Solution providers must learn and work with people well versed in product packaging, and pitch their solutions in a manner that their target market understands.

Think about it: Most product promotions nowadays are in Swahili phrases,Shinda Mamilli, Nguruma, Bankika, etc.

A product like Ushahidi has a strong balance between the solution itself and its pitching/pitchers and branding.

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:05 AM, joe mwirigi <joemwirigi@gmail.com> wrote:

We had hosted some software service when my partner said to me. ... I think we should get to the cloud :( Am comforted that am not alone here

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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Edward Obiko <edobie@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, IMO most local outfits do not put as much emphasis/investment on
their marketing strategy. Unfortunately techies tend to water down
their pitches with too much jargon for the common mwananchi.
Take for example, the pitch for the iPod, '1000 songs in your pocket',
versus the myriad of pre-existing mp3 players in the market which were
'5GB'+. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. I think the term
'cloud' should always be qualified more by the benefits to the users
in lay terms.

On 11/22/11, Nicholas Mutinda <mutindah@gmail.com> wrote:
> Even the email and web hosting is a form of cloud computing. But lets face
> it, only safaricom can sell cloud computing and everyone sees the next big
> thing. Some small outfits have tried selling but have been dismissed. Its
> unfortunate but it is happening.
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Mickey Mickey
> <michaelakunga@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Anybody can cloud, cloud has been there, cloud is here cloud will be
>> there, I notice when a small person does something the ICTB wo'nt see but
>> when safaricom does they seem to see now that cloud is now here I call
>> that
>> 'PROFILE NEPOTISTIC DISORDER' where only huge investors are seen to
>> perform
>> and small ones are neglected
>> Correct me
>> If an SME buys two servers,Mirrors them and loads say a PHP/J2EE ERP with
>> J2ME support its workers access the system anywhere do entry, process and
>> plaha is this not 'a cloud' has this not been there in Kenya.
>> by the way is this not cheap?
>> safaricom cloud my .............### tab tab tab
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> @Phares, noob question:- So Safcom are not going to offer VPS on their
>>> "cloud"? Na vile I was running my hands in glee :-(
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Phares Kariuki
>>> <pkariuki@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I first heard the term 'internal cloud' from one of our customers.
>>>> Upon probing on what exactly he meant, it was explained to me that he
>>>> was talking of virtualizing infrastructure... Basically, if you run
>>>> VMware/Hyper-V/Citrix-XenServer you run an 'internal cloud'. The term
>>>> is now being loosely used.
>>>>
>>>> What saddens me though is when people assume that all 'clouds' are
>>>> equal. e.g. When Safaricom announced their cloud, many assumed that
>>>> you could do *everything* not realizing that it's limited to
>>>> Infrastructure as a Service. It's unfortunate though :-(.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > @bernard - You hit it right and just got the words out of me, I have
>>>> > no idea while that board makes noise about what we have having for all
>>>> > this long, maybe they really need to quote you and all the others who
>>>> > have done alot in the cloud since way back!
>>>> >
>>>> > ./Ok3ch
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >> The Airline reservation system has been run on a shared system since
>>>> the
>>>> >> 1970s . Marketers basically needed to sell the cloud, after achieving
>>>> >> success with 4G
>>>> >>
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>>>> >> blog.denniskioko.com
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