Taiwan: E-commerce powered by service

Back in 1998, the Taiwan government has had a campaign to get 1 million businesses to go online and transact.

Similar to most parts of the world, e-commerce in Taiwan had faced the following challenges at that time:

• Maintaining the e-commerce system (software, hardware and infrastructure).
• Staying up-to-date with constant evolution of Internet technologies.
• Integration with financial / payment services.
• Integration with other services such as logistics.

Cloud computing and cool power

Why is cloud computing (云计算) and cool power (酷力量) related? The simplest example is to present the case is Steve Job's Apple.

As everyone knows, Apple has a range of highly popular gadgets and devices, from Mac, iPod, iPhone to the latest iPad.

But wait, what has it got to do with cloud computing?

Let me ask you one question, which gadget do you think is the most successful (or to be precise, the most revenue generating) one for Apple?

How much Amazon spends on Google Ad?

Guess how much Amazon.com is spending on Google Adwords a month?

According to what Advertising Age had revealed (based on a reportedly leaked Google's internal search-spending-document), Amazon is spending a whooping USD $5.85 million on June 2010 alone. (However, it didn't state whether the amount was for U.S. web searches or Global Searches.)