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Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News Small niche producers of world-beating software is what the UK needs, along with genuine support to export that software to the rest of the world, he added. The UK will never create a software giant to rival the likes of... [03 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment What started back in 2006 as a niche product aimed at children in the developing world, have quickly become the latest must-have piece of hardware - with many people considering them not as a second machine, but indeed... [02 Nov 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment In the days before social networking, there were few dilemmas on the to-add-or-not-to-add scale: work was work, niche pastimes like Facebook were up there with cultish hobbies such as enacting Dungeons & Dragons on muddy... [28 Oct 2009]
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment Most industry commentators now agree that e-reader technology is moving from the niche stage into the mainstream marketplace. Amazon's Kindle e-book and Google's Book Search will change the way we read books forever. [27 Oct 2009]
Looking Beyond the Open Source and SaaS Marketing Hype: Why Fast and Cheap ECM Deployment Is a Bad Idea
White Paper The new kids on the block have been getting a lot of press lately as they scramble to find their niche. If one listens to the marketing hype, Open Source and SaaS ECM seem almost too good to be true. And on the surface,... [02 Oct 2009]
Chris Anderson
AS Profile In fact, niche goods or services can collectively comprise a bigger market - which can lead to a scenario of more choice and variety for consumers, and more wealth for business. 'The Long Tail' is the name of a 2004... [29 Sep 2009]
Daniel Ek
AS Profile The UK-based company's name is a combination of spot and identify and the 26-year-old Ek has certainly done that with a niche in the music industry. Daniel Ek co-founded the Spotify on-demand music streaming service in... [29 Sep 2009]
iPhone coming to Orange as Apple ends its mobile monogamy
News So I think [the iPhone will] still be fairly niche. The iPhone is coming to Orange in the UK - ending two years of exclusivity with O2. O2 will continue to sell the iPhone 3G and its faster brother the 3G S but both... [28 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News Although Apple products are undoubtedly very good (and very appealing) they are only used in niche areas (design). Apple may be reinvigorated with CEO Steve Jobs back at the helm and a new OS just out of the gates, but... [21 Sep 2009]
Virtualisation: Forget datacenters, think ordinary people
News That approach has found a solid niche in some large businesses but has never caught on widely. The era in which virtualisation directly affects ordinary people, not just those responsible for corporate datacentres, is on... [04 Sep 2009]
The SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform: SAS Data Integration - Achieving Faster ROI From Your Information Assets
White Paper The result is an information flow that transcends organizational silos, diverse computing platforms and niche tools - and delivers access to the insights that drive value for organization. The SAS Enterprise Intelligence... [02 Sep 2009]
Business Intelligence in SAP Environments: Understanding the Value of Complementary BI Solutions
White Paper Two fundamental ways Specialist BI and Niche BI can complement SAP capabilities are in the areas of end-user usability and data integration (especially non-SAP data and data quality management). Only Specialist BI or... [01 Sep 2009]
Who will hold the offshoring crown in 2020?
News You have got to separate out those countries that are the volume hubs and those that offer more niche services. Noshir Kaka is a director in the Mumbai office of analyst house McKinsey & Company. In an exclusive... [14 Aug 2009]
Apple tablet or no Apple tablet, business is the device's natural home
News But it’s still going to be a niche requirement," he said. In tech terms, the tablet is nothing new: Microsoft first announced tablet PC software back in 2001, while the idea of a keyboardless, slate-type device has been... [13 Aug 2009]
Approach to Cloud Testing
White Paper Third-party independent testing service providers with niche capabilities in the areas of performance testing, security testing, reliability testing, experience in virtualization technologies and investments in hardware... [08 Aug 2009]