[產業觀察] The necessity of PoC on ccHDtv

The PoC is power over cable and it's just like the PoE on IP camera. I met a supplier that they can provide the PoC solution on the ccHDtv system. Originally, I thought it's a useful and necessary function but it's not at all now. Why?

The CCTV is always starting from system point of view but not just the device only like the cellphone. The first factor is that the analog CCTV infrastructure has already built over there for a long time. That means the power cable is existing and reliable. So it is not necessary to equip the PoC except the project a brand new installation. The second, the strategy of the ccHDtv alliance is to replace the traditional analog surveillance system from VGA to HD but not to compete with the existing IP surveillance system. We can totally confirm that it's not necessary to equip PoC on DTV camera. The others factor like the cost increase, design complexity increase and regulation to pass.

To sum up, even if we want to create a ccHDtv product line, the PoC function should be put as the option instead of the must one on specification.

[產業觀察] Evernote was hacked

I've already change my tool from the notepad++ or Microsoft's word to Evernote to make a quick note for several months. It's quite simple to use and the data can be synchronize to cloud and I could access my notes through network everywhere anytime. There is a news that Samsung's refrigerator built in Evernote for food management and Samsung show this device in the CES show. The story at this moment, I think Evernote make his products go into a new era. However, the morning sun never lasts a day. Evernote was hacked and the customers information were possibly stolen last week.

This news remind me again about the security and reliability of the cloud service. Evernote build his own cloud service server but the security problem is still happen. However, I do not worry about it because when everyone notice, it will be fixed in near future. But it makes me feel that it may not worth to invest on building own cloud service server on public place especially when we do not have enough security people to maintain it. I've ever attended the CSSLP class and I learned that the security question is very complicated. Maybe it is much better for us to host our cloud service on famous 3rd party provider like AWS.

[產業觀察] Smartvue cloud architecture

There is a company that we discuss recently because of their elegant embedded NVR device.

I just talk about the private cloud and public cloud roles in the surveillance system in previous article.

http://frankuo.blogspot.tw/2013/02/pure-public-or-hybrid-cloud-for.html

Smartvue's product architecture is a case of the hybrid cloud. Let's see the whole system they define.

We can take S9 server as the private cloud server for local storage and playback. If we remove this part, the total system become a pure public cloud type. Although the pure cloud system is simpler, there are still some limitations at this moment. Smatrvue let the high resolution video to be stored on the local server and high or low resolution video can optionally be put on the secure cloud. The reason is obvious that the network environment of LAN is still much clean and fast than WAN and all high resolution video can be saved totally  without any loss.
Someday, we do not need this kind of device when the public network become solid on bandwidth, however, it's not now.

[科技新知] Firefox OS - liberate the app stores

I saw a news on TV today that about Firefox OS for mobile phone and it got my curiosity. So I go Mozilla's web site to see what's that about. See the link: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/partners/#

The first page have the overview of the Firefox OS. The point to me is following picture. Some of telecommunication operators and device manufacturer get involved in the Firefox OS. It shows that the operators and manufacturer want to liberate the apps stores from the providers like Apple, Google.

Here is a picture that from the Mozilla Taiwan site. It describe the difference the operation mode between original and new Open Web App operation mode.

I think the telecommunication operators would be very interesting with it. Because when more requirements are created for consumers to access the web, the operators can earn more. Developers could have one more option to provide their apps and could dealing with customers directly. For manufacturer, I do not see what they can get except the ODM from operators but they still play an important roles here because variety of devices are required. Would Apple and Google agree this?

[產業觀察] India electronic policy

I saw a news recently that talk about the national policy on electronics 2012 of India. Kapil Sibal, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology says the government approve the policy and plan to invest 100 billion for electronics industry fostering before 2020. It's natural trend for India to extend from their famous software industrial to hardware.

Kapil visit Japan's recently and says it's very important to have strategy cooperation with Japan electronics company. The most important one is to build first semiconductor factory. The plan will kick-off before October 2013 and start to production around 2015~2016. Then based on the plenty of software engineer, Japan company can have much progress in India on embedded system.

According the news, I think India have the right strategy to do this. Japan's electronics industry gradually lose their competitive since years ago because their thinking do not keep up with the trend. India have a lots of advantages to help Japan's company reverse this situation including the software industry, low cost man power, big market...etc. Besides the economic view point, the political strategy in Asia, it is inevitable for Japan to keep more relations with China's neighbor union.

Let's keep observing how the things going.