Persbericht: The METISfiles Nieuwe Kennispartner Dutch Hosting Providers Association

  Leidschendam, 7 juli 2016 – Per 1 juli 2016 is onderzoeks- en adviesbureau The METISfiles kennispartner van Dutch Hosting Provider Association (DHPA). Met deze samenwerking krijgen deelnemers en partners van DHPA met regelmaat inzicht in markttrends. Het gaat om ontwikkelingen op gebied van hosting, cloud en IT & communicatie in het algemeen en er […] Read more »

BMC Walks the Walk But Can It Talk the Talk?

Earlier this month The METISfiles joined BMC’s analyst conference in London. Some analysts had a vague memory of the last BMC analyst meeting about 7 years ago but nobody was really sure. The reason is probably the fact that, after BMC was taken private in 2013, it took them 2 years to restructure the company […] Read more »

The EU’s Digital Economy and Society Index: Reasons to be Cheerful?

February 2016 The European Commission released a press bulletin on the digital state of its European members. Apparently The Netherlands climbed two positions on the European digital ladder and now holds a second place after Denmark. Reasons to be cheerful? Figure 1: Pillars of DESI and IDI The index is based on 5 pillars: Connectivity, […] Read more »

Pork Cycle Logic

Every economist knows that there is a delay between an investment decision and the time it is delivering results. And when things look good, investing seems the right thing to do. So if prices of pork are high, pork producers all want to profit from it and start to invest in their pork production capacity. […] Read more »

If You Have a Hammer Everything Looks Like a Nail

While most of the EMC news is about the takeover by Dell and what to do with VMware, EMC still has a business to run. Part of running a business is to let everyone know you are still very relevant. That is of course the task of marketing operations and is usually done by pushing […] Read more »

Shifting From KWh to Mbps

Not so long ago triple play (3P) sounded like the ultimate thing. Subscriptions that offered the combination of Internet access, TV and telephony in one bundle  were the way to go. The ease of doing businesses, the discount, and just one provider to complain to. Obviously, not long after, 3P providers started to offer quadplay […] Read more »