[NTLUG:Discuss] Things, they are a changing

[Robert Pearson]

FYI only...
Several weeks ago I read a brief article about using two cell phones
to send Content over a Wireless link. Since then I have been thinking
about what is wrong with the Storage picture again and much more
intently. I have felt the vendors are what is wrong with Storage for a
long time. They have no idea what people really want in Storage. Just
like I thought American automobile makers had no idea what people
really wanted in an automobile. The Japanese proved me right on that
one. Maybe Scandinavia knows something we don't?
Why did this image of two tiny cell phones sending high resolution
Content peak my interest?
First I thought, "Well, we will just replace all our expensive Storage
infrastructure with hundreds, or thousands, or millions of cell phones
with preprogrammed calling". Sort of reminded me of the "good old
days" of Storage when everything was DAS (Direct Attached Storage) and
networking was "sneaker net". But my prayers for enlightenment and
guidance have been answered, even though I really didn't pray. Nokia
will light the way for the Future of Storage. My guess is that email,
as we know it, has less than three years to live.
It is possible that Nokia won't get it right and lead the way but they
have opened the door. We will be going through that door in a hurry
and not looking back. It took the Japanese automakers some time and
competition to get automobiles right.

=== Nokia launches wireless content solution  =================================

Contributed by Mahendra Hora
Monday, 25 October 2004

Nokia, one of the leading brands in mobile technologies, has launched
a new wireless content solution that will prove to be beneficial to
many consumers worldwide.

The solution, Preminet, will deliver and transport certified content
for mobile devices over a specified network for consumers, similar to
music streaming, but only for mobile content and mobile devices.

This will allow Nokia to enter the Networks' business and generate
higher sales revenue from a different line of business.

"This is essentially a hosted open-service model for Java and Symbian
software from Nokia with a master catalog, a service delivery platform
and an optional purchasing client application. We want to remove
barriers to the take-up of content by end-users as a way of driving
revenue, not only through the sale of content but the sale of
replacement handsets as users upgrade their phones to ones that can
handle rich content," said Steen Thygesen, Director, Platform
Solutions, Forum Nokia.

Nokia's technology is built using Java and Symbian code for
reliability and scalability. The service will allow consumers to
transfer applications such as games and other programs for their
mobile devices. They will also be able to transfer various file
formats over Nokia's networks.

Nokia said, it will work with operators to carry this service in the
near future. The company has already launched the Preminet service
worldwide and expects to finish the commercial deployment by the end
of November 2004.

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