Inflection Points
Although the articles on adamalthus.com represent my personal views on the intersection of technology, policy and economics I rarely write about the personal im...
Category: Futures
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Is there a ‘can’ in your future?
In the economics of computing the most expensive resource is still the network. In scenarios where large data-sets are being processed it is almost always cheap...
The Composable Enterprise
We have witnessed a major shift over recent decades towards a digital services based economy[1]. Exponential growth in the power of information technology enhan...
The Laws of Platform Economics
The economic evolution of computing platforms appears to be guided by a number of ‘Laws’ that are independent of any specific underlying technology....
Cloud Computing: A Short Guide For The Perplexed
Over the last couple of years the term cloud computing has become become public relations shorthand for “Look, look, we’re also cool.” The exp...
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Economics and Platform Architecture (Part 3)
Part 2 of this series of articles looked at how transitioning from scarcity to an abundance of fundamental computing resources enabled the historic one-to-one r...
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Economics and Platform Architecture (Part 2)
Part I in this series of articles outlined the impact that the economics of scarcity has had on both software architectures and the structure of the computer in...
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Economics and Platform Architecture (Part 1)
The underlying economics of computing resources have always had a profound impact on development of computing architecture and in-turn the structure of the comp...
How ‘Do Not Track’ Will Transform Internet Business Models
Imagine a world where all internet browsers are required to present users with a simple question: “Do you want your online browsing activity tracked, reco...