Cloud Computing had a great year, this year destined to be better
January 3, 2011
What you need to know about the year of the cloud | www.infoworld.com
Cloud computing had a great year in 2010. Many small and enterprise sized businesses enjoyed greater sales and flexibility. There are , however, limits to what can and should be done in the cloud. Companies have to be careful.
Data storage solution sales were up in 2010
January 3, 2011
Data Center Networking Equipment Sales Will Be Up 67 Percent In 2010 | www.crn.com
Both large and small organizations have seen a tremendous growth in the purchasing of data storage solutions . The reasons is simple, pure need. We find that even in a weakened economy, one must have storage.
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.
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.
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?
Cisco's advantages and challenges. Comparisons to Juniper, ProCurve, Brocade.
August 5, 2009
Cisco’s Sales Will Drop as Much as 17%, Chambers Says | www.bloomberg.com
Cisco's strengths and challenges for their first fiscal quarter and beyond can be further defined when we compare them to their competition. Juniper, HP ProCurve, Avaya, Brocade (Foundry), Nortel, 3COM are vendors that can help us define and understand Cisco. Cisco's success may very well be due to the weakness of their competition versus the strengths of Cisco. In addition, with $30 plus billion of cash they are better positioned than most.
Carriers running scared of Google (voice)
July 28, 2009
Apple Silences Google Voice On the iPhone | theappleblog.com
Carriers are running scared of Google entering their market with Google Voice. They are trying to block the Google Voice app for the iPhone but they don't seem to bother with the Android phones or the blackberries. Why is this?
As the Twitter security breach and Sarah Palin's email account show: passwords are evil!
July 16, 2009
Lessons from Twitter's security breach | news.cnet.com
Passwords are evil: they are either easy to guess or the password recovery service allows the hacker easy access, as was shown by the Twitter "security breach" and the break-in into Sarah Palin's yahoo email address. But there are companies out there solving this problem, one of them is a stealth start-up called FortKnock.
Why has Yahoo allowed themselves to become the RC Cola of search?
July 16, 2009
Chrome vs. Bing vs. You and Me | www.nytimes.com
Companies providing only Internet search do not have a long lifespan. Microsoft's main interest in acquiring Yahoo was not their Internet search technology but rather to use them in their fight against Google.
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