One of the most persistent pieces of lore around IT is that it levels the playing field between big and small companies that in the era of the Net and fast computers, startups and small businesses have the same access to the same technology-based capabilities as large enterprises.
All have been genotyped in the same laboratory and with the same technology: single-base extension using the SNaPshot Multiplex Kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA), and have passed quality control filters.
While the above taken alone describes little more than YouTube, the earlier business week article above gives a few more hints: P2P distribution technology based on the same technology behind Kazaa and Skype, deals with television networks, time shifted TV over the Internet.
This is the same technology that Bitcoin has been based off.
A recent example is AWS's Amazon Connect — a self-service, cloud-based contact center platform that is based on the same technology used in Amazon's own call centers.
Based on the same technology platform Nexstim has developed a device for stroke therapy called Navigated Brain Therapy (NBT® System).
The Liquid Bandage is based on the same technology as Dermabond, a glue used for years by hospitals in place of sutures.
The Earth Simulator is based on the same technology that is used by the SX-6 supercomputer that has now been installed in Alaska.
Mr. Kemsley has created a radical new design for melting sand into glass, based on the same technology that creates heat in microwave ovens.
And Arizona Public Service is one of about a half-dozen utilities that is considering a joint project to build a 250-megawatt plant based on the same technology.
The Court Grip formula is based on the same technology used on racecar tires and sticky notes, said Mark French, the product's inventor and the president of Mission Basketball.
