Business leaders need to think of the business as a platform company that enables the contribution of others.
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Ube is a mobile platform company making solutions for the connected home as part of the Internet of things.
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We believe that Internet security is the NEXT BIG THING upon which we can build a powerful Internet platform company.
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They must move beyond their area of strength and comfort into the unfamiliar territory of trying to become a software platform company.
Channel Advisor, an e-Commerce platform company that works with thousands of Internet sellers, has a good view into trends at Amazon and eBay.
My own employer, SAP, has reinvented itself from back-office ERP software purveyor to become a real-time platform company delivering break-through technologies that are transforming business.
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Amazon has transcended from an online bookseller to a platform company.
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Google, on the other hand, is an open source platform company.
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Both tech entrepreneurs, Campbell was the president of QD3 Entertainment, a multi-platform media company, and formerly served as the Director of Business Development at Microsoft, while Watt previously co-founded MoviePass and NextMedium.
Meg Whitman might be aware of this (eBay is a platform and ecosystem company) but so far there is no sign that she appreciates the platform and ecosystem route.
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As an open platform, the company promises that Android will remain accessible and open to competitors.
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With a focus on the iPad platform, the company is gunning for the huge college textbook market.
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Near Field Communication (NFC) employs Mobile Keys platform from parent company Assa Abloy.
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Journalists have been flocking to Facebook to create content and connections on a platform that the company can use for all time.
With its Windows operating system platform, the company succeeded Windows 98 and Windows 2000 with Windows XP and then the oft-criticized Windows Vista.
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Though Crowdtilt has spent the last year as a conventional crowdfunding platform, the company originally applied to Y Combinator with the API idea.
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If Apple combines Passbook with its new location platform, the company will open both a new revenue stream and a new competitive front with Google.
Just weeks after Intel came clean with its new Pine Trial nettop and netbook platform, the company is today cutting loose with a few more.
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If Facebook was able to merge its ability to drive sales and convert that to a mobile platform, the company would be looking at even more astounding numbers than it produced on Tuesday.
Although many observers predict that AOL would try to bring the ICQ users onto the IM platform, a company spokeswoman acknowledged that the two sets of users are very different and said the company does not plan to force one group to migrate from one system to the other.
With fears that the platform could collapse, the company said recently it intended to repair the damaged platform legs by the end of this year.
So, in October, they rebuilt an entirely new platform and relaunched the company in the beginning of the year.
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The Kindle is a sales platform, and the company has no particular stake in what exact content is sold through it.
Not much could stop them from simply partnering or buying up a highly successful mobile advertising company or platform to help create monetization success.
This makes it easier for developers to write apps for the QNX platform, which the company is also banking on to revive its smartphone fortunes.
Kessler contends the mini-blog platform could help the company gain traffic to its core Web properties while also increasing user stickiness and solidifying its leadership position.
This is no doubt a good move by Time Warner as it gives the company a platform to tap the increasing base of users looking to consume traditional media entertainment online.
Apple's goals are to attract more applications to the Macintosh platform, spread the company's technology to other platforms, and improve Apple code by allowing developers to add capabilities and detect bugs, Bereskin said.
Not only does this strategic move bring new unserved customers into the WordPress fold, it paves the way for the online publishing platform run by parent company Automattic not to be restricted by the choices of its payment partners.
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