Apple's Iphone G4 suggests marketing wins over quality
June 24, 2010
iPhone 4's First Users Report Reception, Color Problems | news.yahoo.com
Despite the fact that there are glitches in Apple's new I Phone G4. There are hundreds of thousands if fans waiting in line to buy one. With Apple's innovative and dare I say it? - Fun marketing schemes, many fans of its products do not hold Apple accountable for quality.
Cloud confusion – Too many choices and too little vision
June 22, 2010
1. Reviewed three different cloud platforms2. Google is wide open, Microsoft is doing the same, but in the cloud, Salesforce.com is driving for new territory and has the most experience.
SAP Will Acquire Database and Mobile Software Vendor Sybase
May 17, 2010
SAP to Acquire Sybase, Inc. | www.sap.com
o SAP's pending acquisition of Sybase provides SAP with strong mobile and database software technology.o The acquisition will have a negative effect on Oracle whose database currently supports the plurality of SAP implementations. o The acquisition will strain SAP's relationship with database vendor partners including Microsoft and IBM.o In general, it makes SAP a stronger software vendor and continues the company's product evolution.
Does iPhone OS 4.0 pose a threat to RIM?
April 11, 2010
Apple raises the bar on mobile devices | brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com
With the ability to run multiple applications and the enhance enterprise security, this could create a significant threat to RIM. Most users prefer the iPhone once they get used to using the keyboard and with the applications available for the iPhone, it is becoming the phone of choice. With the ability to create corporate applications, the iPhone just may have finally created a serious threat to RIM's hold on the enterprise.
What happens when the speed to the internet is as fast as a local network?
March 27, 2010
Cities, towns go gaga to gain Google's super-fast networks | www.computerworld.com
1. A LAN speed network to the home means remote users look the same as office users.2. Additional services will be added to remote users and managed by corporations
iPad will provide another category of endpoint on the corporate network
March 9, 2010
Global CIO: Why Apple's iPad Will Be A Great Business Device | www.informationweek.com
1. A full screen note taking device with easy to use applications will expand computing use.2. Portability without the need of deskspace will be a difference maker.3. Software platform will open up applications we have yet to dream of.
PC Makers fight over high margin paying SMB and Micro SMB
March 9, 2010
PC makers drool over SMBs; What will win over the accidental entrepreneur? | blogs.zdnet.com
PC makers use enterprise deals to get bragging rights. They use them to cover their sales numbers. They even get them to simply beat out the competition and show their value to shareholders. The real profit, however, is in SMB.
Microsoft will do what is needed to make profit
March 9, 2010
Microsoft says to extend XP sales for five months | news.yahoo.com
Microsoft, after 2 years of warning that XP will go the way of the dinosaur has decided to go against the grain and keep selling its older product. The market tells the manufacturer what to sell not the other way around.
Offshore wind costs at least twice nuclear: study
March 8, 2010
UK offshore wind costs at least twice nuclear: study | uk.reuters.com
A new analysis published today by Parsons Brinckerhoff highlights the different costs of renewable energies, showing how latest generation nuclear fares better than offshore wind and other types.Nuclear, like traditional gas, costs some 6,6 cents of euro/Kwh which is half the price of offshore wind, a third of tidal wave generation. Onshore wind generation is the closest at some 9 cents euro/Kwh.More effort should be done in presenting and documenting solid quantitative measures rather than hype
Sales of New PCs will Fuel Intel's Continued Growth
January 22, 2010
Intel Stuns Wall Street With Nine-fold Increase In Profits | www.itproportal.com
o The October 2009 release of Microsoft Windows 7 will drive PC growth. o The majority of PCs are powered by Intel processors. o Intel will almost certainly benefit from the pent-up demand for both business PC refreshments and home computer demands.
SOPA and the wisdom of Yogi Berra
January 19, 2012
Larger wafers present a growth opportunity for LEDs
January 6, 2012
Smartphones threaten digital camera industry
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Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
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The move to the cloud will impact multiple industries
November 17, 2011