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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Maybe you're not looking in the right places?
"Porn studio could teach Apple, Google about cloud - Home video innovations always seem to lead back to porn. The fingerprints of the adult-film industry can be found on the development of VHS and Blu-ray disc. Soon, the sector may teach us about the cloud."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20031122-261.html |
Didn't saw this one yet but I think most of the mainstream VOD/video streaming platforms are already using for some times cloud storage services, especially when its important to distribute content into various areas around the globe.
In terms of innovation I was more aiming on PaaS or SaaS platforms/Apps. If you compare that with Adult vs Mainstream for sure Mainstream has a higher penetration.
To be honest I'm very curious who is busy here with PaaS.
Most of the Adult platforms run on dedicated or managed server platforms where with PaaS solutions you don't have any worries about server management/expanding. You only use/pay for the capacity you use/need. This pretty nice combined with a CDN solution so all is running in a "cloud", no physical server management.
For example Twitter is developed in RoR (Ruby On Rails) and probably they have their own PaaS server farms.
Good PaaS platforms for example for Ruby On Rails Apps are
www.engineyard.com or
www.heroku.com which was recently purchased by salesforce.com
The majority of the decision makers in Adult space are not focussed on these new technology things but more concentrated in how to maintain/increase their ratios/sales targets.