growth distribution technology in comment and analysis

Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy

Comment In an age of digital distribution, a new type of flexible framework needs to be found that adequately recompenses artists but which does not impose an unreasonable financial burden on companies such as Apple, Nokia and Sony Ericsson. [18 Jun 2008]

Indian IT outsourcers look ahead

Comment He went on to set out an agenda for the coming decade that included a national facility for registering land, a unified system for identifying each Indian citizen electronically, and distribution channels that would reach every citizen, even in... [14 Feb 2008]

Interview: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain

Comment That really prevented us doing anything on a large scale because you couldn't get it to work effectively with lots of readers close to one location such as a distribution centre. The trial we've got in Northern Ireland is to do with the tracking of... [25 Sep 2007]

Far from quiet on the virtual front

Comment These tools will similarly be rebranded as vConvertor, vOptimizer and vPackager and sold through Vizioncores's sales and distribution channel as part of its suite of products. Smaller businesses represent by far the largest sector of the market and... [05 Sep 2007]

Analysis: Is now really the time to cast off the IT spending shackles?

Comment Frank Coyle, IT director at John Menzies Distribution and a CIO Jury member, also expressed caution at the analyst statements. While IT leaders must continue to maintain vigilance around tight cost control, they now face the challenge of driving... [17 Mar 2004]

The Ovum View: DRM - protecting content and revenues

Comment But it is critical that mobile operators work with content providers to gain their confidence in the mobile channel if they are to move to a super-distribution model at a later phase. Those needs include the rights to use the content they have paid... [10 Jul 2003]

Devil's Advocate: Spend on technology, be successful

Comment The received wisdom was that purpose built distribution warehouses were needed, along with complex and highly automated web sites. Nations Bank in the US has successfully applied this strategy to fuel rapid growth by serial acquisitions without... [25 Mar 2002]

EasyJet online, Transmeta and OpenSource

Comment Cutting out travel agents and booking clerks reduces cost substantially, and the web provides a much lower cost distribution system than existing airline booking systems. The rapid growth of servers installed in hosting centres involves an... [14 May 2001]

The Electronic B@zaar: Part 2 - the four hinges

Comment They have been roughly represented by many commentators as a normal distribution, the familiar bell-shaped curve. The growth and saturation of markets have long been objects of study. However, this curve does not provide a valid model for the... [28 Jun 2000]

The Bloor Perspective: Mobile Linux, crazy CEOs and an ASP success story

Comment Michael Dell stated his belief that the Internet has the potential to reduce friction dramatically by reducing costs, accelerating cycle times and easing distribution. Examples include the creation of hybrid distribution channels and a... [06 Feb 2000]

The Bloor Perspective: the Red Hat rumours, Informix's passion for Ardent, and XML stumbles towards standardisation

Comment Of most interest to Red Hat would be the work carried out by Corel on a distribution of Linux aimed at bringing the open source operating system into the mass PC market. Informix was just approaching this number when it was struck down by financial... [05 Dec 1999]

Strategic Vision: Giga Information Group on convergence in interactive digital TV

Comment Fast-paced growth in bandwidth availability is moving interactive television from an industry joke to a significant investment item in the media arena, and challenging the concept of television as a one-way mass distribution media. [07 Jul 1999]

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