My intellectual property creation is not manageable
April 18, 2011
With all of the recent new applications being developed for the tablet (iPad is my case), the ability to track company Intellectual property is getting more difficult and protecting these assets is nearly impossible. Yet IT is challenged with maintaining corporate assets with regards to digital information.
Social Media - A Terabyte of Knowledge or Noise each day
April 10, 2011
The amount of data that can be gathered by companies on Facebook, twitter, and the many other sources of social media can add up to a terabyte of data a day (and increasing) for companies with even a meager amount of brand recognition. We finally have a source of new information that is like drinking from a fire hose – literally. There is so much information becoming available that all companies are racing to understand and manage this new source of market feedback.
Japanese HDD Companies Experience Component Supply Problems Due to Earthquakes
April 8, 2011
Hitachi GST and Toshiba have indicated that due to electrical part shortages they will be constrained on their ability to ship HDDs. Hitachi has reported that this impacts all their desktop supply lines and it may impact their notebook drives as well. Toshiba is also experiencing critical HDD IC shortages that will limit their ability to build HDDs in the short term. Continuing earthquakes and power issues could make the supply of these components questionable for some time.
Great chance for some semicondutor companies to gain market share.
April 1, 2011
Because of the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan there are spot shortages developing in the semiconductor supply chain. For the last several years large OEMs have made it very difficult to qualify a new vendor because there was no real part shortage' and many of these companies laid off their component engineers who did these qualifications, leaving only a few for end of quarter emergencies.
A Real Case Study -- T Mobil Deal
March 25, 2011
T-Mobile Deal Faces Antitrust Barriers . | online.wsj.com
My wife used T Mobil since 2002 and the contract ending in May 2011. Her pink Razor keeps running out of battery and facing upgrade options with higher prices. She could remain in low cost deal and replace a battery. Concessions for AT&T's T- Mobile Deal are inevitable, i.e., to offer a low broadband price with option of extend to wider broadband for her to upgrade. Also, not to restrict access to content to 3rd party online video distributors. Both may be imposed by FCC or DOJ.
TomTom - TeleAtlas Not an Acquisition Target
March 25, 2011
TomTom says mapping unit not up for sale | ca.reuters.com
This morning TomTom denied that it was it was in discussions to sell Tele Atlas, a publisher of navigable map databases that it acquired in 2008. It is unlikely the TomTom is seeking an aquirer for Tele Atlas, but it may be shopping the entire company.
Company Needs to Do More Donation Not Marketing
March 24, 2011
Cause-Tied Marketing Requires Care | online.wsj.com
Gaining intangible benefit from cause- Tied Marketing is not new but the bottom line is public approval of its image as a moral player in society. US companies donate less than 5% of overall donation each year. All companies need to do more donation not the cause- tied marketing.
Impact of Japan Nuclear Disaster Will Not Be Short Time Only
March 22, 2011
Japan's Electronic Component Turbulence Temporary | itchannelsales.wordpress.com
Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, seriously damaged by the 11 March earthquake. Smoke and steam have never stop seen above nuclear reactors. The dangerous is that no one know what will happen next. Facilities located north of Tokyo are all at risk currently. The unbalance of the semiconductor supply chain, in short time, may be made up by China or Korean suppliers. However, the inflation is inevitable. The impact of the inflation will not be short time only.
Virtualization to include Cloud Applications
March 19, 2011
Desktop virtualization is beginning to be more than a virtualized version of Microsoft office and file storage. It is also becoming a standard virtual set of cloud applications. I attended my monthly CIO meeting last night and the topic was virtualization.
Seagate Refreshes Enterprise Storage, Including First Enterprise Product
March 19, 2011
Seagate introduced a variety of new enterprise level storage products. These products included traditional enterprise products including a 2.5 inch 10 k RPM drive with 900 GB. The company also announced its first enterprise solid state drives, Pulsar.2 and Pulsar XT.2. These SSD products are at least partially the result of the partnership between Samsung and Seagate announced last year.
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