Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker. He possesses over a decade of experience in the Nuclear and National Defense sectors resolving issues on platforms as varied as stealth bombers to UAVs.

In 1980, Robert Metcalfe proposed that a single fax machine on its own is useless, but the value of many fax machines connected to one another results in a network effect that increases exponentially ...

CrowdStrike gets a Buy rating as AI-driven, cloud-native network effects fuel retention and growth—plus key risks to watch.

High switching costs make it difficult, costly, or both for customers to switch from one supplier to another. Many software and service-related companies benefit from high switching costs; Automatic ...

A network effect occurs when a product or service becomes more valuable as more people use it. This creates a self-reinforcing cycle that attracts new users, increases retention, and lowers customer ...

I have written previously about Intent-Based Networking (IBN) ("Intent: Don’t Tell Me What to Do! (Tell Me What You Want)", "The Most Important Work in SDN: Have We Got It Backward?") and the ...

We maintain our fair value estimate of $80 per share for Uber UBER after the firm kicked off fiscal 2024 with strong financial results. As in previous quarters, we view Uber as being on top of its ...

When I reflect on the early days of founding my company, Responsive, there are things I’d do differently given the benefit of hindsight. However, I’m grateful that I recognized early on that my ...