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IBM sets out storage strategy
News IBM is saying let's talk about general business requirements first, then will go the technology bag of tricks and figure out what the customers need," said Mary Turner, an analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group. [08 Sep 2008]
Windows Mobile v BlackBerry in server showdown
News Tony Cripps, senior analyst at Ovum, said Microsoft's line is "a bit of an old argument". Speaking at the London launch of the Palm Treo Pro, Alex Reeve, UK director of Microsoft's mobile communications business said Windows Mobile-based smart... [04 Sep 2008]
Ex-BT CEO to head up Alcatel-Lucent
News In a September 2007 blog post, Steven Hartley, telecoms senior analyst at Ovum, predicted: "It is still too early to say that the merger has failed completely. The board said in a statement: "Philippe Camus and Ben Verwaayen are respected and... [02 Sep 2008]
TCO Analyst A White Paper on GartnerGroup’s Next Generation Total Cost of Ownership Methodology
White Paper For example, we have yet to address the other side of the value scale: business benefits. With great expectations we launch into a new era of IT cost analysis, leveraging a decade of research on the total cost of computing. [02 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News Greg Day, security analyst, McAfee: Grant Campbell, partner at law firm Brodies, said such a change in the law is key to making organisations take the business of data protection seriously. The key to lasting cultural change must… lie in the role... [27 Aug 2008]
Infosys pays £407m for UK SAP specialist
News Kate Hanaghan, analyst at researcher Bathwick Group, said: "While the fit's good and the price seems reasonable, the rest is all about how well Infosys can execute on the integration. The strategic combination of our groups will accelerate the... [26 Aug 2008]
Web 2.0, cloud computing 'to transform business'
News Web 2.0 technologies may make you roll your eyes dismissively right now but the likes of software-as-a-service (SaaS), mash-ups and online services will have a change-inducing impact on business within the next two years, despite currently... [11 Aug 2008]
iPhone 2.0 cuts business mustard, says Gartner
News Apple's 3G iPhone smart phone is fit for business use, according to analyst house Gartner. For businesses that simply want to make use of the device in a consumer-style way - i.e.primarily as a personal assistant tool with little or no integration... [11 Aug 2008]
Cisco looks to the future with investment plans
News The results were in line with analyst expectations but were a far cry from the company's results during some of its best quarters. For example, Cisco's unified communications business and its IP telephony businesses were areas where Cisco invested... [06 Aug 2008]
EC gives HP-EDS merger the nod
News But the enormity of the merged companies and culture differences between the two groups will make this acquisition challenging, Gartner analyst Ben Pring said at the time it was announced. Under the deal, EDS will operate as a new business unit... [29 Jul 2008]
Web 2.0 prompts love for open source
News Forrester database analyst Noel Yuhanna said open-source databases can now meet about 80 per cent of existing business application needs. The market for open-source databases is booming due to new workloads such as RFID projects, rich web... [24 Jul 2008]
Nokia grabs bigger slice of market
News Nokia sold 122 million mobile phones during the quarter, beating the average analyst forecast of about 120 million phones for the quarter. Last week, the Finnish mobile phone maker beat sales expectations on its mobile handset business when it... [21 Jul 2008]
NFC payments to reach tipping point in three years?
News The analyst forecasts the gross transaction value of relatively low value purchases - such as refreshments, tickets and food - made via NFC will exceed $75bn globally by 2013, with the lion's share of contactless business being done in the Far... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Kelly Kavanagh, principal analyst at Gartner, said in a statement: "The ability to provide massively scalable processing, storage and bandwidth inherent in cloud computing will require security controls and functions to be delivered to customers... [17 Jul 2008]
Google's search share continues to creep up
News Its share increased from 68.29 per cent in May to 69.17 per cent in June, the analyst firm said. Google crossed the 60 per cent share threshold in July 2006, analyst Matt Tatham said, slid back the one month in August 2006, but has been north of 60... [16 Jul 2008]
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