Maurice Amzallag
Maurice has extensive experience in IT and technology, and views IT from a strategic/business perspective.
Posts by Maurice Amzallag
Survival Strategies for RIM
May 22, 2011 - 6:05 pm
Tags: android, apple, Apps, blackberry, google, rim, Smartphones, wireless carriers
Posted in 3) Tablets and Mobility | 3 comments
As illustrated in my previous post, companies adopting a closed ecosystem (eg. Apple and RIM) will find it increasingly difficult to compete against the combined R&D and marketing budgets of the Android Army. This is of concern to us for two reasons: (a) RIM is the crown jewel of the Canadian tech industry, and (b) [...]
How I Learned to Love the Cloud
May 20, 2011 - 6:51 pm
Tags: cloud storage
Posted in 6) Cloud Computing | No comments
Cloud computing is awesome and powerful, but, for now, I’m content with simple cloud storage. My love affair with the cloud started when my phone decided to die; wiping out all my contacts, notes, to-do list, text messages, etc. At that point it hit me: Why do I need to recreate and resynch my data? Why [...]
Android Army vs. Apple: Why Apple Never Had a Chance
May 19, 2011 - 2:11 am
Tags: android, apple, google, iOS, Motorola, Rogers
Posted in 3) Tablets and Mobility | 3 comments
Android’s dominance over Apple is effectively a fait accompli (see latest Neilsen data). A post-mortem, so to speak, reveals that Apple never had a chance. Although a technical and design innovator, the mighty Apple cannot withstand the ongoing onslaught from the Android Horde. It’s demise as the leading platform can be attributed to 3 factors: [...]
The “Personal” Computer is Finally Here!
April 12, 2011 - 1:11 am
Tags: PC, Personal Computer, Smartphones
Posted in 3) Tablets and Mobility | 4 comments
Have you ever considered that the PC, the Personal Computer, was never all that personal? Sure, it was more personal than a mainframe in that only one person could use it at a time, but at home it was usually accessed by the whole family, and at work it was never that “personal”. So, in [...]
Will Palm Slap HP?
May 4, 2010 - 1:30 am
Tags: apple, blackberry, iPhone, research in motion, rim
Posted in Blogging Idol 2010 Archives | 3 comments
Kudos to Elevation Partners, the private equity firm who dodged a bullet when they unloaded their 40% share of Palm in HP’s $1.2 billion buyout. This investment was widely expected to go south, so a 5% return over 2 years, a dud by any other standard, is considered quite the save. But will HP be [...]
