Apple iPad - New Category, New Challenges
February 1, 2010
Apple's iPad Mistakes | www.pcworld.com
With its recently announced iPad, Apple is trying to bring to market a new product that in order to succeed needs to provide a materially improved user experience and carve out a position in the crowded consumer electronics marketplace.
Kodak Seeks Play from Forgent Networks - Digital Media Patent Protection
January 25, 2010
Kodak Accuses RIM, Apple Of Patent Theft | www.itproportal.com
Kodak, a known master in still image compression techniques as well as digital compression, digital rights, etc is using a play from Forgent Networks (aka Compression Labs) who sought to exercise its patent protection rights against a broad set of potential industry infringers including Apple, Nokia, Kodak, IBM, Dell, HP, Sony, Hitachi, numerous telecom and cable providers, etc. in 2004. The "license strategy" yielded $125M in profits. See the "672" patent. Settlement in the works...
Nokia: Focus on Product and Service Development
December 10, 2009
Nokia to close flagship US stores | www.totaltele.com
Nokia’s foray into the US retail market was ill-conceived and bound to fail. Nokia needs to focus on product development to overcome the issues it was addressing with its retail endeavor.
Managed Services HOT in Innovative Areas: Collaboration & Telepresence
December 4, 2009
T-Systems secures five-year BP contract | www.totaltele.com
Managed Services have seen roller coaster expansion and contraction based on new levels of Innovation. New Innovation is MOST often left to strong, well invested Managed Service Providers. As technologies mature, corporate CIO's and IT heads general understand the nuances of technologies and begin to bring those technologies in-house, while continued to outsource other "new technologies". Examples:data management - in houseaudio communications- on the bubblevideo - out source
Salesforce's Benioff Delivers at Dreamforce. Revenue Builders or Social Fodder?
November 19, 2009
Salesforce.com Announces new Social Applications | www.thestandard.com
Salesforce.com announced major initiatives with Computer Associates,Facebook and Twitter all around their new Chatter feature which Mark Benioff calls the greatest changes since Dreamforce.com began 8 yrs ago. But are these additions social fodder or new streams of revenue for the CRM giant?
Nokia, Apple and Google - Driving the Mobile Revolution
November 5, 2009
Google, Nokia, Apple - who will win the mobile wars? | www.guardian.co.uk
Nokia, Apple and Google, along with several other companies, will shape the next phase of the mobile revolution.
NSN's HLR is not yet up to the task
November 5, 2009
T-Mobile US suffers another network outage | www.telecomseurope.net
T-Mobile US suffered a major network outage where a large number of subscribers could not send or receive voice or text messaging due to an outage in Nokia-Siemens' Home Location Register (HLR) as a result of an overload condition. This was the second incident that NSN has with their HLR that could prove to be costly.
IMS Backers Take Life Out of VoLGA
November 5, 2009
Operators Rally Round IMS for LTE Voice | www.unstrung.com
With the announced support of IMS-based voice and messaging over 4G/LTE by major mobile operators, T-Mobile International (now Deutsche Telekom) and other technology backers of VoLGA (a GSM-signaling over IP approach) are left with a key decision as whether to follow or remain isolated. Companies supporting VoLGA will be highly exposed, unless change course quickly.
Wireless Backhaul plus EPC equal to Three?
October 22, 2009
Tellabs buys WiChorus for $165M | sanjose.bizjournals.com
The market for mobile internet infrastructure is heating up with the acquisition of WiChorus by Tellabs. Tellabs' main play in wireless so far has been in the backhaul, voice quality products, and transmission. Moving in the packet core is not going to change Tellabs' position within the mobile operators significantly.
Another Nortel in the Making - NSN
October 20, 2009
Nokia, Siemens search for exit out of NSN venture | www.reuters.com
The merger of Nokia and Siemens' telecom infrastructure units may have looked good on paper two years ago. But, the merger has been anything but a success and continued loss of market share is making NSN look like another Nortel in the making, followed closely by ALU.
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
December 1, 2011
Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
November 22, 2011
The move to the cloud will impact multiple industries
November 17, 2011