Duke Energy Intends to be Major Player in Consolidating US Utilities
July 26, 2010
EMC Plans Aggressive Acquisition Strategy | akbaspost.com
Duke Energy Chief Executive Officer Jim Rogers said that consolidation in the US utility market is long overdue and that the company will be a major player in the process.
Autonomy to Announce Large Acquisition: Open Text Tipped As Possible Target
July 23, 2010
EMC Plans Aggressive Acquisition Strategy | akbaspost.com
Autonomy, the UK-based enterprise software group may announce a large acquisition very shortly. Open Text, the listed Canadian software company, as a possible target. These are the last two remaining independent Enterprise Search and Content Management Players. Both have been struggling organically given the worst economic cycles in enterprise software spending.
Valuation of Nortel's LTE Patent Portfolio
July 22, 2010
Nortel Patent Auction Benefits LTE Market | www.isuppli.com
We analyzed the essentiality of Nortel's 4G patent portfolio that are crucial to deriving premium royalty rates. We have conducted multiple patent searches at several patent databases. We then compare Nortel's IPR position against its peers and the corresponding royalty rates that Nortel’s peers are expecting to charge. We obtained the reasonable royalty rates for Nortel over a lifespan of 15 years for LTE. We then calculate the valuation of Nortel's patents.
July 22, 2010
Due to the World Fair, FIFA World Cup events in Q2, Wall Street may be expecting a fantastic quarter for Soho due to increased online advertisement revenue. However, from our measurement data, the impact from the FIFA event on Sohu's online advertisement revenue is far short of our expectations. FIFA's impact on the month of June applies to Sina and other online advertisement firms as well.
Ramifications of Harbinger's $7B LTE pact with Nokia Siemens
July 22, 2010
Harbinger forges $7B LTE pact with Nokia Siemens | www.fiercewireless.com
A nationwide, wholesale, terrestrial-satellite, mobile broadband network – one that uses a globally endorsed LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology. A vision - imbued with an inherent openness and possibilities - unencumbered by walled-gardens and the status quo. The twin motivating factors of high-speed, and high-capacity, coupled with mobility are significant pillars in the inexorable demand for connectivity to multimedia services, in the information age.
iPhone reception loss will become a minor issue
July 18, 2010
Apple will learn from its error. The press coverage will lead to improvements in products as IT will benefit.
Fingerprint sensors on laptops bring "single sign-on" into the users control
July 10, 2010
There is a new wave of fingerprint scanners coming to the market. But this time they are being brought with software to leverage the capability. There is even now a solution by HP for the corporate environment. This emerging trend is worth watching for CIO's and business users.
Call center heading to the cloud?
July 3, 2010
1. Call center usage is rarely constant which provides an advantage to being the cloud.2. Call center volumes can spike which leads to the strength of cloud computing
Solid State drives brings new life to older Laptops
June 28, 2010
1. Solid state drives can make older computers run faster2. Extending the life of laptops reduces the over cost of supplying computers in the enterprise.3. Management focus can be put to more strategic uses.
SAP Not Interested in Buying Salesforce.com; Is SAP a Takover Target?
June 25, 2010
SAP is very much planning on moving into the cloud computing space but has “no interest in an acquisition of salesforce.com” , according to co-CEO Bill McDermott.
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SOPA and the wisdom of Yogi Berra
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Larger wafers present a growth opportunity for LEDs
January 6, 2012
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Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
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