Thats a good suggestion.....am thinking.....n thinking.....
Regards
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:42 AM, James Kagwe <kagwejg@gmail.com> wrote:
May I suggest that we develop a catalog for all working cloud
services and providers in Kenya. I guess this will make possible for
people to use Kenya as this "cloud" wave sweeps. I have a feeling
that we have most of what
we need locally. Only that each one of us with the service is
keeping quiet hoping that people will miraculously learn about it.
James
On 11/22/2011 11:56 PM, bernard kioko wrote:
@aki I would like correct you on two items:
1. We developed our own custom SMS gateway from ground using
libraries licensed at a fee of $200 then! In 2001 that was lots
dof money for us. Btw there were short codes then so we had to use
a nokia phone attached to a comp....long story. I spent 2 nights
working it out.
2. We actually do offer our gateway as a cloud service. No fees is
payable except the cost of SMS sent.
I think we have solutions within Kenya......we probably need to
develop our own local market place.....
On Tuesday, November 22, 2011, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:16 PM, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>> All isp services and networks were basically cloud
services.
>>
>> advances and changes in the data center are driving
change everywhere else. Unfortunately marketing and pr is louder -
calling it cloud just sounds wrong- .heck they ( marketing/pr)
still get more budget than engineering teams get for
training...soon the chickens will come home to roost.....i'll be
rich:-)
>>
>> Gitau
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>
> @John and network group. IMHO, one of the potential of the
network group is the ability to change the kenyan network scene
through shared ideas of what the future could hold. I see that one
day in the near future, there will be born a service
provider based on the core of network engineers who can provide
one of the most critical systems ever. It will depend on the
passion of what you want done, it is now starting to fall in your
hands i.e the network group. That day, KE will be proud of the
best of the best that we have ever produced. It is just a matter
of time, and the next time you all come across investors at your
meets, please show them what can be done with their investments to
not only change the KE network landscape but also the business
potential that very much still exists.
>
> What @Bernard has not told you on this thread is that he saw
full commercial potential worth millions of Kshs of using a zero
investment free software gateway like e.g Kannel as an SMS gateway
to be able to deliver SMS services. You in the network areas would
have waited for 5 years for a financial approvals to install a
very expensive but a professional commercial gateway, thus the
marketing budgets would not exist. So to ensure that all in the
network group are successful, and though I cannot participate but
understand networking well enough, I'll ensure that the network
group are always on par with the rest who can easily run you out
on competitve areas if you ever go commercial. So please count on
my indirect support, if it helps.
>
> In a nutshell : On the same note, I think some of our freedom
software developers will charge Kenyan companies a lot of money
for services rendered which really puts progress on the back seat.
But when external forces come into the market, in the form of
innovation ( it's relative ) they fully embrace it as ground
breaking and shun local business for lack of progress. And the
same external forces will also use the e.g. KICTB as a marketing
tool under the heading of innovation. Rather than KICTB having
meets and passing on the market trends and options available to
local businesses, they are expecting Kenyan companies to embrace
technology on high costs who may not have any knowledge that they
too can so easily exploit the freedom software industry. To put my
theory to test, I'd like someone in the network group to approach
any Kenyan company that sells an SMS gateway that could be used
in cloud service. Then please come back and let us know the costs
of this, what software or hardware is used, and you will see what
my whole issues are about. This is a global problem too.
>
> Best of success to the network group and cloud services too.
:-)
>
> Some thots.
>
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>
> **--If I ever wrote code on a system for the better of
consumer freedoms or choice, I'd rather create the complete system
with people who share the same views than give out a single line
of code to code thieves who will use it to defeat the principles
of freedom and choices---2011--Me--**
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