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RSS bloor researchThe Bloor Perspective: Frog kissing, relationship banking and the decline of TVs and papers
Comment After kissing a few frogs with some heavyweight laptops that didn't quite transform into princely sales, Tadpole is hoping for more success with its latest product family, Talin. Tadpole has taken its long-standing relationship with Sun... [01 Feb 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Governance checklist, back-up for utility computing and Nauticus
Comment Bloor Research recently visited a back-up and disaster recovery, outsourcing company called Live Vault. By common consent, regulatory compliance will be an important application area for 2004. As can be... [25 Jan 2004]
5 years ago... Excite sold to @Home
News Robin Bloor, CEO of Bloor Research, was dumb-founded when he discovered the value of the contract. To say that the valuation shocked some observers or, as Robin Bloor... [20 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Parmalat makes a ham-fist of it, Offshoring and Customs and Excise
Comment In discussions about outsourcing, most of the attention has been paid to the performance of the offshore supplier rather than on managing the outsourcing relationship once the contract is signed. Management of outsourced activities is... [19 Jan 2004]
SuSE Linux users to get $1.5m SCO indemnity from Novell
News Tony Locke, senior analyst at Bloor Research, told silicon.com the increased protection is good news for any customers who qualify. The major Linux vendors could be forced to beef up protection for... [13 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Wi-Finding, dirty money and techs in the City
Comment If we are to believe the hype, wireless hotspots will be everywhere. They're not all here today but promised in the near future. In the UK, BT Openzone has accelerated plans to have 4,000 hotspots by the summer of 2004. [09 Jan 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Biometric choices, 3G+WLAN and EMC buying VMWare
Comment Biometrics have been used for many years for a variety of applications across a range of industries, including the use of fingerprint or iris scans for personal verification in the financial services industry, such as for withdrawals at... [22 Dec 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: ID theft, infrastructure modelling, new breed of consultants
Comment Traditionally, the most common way for thieves to obtain ID information is carelessness on the part of individuals and not taking sufficient care to safeguard personal information, especially when disposing of it. [10 Dec 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Mobile ringtones, power blackouts and corporate governance
Comment Mobile phones, once the business tool of only yuppies, are now the most carried item of technology as a lifestyle accessory. They also provide a portable personal purchasing point, with a rapidly growing market for downloadable content... [01 Dec 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Programme management, car mobile ban and Office XML
Comment Many people are unclear about the difference between project management and the broader activity of programme management. No one should be confused about the purpose of programme management when we see examples of failed projects in the... [23 Nov 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: The CSO, UK slamming and presence for voice calls
Comment Recent research conducted on behalf of Siemens Communications has revealed that telephone tag wastes time. Time is of course money and the cost of telephone tag to UK business is estimated from this... [17 Nov 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Concorde and conferencing, that IPR retreat and Xbox lessons
Comment A recent survey by Wainwright Research showed how the use of teleconferencing technologies increased after 9/11. Research conducted by NERA for the RAC Foundation, Motors and Modems Revisited, predicted... [10 Nov 2003]
'Black boxes' for cars to improve road safety
News Rob Bamforth, analyst at Bloor Research, said: "In the car tracker market, individuals can choose to install a location device in the case of theft. The Irish government has launched plans to improve... [07 Nov 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Recovery HR, offshoring and Basel II
Comment This is an area that is currently enjoying a revival and one which Bloor Research will be taking a deep interest in over the next few months. There seems these days to be a general acceptance that the... [27 Oct 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Controlling electronic messaging, mobile games downloads and SPSS
Comment You can find out more at www.bloor-research.com or by emailing mail@bloor-research.com. Bloor Research is a leading independent analyst... [11 Oct 2003]
