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Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News David Mitchell, senior analyst with Ovum, said Gates' legacy centres on technology produced before the modern "Vista generation" of the company. During his career Gates has made Microsoft into one of the biggest companies in the world with products... [25 Jun 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News Adam Leach, principle analyst at Ovum, told silicon.com: "Symbian was at a plateau of its volumes in terms of its success. However, the Symbian Foundation may well have the edge over the upstart as Ovum's Leach points out. [24 Jun 2008]
Attempts made to block HP-EDS love-in
News The deal, according to analyst Ovum, will shake up the global IT-services landscape but is fraught with the challenges of merging two big companies. An organisation in the US has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop the sale of IT services company... [04 Jun 2008]
Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin to retire
News Commenting on Vodafone under Sarin, Jeremy Green, mobile director at analyst house Ovum, described its performance as 'dull but worthy'. Mobile operator Vodafone has announced its CEO Arun Sarin is to retire. [27 May 2008]
£81m cost of botched gov't shared services
News Eric Woods, government practice director at analyst Ovum, said this is a "class A study" of the pitfalls facing shared services programmes. Botched government plans to introduce shared services for human resources, payroll and finance could cost... [23 May 2008]
LiMo targets the business mobile
News Ovum analyst Adam Leach expressed surprise at the news when he spoke to ZDNet.co.uk this week, saying the largest opportunity for the mobile Linux initiative was generally seen as being in the consumer space. [15 May 2008]
BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G
News Ovum analyst Nathan Burley wrote on his company's website that RIM's move away from slower Edge connectivity could help the BlackBerry Bold become a "worldwide hit". RIM has launched the first of its BlackBerry smart phones to include high-speed... [13 May 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Analyst Ovum credits Verwaayen for "sorting out the mess he inherited when he joined BT in 2002", as well as "personally initiating a constructive dialogue and rapprochement between BT and Ofcom". Mike Cansfield, telecoms strategy practice leader... [08 Apr 2008]
Motorola to split in two
News Ovum analyst Martin Garner said that splitting off its handset division was "the only option" left to Motorola. Motorola is to split into two companies, following months of speculation about the future of its handset division. [27 Mar 2008]
'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?
News Michael Philpott, principal analyst at Ovum, agreed with PlusNet's views on "unlimited broadband". For some time, many ISPs have been offering users what they call unlimited broadband, although it almost always comes with some kind of "fair usage... [17 Mar 2008]
Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users
News Mike Davis, senior analyst at Ovum, said Server 2008 doesn't represent a huge change as a number of the features have been made available through Server 2003 service packs. Microsoft's long-awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, is... [26 Feb 2008]
BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers
News Ovum analyst Mike Cansfield wrote on his firm's website that Fusion had been "a disappointment in the consumer space". Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus [07 Feb 2008]
Vista-XP downgrade software launched
News In November last year, analyst firm Gartner told silicon.com that businesses had no appetite for Vista, while analyst firm Ovum agreed that uptake had been slow. The Japanese computer supplier NEC has officially launched a product to let network... [06 Feb 2008]
Microsoft changes M&A strategy with Yahoo! bid
News David Mitchell, senior VP at analyst Ovum, said: "They've [Microsoft] typically gone for a number of intellectual property driven acquisitions. represents a step change in approach from a company which has traditionally shied away from big-money... [05 Feb 2008]
Can Microsoft/Yahoo! deal take on Google?
News David Mitchell, senior VP at Ovum told silicon.com: "For me there are two reasons why Microsoft is looking to do this. The potential Microsoft takeover of Yahoo! would help both companies fight Google in the online advertising and services market... [01 Feb 2008]
