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Move over killer apps, the platform era is here

News Platforms are able to extend into new markets by being open to outside developers, he said. To us, opening up the platform was just the next step in developing this theory. Having a killer app alone is not enough to succeed - successful online...

Tags: developers, google, facebook, platform

[13 Jul 2007]

'Big Mobile' ready to bet the "refarm" on 3G

News Making 3G data services more cost-effective would, of course, help fend off rival technologies such as mobile WiMax - currently enjoying its greatest success in developing countries - but, interestingly, Ovum's study "does not attempt to address...

[25 Jun 2007]

One billion PCs worldwide by end of 2008

News More than one billion PCs will be in use worldwide by the end of 2008, fuelled by high growth rates in emerging markets such as the Bric bloc of countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. There is also still room for some growth in mature PC markets.

Tags: $100 laptop, olpc, bric, forrester

[11 Jun 2007]

Red Hat touts desktop Linux for developing world

News Red Hat Global Desktop is geared for customers including governments and small businesses in emerging markets. Red Hat has announced a new version of its Linux software aimed at desktop and laptop computer customers in developing nations.

Tags: developing world, linux, red hat

[10 May 2007]

Leaked memo spills beans on Dell's sales plans

News However, with a changing global sales climate and an explosion in PC retail growth, especially in developing markets, Dell is reconsidering an indirect strategy. Dell is to consider selling PCs through a reseller channel, breaking the direct sales...

Tags: dell

[02 May 2007]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: The big picture on 'the next five billion'

Comment It becomes incumbent, therefore, on technology vendors to be careful in how they approach these markets. Several big tech vendors from the developed world have a commitment to developing economies, not just developing software or hardware.

Tags: globalisation, china, india, developing world

[27 Apr 2007]

ISV Ports Enterprise Application from Java to Windows Mobile in Just Three Months

whitepaper Countermind creates and markets the "Mobile Intelligence Platform" (MIP), a product family that includes a server, a smart client, and an application assembler. By developing its product on Microsoft Windows Mobile software, Countermind was able to...

Tags: pocket pc - windows ce, microsoft windows mobile, develop, environments

[16 Apr 2007]

Sprint Nextel unveils WiMax blueprint

News It also named which of its named infrastructure partners would be developing which markets. Sprint Nextel is pushing forward with its plan to build a high-speed mobile WiMax network with the announcement of new device vendors, as well as additional...

Tags: sprint nextel, wimax

[27 Mar 2007]

Offshore cost-advantage to last for 20 years

News African countries such as Mauritius, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia are also rising up the ranks, utilising their French-speaking population to provide services for Francophone markets. The annual Global Services Location List, by management...

Tags: a t kearney, offshore outsourcing, china, india

[19 Mar 2007]

Oracle and CA Boost Value of Core Solutions Through Strong Partnership

whitepaper Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets and distributes computer software that helps corporations manage and grow their businesses. CA) provide tools for developing, deploying and managing business applications in heterogeneous...

Tags: environments, certification, cleverpath, total cost

[21 Feb 2007]

3GSM Diary, day 5: Protests and porn

Comment Nokia Siemens Networks' CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie predicts five billion subscribers by 2015, mostly from the emerging markets around the world. Motorola for example is developing base stations that are powered by sustainable energies such as wind...

Tags: alternative energy, mobile subscribers, alcatel-lucent, motorola

[15 Feb 2007]

'Emerging markets will split mobile'

News The head of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has predicted there will be more than five billion mobile phone subscriptions by 2015, with the majority coming from emerging markets - and the uptake will fragment the world of mobility.

Tags: india, china), russia, bric (brazil

[15 Feb 2007]

Motorola lines up Qs for the UK

News The GSM variant will be targeted at developing economies and the HSDPA version at more mature markets, although Bruce Hawver, head of Motorola's enterprise device business unit Companion Products, told silicon.com he expects both versions to be...

Tags: motorola q, mobile, handsets

[13 Feb 2007]

Nashuatec Increases Customer and Employee Satisfaction by 30% in Two Years

whitepaper The company believed it could use service as a powerful strategy for controlling the market, as well as shaping and penetrating new markets. Being in a mature industry challenged Nashuatec to increase profit levels by developing new aftermarket...

Tags: customer support services, siebel, revenue, field

[22 Dec 2006]

IDC: 2007 a year of "hyperdisruption"

News IDC also predicts small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will assume greater importance for IT vendors searching for new markets to expand into. IDC expects developing countries in Asia, Latin America's southern nations, the Middle East and...

Tags: globalisation, smb, 2007

[21 Dec 2006]

GAO RFID Spun Out of GAO Tek to Focus on RFID Market

whitepaper With its experienced and talented engineering team, it is developing integrated solutions to serve various vertical markets. GAO RFID Inc.offers arguably the world's most extensive line of RFID tags, labels and readers which are suitable for any...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, rfid, markets, integrated solutions

[13 Dec 2006]

Developing world demands high-tech handsets

News Randy Giusto, group vice president for IDC's Mobility, Computing and Consumer Markets research, said brands such as Nokia dominate the Indian and Chinese markets and are much sought after because of the image that they project.

Tags: developing world, developing markets, developing, handsets

[08 Dec 2006]

ITU 06 diary - Buzzword bingo, too much text and a one-on-one with Negroponte

Comment He reveals Microsoft is releasing a number of 'cheap' smart phones for emerging markets, which will be retailing at about $250. While the cheapness of such devices may be up for debate, apparently emerging markets have a real appetite for sexy phones.

Tags: itu, negroponte

[05 Dec 2006]

Developing economies need sexy phones: Motorola

News Developing countries are not the low-cost, low-functionality markets they are often painted as, according to Motorola's head honcho - they want sexy phones too. Motorola already has a keen interest in the under-penetrated markets.

Tags: ed zander, ahuja, motorola, orange

[04 Dec 2006]

IP on the Move for Aircraft, Trains and Boats

whitepaper Mobility requirements in the broadband telecommunication area, and the opportunity to exploit new markets for satellite systems, have stimulated the development of innovative network solutions in new utilization contexts.

Tags: broadband, satellite, european, exploit

[29 Nov 2006]

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