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.
Data Security in Flash Devices
July 21, 2010
USB drives, SSDs and other flash-based storage devices are used for storing personal and other sensitive data. Eliminating data on flash devices is required to help protect sensitive data. Traditional secure erase on flash creates endurance issues, crypto-erase is preferred. By the use of enhanced secure erase (or crypto-erase) SSDs should be able to be qualified as FIPS 140 complaint, making them available for many military and government applications.
High Performance Enterprise HDD Market Moves to SAS Interface
July 19, 2010
6 Gbps SAS drives signal end of line for Fibre Channel disk drives | searchstorage.techtarget.com
The Fibre Channel (FC) standards committee plans continual development of the interface from 8 Gbps (current) to 16 Gbps with a roadmap to 32 Gbps. The HDD companies have no plans for going beyond 4 Gbps Fibre Channel hard disk drives. SAS hard disk drives can now support 6 Gbps and have plans to migrate to 12 Gbps. High performance enterprise HDDs are in the process of transitioning from some FC to all SAS interfaces. Projections are that FC HDDs will stop shipping by 2013 or 2014
2.5-inch HDD Storage Capacities Increase this Year
July 18, 2010
1.5TB 2.5-inch Drives by the End of the Year | www.theregister.co.uk
ProStor, a HDD OEM, has removable RDX disk drive products using 2.5-inch disk drives. The company has indicated that it will have a 1.5 TB RDX product ready by the end of 2010. This means at least one HDD company will need to be shipping 1.5 TB 2.5-inch HDDs for at least OEM qualification by the end of 2010. It is not clear whether a 1.5 TB 2.5-inch HDD will have 2 or 3 disks and thus what areal density will be used.
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
For Faurecia, Other Suppliers, and OEM's, Emerging Markets are the Surest Bets
July 1, 2010
Faurecia Gets Stronger in China, Buys Stake in Key Partsmaker | europe.autonews.com
Automotive Suppliers and OEM's are expanding in market operations through added capacity and acquisitions in Mexico, China, India, and Russia. This is not only a strategy to be in emerging markets to be positioned for vehicle sale growth in those markets but also to create an export foundation and currency hedge for the long term.
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.
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