Nokia Brings in a New CEO - Too Little Too Late?
September 10, 2010
Nokia CEO Kallasvuo Replaced By Microsoft's Elop | online.wsj.com
Nokia has been struggling recently, especially in its core mobile handset business, and after several management reorganizations has finally brought in an outsider to run the company. Is it too little too late?
Cisco Must Qualify Additional Sources to Broaden Its Supply Base.
July 30, 2010
Cisco's supply chain woes lead users to consider alternatives. | searchnetworking.techtarget.com.au
Over the past several years Cisco and others have kept a tight approved vendor list (AVL) and no problems of supply existed.It was becoming clearer over one year ago that there was little component inventory in the pipelines of OEMs, IC suppliers, distributors and contact manufacturers.Now that Kyocera, TI, Kemet, Cirrus Logic, Broadcom and other big suppliers are having trouble with deliveries smaller suppliers will be qualified by agile competitors.
Apple iPhone 4 - Product Innovation Continues
June 30, 2010
iPhone 4's First Users Report Reception, Color Problems | news.yahoo.com
Apple’s iPhone 4 is another impressive device that continues Apples history of product innovation, this one coming at an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary pace.
Nokia Needs an Effective Smartphone Shakeup
June 28, 2010
Nokia vows to defend smartphone territory | www.totaltele.com
Despite significant market leadership and several shakeup attempts, Nokia continues to struggle in the smartphone segment. Nokia may need to borrow a play from Apple and “Think Different.”
June 28, 2010
RIM May Feel Effects Of Competition | www.totaltele.com
Research in Motion, despite its current smartphone market share leadership, is in need of a product and software refresh in order to remain atop the industry.
SSDs Still Hot in Enterprise Computing
June 7, 2010
Enterprise SSDs to soar through 2015 | www.computerworld.com
Although SSDs have failed to materialize in the PC, there is strong growth in the enterprise. This means strengthening sales for STEC and Hitachi, Fusion-io, Plaint, and others, along with their customers IBM, EMC, NetApp, Dell, and HP, but could cause trouble for Seagate and Western Digital.
Nokia Once More Reshuffles Top Execs: No-key-Ah
May 25, 2010
Nokia once more reshuffles top execs | www.telecomasia.net
From 1995 to 2005, Nokia and TI were the dynamic duo, achieving such feats as cutting the cycle time for new production models from 2 years to a mere 3 months. However, things began going downhill. New executives have too much to fix without enough infrastructure. Nokia has lost “key” of marketability for killer attributes: No-Key-Ah.
The Mobile Data Explosion Proves Challenging
March 31, 2010
AT&T Prepares Network For Battle | online.wsj.com
As the Apple iPhone and other data hungry smartphones and 3G devices continue to proliferate, new challenges emerge in understanding and planning for mobile behavior.
Usage Based Billing Coming to Mobile?
March 26, 2010
Sprint CEO: Rate Plans Will Move From Minutes To Gigabytes | blogs.wsj.com
With the explosion of mobile data consumption, the mobile industry is exploring usage based billing. We have seen this play out in the fixed Internet market.
Sales outsourcing is alive and well in electronic components.
February 11, 2010
Sales Outsourcing through Channels | www.channelvission.com
Many companies selling ICs use a mixed direct and manufacturer's rep model. They are able to grow with a variable cost of sales. There is a new, non-exclusive model at www.oursalesrep.com .
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