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The Two-Pizza Rule and Other Reasons Why Small Teams Are Better Great software products are built by teams, not by individuals, even though the team size may vary. Anuj Magazine looks at the Two-Pizza Rule, coined by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and whether a large or small team size is ideal for optimal software delivery. |
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The Toothbrush Test and Other Reasons Tech Companies Make Acquisitions Acquisitions made by technology companies always seem to pique curiosity. Anuj Magazine looks at what goes into a company's decision to acquire another company and highlights recent acquisitions made by major technology companies—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. |
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Leveraging the Voices of Users: Amazon vs. Hachette Publishing Users are familiar with helping organizations by providing references, but Amazon is now leveraging them in an unprecedented way. In building its case against Hachette Publishing, Amazon has sent an open letter to its readers and authors appealing to them to write to Hachette's CEO. |
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Walmart versus Amazon: What We Can Learn about E-Commerce Walmart, Amazon's largest retail competitor, is taking on the e-commerce giant with a newly designed website aimed at attracting new shoppers with an improved user experience. By examining both companies' usability tactics, you can learn a lot about what people like in their online shopping options. |
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From Jeff Bezos—A Valuable Lesson on Competition Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently addressed a group of children at an elementary school. There was was one particularly interesting sound bite: "Who succeeds at Amazon? Explorers and pioneers. Who fails? Those who focus on killing our competitors." Here's why you shouldn't obsess over competition. |
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Can Amazon Thrive in the Smartphone Market? From its start as a book seller to a one-stop shop to its leadership in complex technologies and cloud computing, the one area that the world has eagerly anticipated Amazon branching into is smartphones. And now it's official—Amazon will be releasing its smartphone later this year. |
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Is Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) Right for Your Organization? Desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) solves the end-users' need to be able to access the desktop and its applications while being mobile. Amazon, Citrix, and VMware are actively joining the DaaS bandwagon. Anuj Magazine examines the appeal of DaaS and identifies end-users' needs served by DaaS offerings. |
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Strong Competition in Cloud Computing Means the End User Wins Cloud computing continues to grow in leaps and bounds. Although Amazon had quite a bit of a lead early on, a lot of competition—from commercial players such as Google and Microsoft as well as open source contenders—has made a strong competitive market. These choices mean the end user benefits. |
