Monthly Archives: February 2013

Rackspace Hosting: brief competitive strategy analysis

Posted on February 28, 2013 by berkeleythoughttrain

Cloud computing is a very competitive market with the main competition coming from AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink (via acquisition of Qwest in 2010), Softlayer and British Telecom. Key success factors for a provider of cloud computing services a)    Niche market b)   … Continue reading →

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Congruence testing approach to security architecture

Posted on February 20, 2013 by berkeleythoughttrain

From management literature (Tushman & O’Reilly), the congruence-based problem solving is a method to quickly and accurately identify the root cause of performance or opportunity gaps. In the context of security architecture, the congruence model can be applied to creating … Continue reading →

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Maximizing profits when demand is known

Posted on February 9, 2013 by berkeleythoughttrain

Maximizing Profits When Demand is Semi-Log We want to maximize profits, or (P-MC)*Q. Our demand function is given as ln(Q) = aP + b. To get Q from ln(Q), we use the exponential function (since e^ln(x) = x): e^lnQ = e^(aP+b) … Continue reading →

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