Global Advertising Forecasts Drop: An Indicator for Uncertain Times
October 1, 2008
Gap Widens in Online Advertising | online.wsj.com
1. Zenith Optimedia, Universal McCann, WPP, BMO Capital Markets, Oppenheimer, Lehman Brothers and eMarket all have announced downward revision of overall Ad spend for 2008 2. Nielsen Monitor-Plus: first-half U.S. ad spend declined 1.4 percent, compared with the same period in 2007, to $67.6 billion
Oracle's future tied to integration and economy of Scale
September 23, 2008
Oracle Flies High Above Wall Street's Carnage | www.businessweek.com
1. Oracle received its major revenue from Maintenance. 2. Greater efficiencies will be gained inisde of Oracle to improve operating margins
On-line Apps ... Show me some customers
August 7, 2008
Online office apps get real: Google Docs vs. ThinkFree vs. Zoho | www.computerworld.com
1. Using on-line apps as an experiment is possible 2. When will we see massive adoption?
MPAA to Fight Online Movie Piracy with Aggregation and Search Site
July 28, 2008
Court records: MPAA sought info on PirateBay founders | news.cnet.com
1. Motion Pictures Association of America site to link to any legal distributor such as Fandango, Xbox Live, Netflix, iTunes and Sony's PlayStation Store. 2. Recent research conducted by the MPAA and Yahoo found that the internet plays a significant role in driving people to film.
High-Definition Is Changing the Multiplatform Marketplace
July 25, 2008
Verizon FiOS TV set to light up New York City | www.telecommagazine.com
1. DIRECTV is the key factor in stimulating the HD market. 2. For the MSOs and Telcos, Time Warner leads in terms of High-Definition feeds with 56 HD channels in the New York
Hispanic 1st Quarter Ad Spending Update: Growth Continues.
July 16, 2008
Hispanic Ad Spend Up 3% in '07 | www.adweek.com
1. Driven by political expenditure, Hispanic Ad spending continues to show strong growth. 2. Spanish speaking areas of the US are expected to continue fuel advertising growth over the coming years
3-D Cinema: A Three-Way Format War
July 3, 2008
Digital cinema 3-D | mkpe.com
1. Real D, Dolby and NuVision battle it out over ease of use, technology and business model 2. The number of 3-D Cinema installations is tiny compared to the total number of screens worldwide… there is an extensive market waiting to be exploited.
Cut IT Spending by virtualizing the desktop and reduce Power consumption
July 1, 2008
Data Centers Nearing Power-Usage, Cost Crisis | www.eweek.com
1. Power consumes more than the cost of the PC. 2. Virtualization of PC's can reduce the IT budget.
A single source for your data solutions
June 23, 2008
HP to Join 'Data Dedupe' Crowd | www.eweek.com
1. Choosing one vendor that can give you data storage 2. Completes the picture for servers and storage as well as desktops and laptops
Why Akamai Should Buy Limelight
June 19, 2008
Rumor: Akamai Tried To Buy Limelight During Trial (AKAM, LLNW) | www.alleyinsider.com
As recent quarter’s results show, Akamai’s core business is strong, traffic is growing and their largest revenue customers are secure. Limelight, on the other hand, isn’t executing as well as anticipated, has lost a patent lawsuit and finds itself squeezed between Akamai and smaller, low-cost competitors. Patent overhang and continued losses make Limelight unattractive to companies like Level3 or AT&T. Akamai would gain significant synergies by buying Limelight in ways that other CDN competitors could not.
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