As new technologies created or invented, a cost of accessing
to technologies is also declined. Cloud computing implementation has benefited
to both individual consumers and business clients. Why? Business firms can
lower their IT service bills and then to cut prices charged on final customers.
Individual consumers have also benefited from lower costs of final IT services
– web design, web hosting and cloud marketing. Business clients can test their
new websites’ capability of handling concurrent users all over the world at
peak traffic. Furthermore, more feasible and realistic tests are undertaken to
guarantee all versions of new websites smoothly functions – regular websites,
mobile websites, and tablet website. London
Olympic 2012 Committee has saved a lot of money to design and test its website London2012.org.
SOATA.com is the company that is in charge of testing London Olympic 2012 Website. It has also
served Best Buy Retailer and Netflix.
E-commerce has lowered fixed costs of rental space,
utilities and others on brick-and-mortal retailers to offer lower prices of
merchandises posted on the former’s website or online stores. Amazon has
mastered its inventory management and logistics network to guarantee same-day
deliveries to customers in specific locations near its fulfillment centers.
Each shipping warehouse can guarantee fast-delivery services in a within
distance. Merchandises are categorized into stable goods, foods and fresh
groceries. Each category is available and expected to deliver for safety and
fresh conditions. If Amazon has extended its variety of goods from dry ones to
fresh ones, the former will challenge to most local grocery stories and
supermarkets. Extra fees for one-hour deliveries and 3-hour deliveries are
option to customers who desire time-sensitive priority.
When Facebook has succeed its social networking platform of
attracting hundred million subscribers who are potential marketing points and
ad-generating revenues, Google has responded to build its own Google+. But to
bypass time-constraint and other new tech development projects, Google has
implemented a strategy of acquiring small IT firms that have something patents
and applications for Google+. In a broader viewpoint, Google’s executive
boarder members have drawn the big picture of how Google+ can serve online
users who are interested in social networking platforms and tools. And then
running around to buy necessary tools for more detailed values as well as
develop in-house applications. Google has integrated more applications and
functions into Google’s primary portal where online users can access to many
popular features – emails, online office applications, YouTube, Blogspot, news,
online stores, and more useful connecting features. Google has succeeded at a
certain point of bringing more online users (desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile
phone) to use Google’s portals where revenues come from advertisement,
e-stores, internet services, android applications and universal marketplaces’
functions.