, and the other was on his way.
Really, it is incredible to think that one of the suspected Boston bombers was a naturalized citizen, and the other was on his way.
This kind of “flaw” of the current naturalization process
has to fixed soon if we don’t want more terrorists or extremists lighting the
American flag and spreading bombs everywhere across the country.
In connection with the subject, I would like to suggest the deployment
of a series of advanced initiatives of “integration”:
- First, to compel the
applicants to study our History in depth: all the events related to the
foundation of the country and the key milestones of the 237 years of life of
the U.S., including the way of thinking of the Founding Fathers when they wrote
the Constitution.
- Second, to require a determined period of voluntary work in functions of public services.
- Third, to
evaluate the learning of the applicant and his/her attitude during the period
of work as a volunteer.
We have to pursue a real “integration” of all the new citizens with the roots, principles and culture of the country.
If the “integration process” works properly, in the end, all who hates America will not able to hide their hatred to the country or its institutions. (2013/05/18) 5 Recommendations
We have to pursue a real “integration” of all the new citizens with the roots, principles and culture of the country.
If the “integration process” works properly, in the end, all who hates America will not able to hide their hatred to the country or its institutions. (2013/05/18) 5 Recommendations
Story: Swearing In the Enemy –
Part 2
My Comment answering
to another member who is skeptical about the possibility to improve the current
naturalization process: When you learn about the
“roots” of the country, its institutions and culture, there are two possible
reactions: love or hate.
This learning plus a period of voluntary work in public services, all together wrap a real “integration” process.
This “integration” process has to be something similar to the study of a “career” with theoretical and practical components.
All the applicants to the citizenship who really don’t have the “vocation” to join the new country, they will fall on the road: bad people and speculators.
Never should citizenship be something easy to achieve. It has to be the end a difficult learning process of the real values to be American citizen. (2013/05/18).
This learning plus a period of voluntary work in public services, all together wrap a real “integration” process.
This “integration” process has to be something similar to the study of a “career” with theoretical and practical components.
All the applicants to the citizenship who really don’t have the “vocation” to join the new country, they will fall on the road: bad people and speculators.
Never should citizenship be something easy to achieve. It has to be the end a difficult learning process of the real values to be American citizen. (2013/05/18).
Subject: Republican members of Congress criticize IRS about
the discrimination against tea-party groups.
My Comment: The news says that Steve Miller – former IRS chief
– offered few answers to the lawmakers in Congress.
In his current situation, nobody will be generous in information. His head is in the guillotine. (2013/05/17) 4 Recommendations
In his current situation, nobody will be generous in information. His head is in the guillotine. (2013/05/17) 4 Recommendations
Subject: The widow of Steve Jobs works with lawmakers for a “common-sense immigration reform”.
My Comment: It is good that Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of
Steve Jobs, is trying to work with Republicans and Democrats in Congress to
pass a “common-sense immigration reform”.
Her contribution can bring the experience of her husband who was a very
innovative entrepreneur and team leader of young people. (2013/05/17)
Opinion: Strassel: The IRS Scandal
Started at the Top (Columnist: Kimberley A. Strassel)
Subject: Columnist Kimberley A. Strassel asserts the IRS
scandal started at the top of the govenment.
My Comment: The argument that the IRS is an “independent”
agency is childish. It will not clean the responsibilities of top members of
the government involved in this scandal.
It is nearly impossible to demonstrate that the White
House is free of any accountability. (2013/05/17) 15 Recommendations
PBS-TWITTER - REPORT AIR DATE: May 15, 2013 - Boston Attacks Inspire Use
of Surveillance Cameras in Cities Nationwide
Subject: San Francisco Police values the importance of the surveillance
cameras to prevent terrorist attacks and other crimes during parades and public
events across the city.
My Comment: The surveillance cameras in big cities and crowded
places are necessary to prevent crimes and public tragedies.
However, the officers in charge of the monitoring behind the cameras
have to have the sensitivity and discerning to balance security and privacy in
a way that the normal life of the people will not be affected. (2013/05/16)
PBS-TWITTER - REPORT AIR DATE: May 15, 2013 - Republicans Demand Action,
Jail Time for Those Responsible for IRS Scandal
Subject: House Speaker John Boehner wants jail for those
responsible for IRS scandal.
My Comment: The “storm” is growing. House Speaker John Boehner
said: “Now, my question isn't about who's going to resign. My question is, who
is going to jail over this scandal?”
Both cases - IRS targeting against tea-party groups and the seizure of
journalists’ phone records - include more than one responsible. Is there enough
room in jail for all who are involved in these scandals? (2013/05/16)
Story:Benghazi Emails Released
Subject: The administration releases secret information
about the Benghazi attack.
My Comment: The real mistake in the case of
Benghazi was the ingenuous “presumption” that after the death of Osama bin
Laden, al Qaeda was dead too.
Somebody thought: “Now we don’t
need more security efforts because the devils are in hell”. And the
"ghost" of Mr. bin Laden took revenge showing to all the world that
the Americans don’t protect its interests in the right way. Huge mistake!
In the new era of the “terrorism war”, we can never assume that we are 100% safe if we are not “alert” every time and everywhere.
Now it is impossible to hide the Benghazi's mistake. (2013/05/16) 2 Recommendations
Subject: Immediately when the IRS scandal was public,
President Obama forced IRS chief to resign.
My Comment:“It looks like Mr. Miller is only the “visible
face” of a “conspiracy” against the tea-party groups.
If the administration doesn’t want more damages, it has to make a big “purge” because this crime is not only against the tea-party groups, it is against the decent citizens who believe in the institutions. (2013/05/16) 6 Recommendations
If the administration doesn’t want more damages, it has to make a big “purge” because this crime is not only against the tea-party groups, it is against the decent citizens who believe in the institutions. (2013/05/16) 6 Recommendations
PBS-TWITTER – 2013/05/14:“Obama Ponders Time Left in Office as Probes Pile
Up“
Subject: President Obama ponders his political future in
front of the current scandals.
My Comment: President Obama acts angry because he knows his
administration didn’t act well in both cases: Benghazi and IRS.
Also, he feels frustrated because he has not the “magic formula” to
change the chaotic situation of Syria. 9 Recommendations.
Subject: U.S. Navy plans to extend the use of unmanned
aircraft in surveillance and combat roles.
My Comment: The story about the unmanned X-47B used by an
aircraft carrier says: “… the Navy plans to have unmanned aircraft on each of
its carriers. They will be used at first for surveillance but later will be
armed and used in combat roles… The Navy plans to equip its drones with sensors
to intercept communications, take video and have infrared capability…”
In short time, the science fiction books about robots will be prehistoric. We are going to “robot wars”.
In this new landscape, the human
operators of the centers of commando will take similar roles as the current
human fighters. They will be war of “brains” more than battles of courage and
muscles. (2013/05/14) 2 Recommendations
My Comment: Independently of the party that is in
power, the Internal Revenue Service always has to act carefully and with
transparence.
Bad practices of a tax agency go
against key principles of any democracy. It is not right that somebody uses
taxes as a political tool. (2013/05/14) 5 Recommendations
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EUROPE
Story:Euro-Zone Recession Extends Into 2013
– Part 1
Subject: France fell into recession like other members of
the Euro-zone.
My Comment: The news says France fell into
recession. Its economy contracted 0.2% in the first three months of the 2013
after a 0.2% decline in the last quarter of 2012.
Last year, before President François Hollande won the presidential election, the signs of decline of the French economy were visible.
Last year, before President François Hollande won the presidential election, the signs of decline of the French economy were visible.
The socialist model of the
current administration cannot help to reverse the trends. Since Mr. Hollande
became president, the increase of the taxes that affect rich people generated a
“revolution” of citizenship. We can remember a list of celebrities and rich
entrepreneurs who changed their citizenship to avoid the payment of high taxes
in France. This is only a sample of the problems that Mr. Hollande faces to
reactive the economic apparatus of the country: the resistance of the people
with money to pay more taxes.
From the
other side, Peugeot-Citroen – second European car marker – during 2012 gave
evidence of the difficulties of the big manufacturers to sell their products
across the continent due to the regional crisis that hits the majority of the
countries of the EU community.
If we like to find more samples
of the gloomy panorama that Mr. Hollande confronts today, we can remember the
drama of the French Army during the Mali operations because they didn’t have
enough gasoline and their own transport aircrafts to deploy the troops and
their equipment in the African country. (2013/05/15) 2 Recommendations
Story:Euro-Zone Recession Extends Into 2013
– Part 2
My Comment answering to a member who believes China will help France now: Mr. XX, probably
you are right, but the Chinese will put their “flag” everywhere.
The Chinese are more nationalist than the current French generation. (2013/05/15) 6 Recommendations
The Chinese are more nationalist than the current French generation. (2013/05/15) 6 Recommendations
Subject: Member of the American embassy in Moscow is accused
of spying.
My Comment: The new incident with Russia confirms the meeting
between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin
was lost time. (2013/05/14) 5 Recommendations
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THE
WORLD: Asia, Middle East, Africa
Subject: Russian warships visit Syrian ports in the
Mediterranean in a demonstration of
support of al-Assad regime.
My Comment: While Russia is again in a hard position, it looks
like US lost its military initiative after the commando operation that ended
with the life of Osama bin Laden.
During the last two years, the passive reaction in the case of Benghazi plus a series of movements without clear targets have showed a negative image of our country as a power of the world. (2013/05/17) 3 Recommendations
During the last two years, the passive reaction in the case of Benghazi plus a series of movements without clear targets have showed a negative image of our country as a power of the world. (2013/05/17) 3 Recommendations
Story:American Taste for Cheap Clothes Fed
Bangladesh Boom – Part 1
Subject: According to market studies, Americans are frequent
buyers of cheap clothes from Bangladesh.
My Comment: When the tragedy doesn’t touch us directly, we
close our eyes and we say: “Oh, Poor people!”
But this “poor people” could become “angry people”. Always the bloody social revolutions start through the reaction of people who have nothing to lose. The current tragedy of Bangladesh is a serious alert. (2013/05/13)
But this “poor people” could become “angry people”. Always the bloody social revolutions start through the reaction of people who have nothing to lose. The current tragedy of Bangladesh is a serious alert. (2013/05/13)
Story:American Taste for Cheap Clothes Fed
Bangladesh Boom – Part 2
My Comment answering
to a member who is indifferent to the current situation of Bangladesh: Frequently we are insensitive from the tragedies that don't touch us
directly.
For how much more time we will continue buying the cheap clothes that come from the slavery-factories of the world? (2013/05/13) 3 Recommendations
For how much more time we will continue buying the cheap clothes that come from the slavery-factories of the world? (2013/05/13) 3 Recommendations
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LATIN AMERICA
Subject: President Evo Morales seeks a third term in charge of the the Bolivia
government with the support of Congress.
My Comment: Bolivia is in the same club of the Latin American countries where the laws
are easy to amend according to the needs of the president.
Now, President Evo Morales has the road opened to seek the third term after Congress changed the Bolivian Constitution. (2013/05/18)
Now, President Evo Morales has the road opened to seek the third term after Congress changed the Bolivian Constitution. (2013/05/18)
Subject: The death of the former Argentine president Jorge
Rafael Videla didn't close the wounds of the civil war of the 70s that bled the
South American country.
My Comment: The death of the former Argentine president Jorge
Rafael Videla gives us the opportunity to make some observations:
1) General Videla committed important mistakes as a head of the Military Committee that ruled Argentina during the bloody civil war of the 70s, but he ended his life in prison.
2) Meanwhile, the people linked with Montoneros, ERP and the terrorists of the 70s are in power today.
Till now, Justice was not Justice in Argentina. (2013/05/17) 2 Recommendations
1) General Videla committed important mistakes as a head of the Military Committee that ruled Argentina during the bloody civil war of the 70s, but he ended his life in prison.
2) Meanwhile, the people linked with Montoneros, ERP and the terrorists of the 70s are in power today.
Till now, Justice was not Justice in Argentina. (2013/05/17) 2 Recommendations
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EDUCATION
Story:Schools Rethink Suspension
– Part 1
Subject: The authorities of Los Angeles schools rethink the
suspension as a punishment system.
My Comment: It is true that the teacher needs “tools” to
manage the discipline of the class, but the “suspension” is an ambiguous tool:
1) Some students don’t care if they lose days of class
2) From the other side, the suspensions “harm” the learning of the students who are punished and the others. When in a class there are several cases of suspensions, everybody suffers the consequences, including the teacher.
Before any suspension, the teacher has to try other ways to maintain the discipline and integrate all the students into the learning of the class. (2013/05/16) 1 Recommendation
1) Some students don’t care if they lose days of class
2) From the other side, the suspensions “harm” the learning of the students who are punished and the others. When in a class there are several cases of suspensions, everybody suffers the consequences, including the teacher.
Before any suspension, the teacher has to try other ways to maintain the discipline and integrate all the students into the learning of the class. (2013/05/16) 1 Recommendation
Story: L.A. Schools Rethink Suspensions
– Part 2
My Comment: In the past, some teachers taught the students like
in a jail. We advanced a lot since those times.
However, the case of
"suspension" described in the story shows that till now there are
teachers who teach without evaluating the psychological effects of a wrong
punishment.
You cannot suspend a student because he/she didn't want to change his/her place in the classroom. (2013/05/16)
Story: L.A. Schools Rethink Suspensions
– Part 3
My Comment: The problem is that a lot of
“teachers” are not really “teachers”. They only know about a subject (math,
language, history…), but they don’t know how they have to “teach” this subject
to the students.
A teacher has to know:
1) About the subject he/she teaches
2) The methodology they have to use teaching this subject to others (the students)
3) The psychology of the others (the students). In other words, they have to know what will be the reactions of the students when they don’t understand the teaching or they don’t like the subject or the way of study.
A teacher has to know:
1) About the subject he/she teaches
2) The methodology they have to use teaching this subject to others (the students)
3) The psychology of the others (the students). In other words, they have to know what will be the reactions of the students when they don’t understand the teaching or they don’t like the subject or the way of study.
Teaching is an art that requires
a strong knowledge about psychology of the students and the learning process.
(2013/05/16)
Story:L.A. Schools Rethink Suspensions
– Part 4
My Comment: Everywhere we will find disruptive
students, but we cannot put everybody in the same basket.
In the schools, we find students with discipline problems for different reasons:
- Social and economic problems of the environment where they live;
- Family problems;
In the schools, we find students with discipline problems for different reasons:
- Social and economic problems of the environment where they live;
- Family problems;
- Health
and physical problems;
- Psychological problems;
- Hunger; (When your stomach is empty, you don’t want to learn a poem about flowers and beauty…)
- Psychological problems;
- Hunger; (When your stomach is empty, you don’t want to learn a poem about flowers and beauty…)
- Boredom,
tedium. (In the majority of the cases, the teacher is responsible of the
“boredom” of his/her classes. In other opportunities, it is the consequence of
a mistake of the advisors who recommend courses that are not appropriate for
the knowledge level of the student.)
However, at all times, the teachers have to make the best they can to avoid problems with the students who feel bored in their classes.
However, at all times, the teachers have to make the best they can to avoid problems with the students who feel bored in their classes.
For example,
why a student will put any interest to learn the equation: “a+2b=c “, if nobody
explains to him/her the possible meanings of “a”, “b” and “c”?
A lot of
teachers don’t think about the difficulty of the students to learn abstract
concepts because they don’t know enough about "student psychology" or
they don’t care if the students really learn.
We are living in a world where the statistics rule the majority of the human activities. If 8 students grade between A and B, frequently the 2 students who grade E are not relevant for the teacher. In these cases, we cannot point against the parents of the 2 students if they create discipline problems in the class.
We are living in a world where the statistics rule the majority of the human activities. If 8 students grade between A and B, frequently the 2 students who grade E are not relevant for the teacher. In these cases, we cannot point against the parents of the 2 students if they create discipline problems in the class.
Before punishing a student, the
teacher has to learn why the student creates problems in his/her class. Always
there is a reason.
The teachers are no more the “dictators” of their classes and who decided for themselves the “torture techniques” without care about the damage they produced in the psyche of the students who felt humiliated in front of the class.
The teachers are no more the “dictators” of their classes and who decided for themselves the “torture techniques” without care about the damage they produced in the psyche of the students who felt humiliated in front of the class.
The parents have obligations, the society has obligations, but the schools and teachers have obligations too. (2013/05/17)
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ECONOMY,
BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY
Subject: Google is testing a new wearable computing device
named Google Glass.
My Comment: The Google Glass is a new
digital device that could be used as an extension of the current smart-phones.
Now is the test period.
Nobody knows what will be its future as an independent device because it doesn't look like a technology milestone at the same level of the personal computers, digital tables or smart-phones. (2013/05/19)
Nobody knows what will be its future as an independent device because it doesn't look like a technology milestone at the same level of the personal computers, digital tables or smart-phones. (2013/05/19)
Subject: Dell
posted the financial results of the last three months, while it continues
dealing its future as a private computer manufacturer.
My Comment: The analysis of the figures of Dell related to its
first 2014 fiscal quarter shows us a dramatic decline in its net income: 79%
year-over-year.
In the end of the first quarter, the computer maker posted a net income of US$ 130 million, when a year ago it informed US$ 635 million.
In revenues, the fall was 2% year over year. Now it has posted US 14,074 million, when and a year ago it informed US$14,422 million.
Before the publication of the financial report, Dell announced the realignment of its global operating segments in the following groups: Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell Services, Dell Software Group, and End User Computing Group.
From the new business perspective of the company, we have the following information:
- Enterprise Solutions’ revenues grew 10%.
- Services’ revenues grew 2%.
- The software unit registered operating losses.
- The revenues of the End User Computing declined 9%.
With these elements, it is not possible to visualize a flourishing period for Dell. (2013/05/17) 1 Recommendation
In the end of the first quarter, the computer maker posted a net income of US$ 130 million, when a year ago it informed US$ 635 million.
In revenues, the fall was 2% year over year. Now it has posted US 14,074 million, when and a year ago it informed US$14,422 million.
Before the publication of the financial report, Dell announced the realignment of its global operating segments in the following groups: Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell Services, Dell Software Group, and End User Computing Group.
From the new business perspective of the company, we have the following information:
- Enterprise Solutions’ revenues grew 10%.
- Services’ revenues grew 2%.
- The software unit registered operating losses.
- The revenues of the End User Computing declined 9%.
With these elements, it is not possible to visualize a flourishing period for Dell. (2013/05/17) 1 Recommendation
Subject: After a series of warnings, Cisco Systems posted
reasonable figures related to its last financial quarter.
My Comment: Cisco posted its third-quarter financial results
with good news.
The 14% growth in profit compared year-over-year exceeded previous expectations.
Its new focus: software and services is the right direction in the current evolution of the technology industry. (2013/05/16) 1 Recommendation
The 14% growth in profit compared year-over-year exceeded previous expectations.
Its new focus: software and services is the right direction in the current evolution of the technology industry. (2013/05/16) 1 Recommendation
Subject: IDC posted a new analysis report about smart-phone
operating system market where Windows was third with 2.5% of market share.
My Comment: Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop criticizes
Android operating system, but the figures from IDC show his company continues
eating a very small portion of the smart-phone cake:
- Android: 69%
- Apple iOS: 19%
- Windows: 2.5% (Nokia Lumia phones).
Today, if you say that your software platform is the best, but your market share is only a 2.5% and in decline, something is wrong in your approach. (2013/05/15)
Story: Sharp Loss Widens to $5.36 Billion
– Part 1
Subject: Sharp posted a billionaire loss for its last fiscal
annual period.
My Comment: Some days after Panasonic, Sharp
posted an annual net loss of US$5.400 billion. What will be next?
It looks like the Japanese
business model in the electronics doesn’t work anymore. During the last two
years we read frequent negative reports from Sony, Panasonic, Sharp and others,
while Samsung, LG and the Chinese competitors continue growing.
According to different sources, the Japanese organizations are not flexible like the Koreans and Chinese.
In a world of hard competition, complicated procedures generate high operational costs and make the operations slow.
Today is not only to be in the lead with the best technology. You must to have the best prices, the best marketing and the best delivery. (2013/05/14)
Story:Sharp Plans Shake-Up as Loss Widens
to $5.35 Billion – Part 2
My Comment
answering to another member of the Journal Community who focuses Samsung as the
next victim of the hard market competition: Everybody who climbs the hill of the technology after it has arrived to
the top will have problems with the competitors that are coming behind it.
Additionally, when you arrive to the top of the "curve", the normal trend is to go down. This is part of a technical law named as "inflection point".
Depending of the behavior of the company, sometimes after the arrival to the top, a new technology period could give you the possibility to avoid the "fall".
Additionally, when you arrive to the top of the "curve", the normal trend is to go down. This is part of a technical law named as "inflection point".
Depending of the behavior of the company, sometimes after the arrival to the top, a new technology period could give you the possibility to avoid the "fall".
The analysis of this phenomenon
is pointed out by Andrew S. Grove, former Intel chairman, in a book titled "Only
The Paranoid Survive".
However, Samsung is a company different from the Japanese giants. The Koreans are more "flexible" than the Japanese in the technology business. And Samsung made before its own experience in the niche of memories.
In the case that Samsung falls
after its arrival at the top of the "curve", the new cycle will be
dominated by Chinese competitors like Huawei.
We don't have the crystal ball to know exactly who will be the new leader after the end of the current Samsung's cycle. It could be a new Samsung's second cycle.
In its profile, Samsung has components that give it more “resilience” to the difficult events and “hurdles” that everybody finds through the technology “jungle”. But I said before, perhaps the new technology period will be dominated by the top Chinese leaders. We don’t know till now… (2013/05/15)
Subject: Google CEO Larry Page revealed details of his
disease, but also informed that he will continues in charge of the company.
My Comment: All the diseases are bad but when you
know about your health problems, the most important is to learn how to reduce
to the minimum the effects of your disease and work in this direction. You
never have to think that you are a sick person.
Larry Page, Google CEO, who has
been diagnosed with vocal cord paralysis, is acting in this way. He says:
"I am feeling very lucky." and continues working on his projects.
(2013/05/14) 1 Recommendation
Subject: Strange death of U.S. engineer who was working for
a Huawei project in Singapore.
My Comment: The story about the non-clear death of
Shane Todd doesn’t give enough elements to make conclusions.
However the case is very important to follow because it could uncover details how some technology companies advance fast across the different stages of an industry through illegal transfer of technology.
Mr. Tood was an US engineer working for the Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore in a project linked with the Chinese Huawei.
However the case is very important to follow because it could uncover details how some technology companies advance fast across the different stages of an industry through illegal transfer of technology.
Mr. Tood was an US engineer working for the Institute of Microelectronics in Singapore in a project linked with the Chinese Huawei.
Probably, there are more technical people working in third
world countries in the business of illegal transfer of technology to Huawei and
other Chinese giants of the technology.
When a company grows from the
night to day in a complex technology business, we suspect non-clear movements behind
the scene. (2013/05/13)
Subject: Cisco anticipate changes in its business model.
My Comment:
The reinvention of companies
like Cisco Systems is a difficult task:
1) When Cisco began its climb to the top of the hill, a lot of its networking boxes were exclusive. Today also its “boxes” are commodity in the Chinese technology market.
2) Before “networking” and “computer systems” were two different “departments” of the information systems. Today, both are integrated and the “division” continues disappearing. Due to this circumstance, old partners of Cisco like IBM and HP are becoming its rivals.
3) Cisco grew as a “hardware” company of the networking systems. Step by step, it changed its original “profile” and entered in the software segment, but today “technology” is advanced software, applications and services. The “hardware” is losing value dramatically because the standardization of the “boxes” makes easy the exchange of devices that everybody can buy in the market of bargains.
1) When Cisco began its climb to the top of the hill, a lot of its networking boxes were exclusive. Today also its “boxes” are commodity in the Chinese technology market.
2) Before “networking” and “computer systems” were two different “departments” of the information systems. Today, both are integrated and the “division” continues disappearing. Due to this circumstance, old partners of Cisco like IBM and HP are becoming its rivals.
3) Cisco grew as a “hardware” company of the networking systems. Step by step, it changed its original “profile” and entered in the software segment, but today “technology” is advanced software, applications and services. The “hardware” is losing value dramatically because the standardization of the “boxes” makes easy the exchange of devices that everybody can buy in the market of bargains.
If Cisco wants to reinvent
itself, it has to make a huge effort in software, applications and services,
and in the “research” of complete innovative technologies. This is very
difficult for a company that grew through the continuous acquisitions of
rivals. In brief, Cisco Systems is a giant with weak feet. (2013/05/13) 7
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