| Title: |
GrandCentral and the Value Added Service Network |
| Author: |
David Sprott |
| Publication Date: |
13 February 2004 |
| Report Type: |
Journal |
| Report Class: |
Vendor Insight |
| Abstract: |
The long term vision for computing is huge and virtual, software services networks. Today we can start to envision this, but to most of us Web Services, utility and on demand computing are small steps in an inevitably long evolutionary cycle. In this report we discuss what's happening at companies such as Grand Central, Salesforce.com and InsideScoop that demonstrate that in some ways we are closer to the reality of the long term vision that perhaps we realize.
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| Backgrounder: |
We reported on Grand Central Communications in July 2001. At that time Grand Central was an infrastructure play. Its vision was to provide a commoditized Web Services infrastructure stack that was more cost effective than an in-house equivalent. I spoke again with Grand Central recently, and was pleasantly surprised to hear that whilst their infrastructure stack vision is largely unchanged, their business model has become a lot more interesting. |
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