🔙 Throwback Thursday for 2024-09-12
Reflecting on my early career, Intel, and the rise / fall of the web hosting boom.
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Telecom and the .com boom (and bust) days were part of my early career. 25 years ago, I was able to participate in an early approximation of a “cloud” by Intel that was called an Application Service Provider (ASP).
Yes. Intel.
In late 1999, Intel got into the web hosting business by launching Intel Online Services (IOS).
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