consumer in comment and analysis
Leader: Consumer tech is changing the enterprise
Leader One lucky silicon.com reporter spent this week in Las Vegas at the manic and gigantic Consumer Electronics Show. But it also puts CIOs and IT directors in a position where they can influence company strategy by being able to predict changes in how... [11 Jan 2007]
Forget AOL versus Microsoft - it's always consumer versus vendor
Comment This case is meant to be about what's best for the consumer not what is best for competitors. AOL Time Warner's attempt to blast Microsoft when it took the stand during the antitrust case has backfired. [05 Apr 2002]
The Ovum View: Sun's accidental asset - Java, the consumer brand
Comment At Sun's worldwide analyst conference the other week, CEO Scott McNealy made a comment along the lines of 'We're not a consumer brand, and we never will be'. Millions of mobile phone users are now familiar with the word Java and know it's nothing... [18 Mar 2003]
Q&A: Dell CMO on consumer electronics
Comment Michael Kanellos recently spoke with Dell's marketing chief about the Round Rock, Texas company's play for consumer electronics and what that portends for the competition. Mike George, chief marketing officer and general manager of the US... [03 Dec 2004]
Opinion: Harnessing consumer tech
Comment Consumer technology, on the other hand, has seen a growth unrivalled in the history of retail. It should be called the Consumer Technology Show as the focus is now solely on technology and with Apple, Google, Intel and Microsoft all spinning major... [01 Mar 2006]
How to crack the consumer market
Comment Fresh research suggests selling to consumers very much depends on targeting potential customers properly. No surprise there, we hear you say. But just who, in today's modern family, should companies go after? [14 Jun 2001]
How consumer IM vendors are targeting business users
Comment All of the consumer IM vendors are eying the enterprise space with AOL in particular establishing relationships with a number of enterprise vendors, and even a recent tie-up with Reuters. MSN Messenger has focused on the consumer, while Windows... [24 Sep 2003]
Microsoft decision: What it really means for the industry and consumer
Comment It seems that perhaps in the high-tech industry, it is journalists, commentators, rival vendors and lawyers that have held the greatest interest in the Microsoft case. This obsession is in stark contrast to the ambivalence of IT professionals and... [29 Jun 2001]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Does DRM make sense for business?
Comment While digital rights management has sparked plenty of controversy in the consumer realm, Quocirca's Jon Collins sees how the technology could be practical for enterprises looking to enforce their data policies. [02 Jun 2005]
Analysis: Enterprise IM a tough sell
Comment Why have two major consumer instant-messaging providers, Yahoo and AOL, pulled back from IM for the enterprise? Consumer IM leaders once thought that offering software to enterprise customers would be an easy way to add direct revenue to their... [24 Jun 2004]
Q&A: What will be at the centre of the digital home?
Comment D-Link Systems' mooted path to digital nirvana throws a spanner in the works for computer makers and consumer electronics giants. Company CEO Ken Kao believes neither the PC nor consumer electronics devices will emerge as the nerve centre of the... [17 Dec 2004]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment The High Court has decided consumer contract law can be used to determine whether bank overdraft charges are fair. For once, the main beneficiary will be the consumer, as market developments already under way speed up. [12 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Identity crisis
Comment So why as a consumer does he blithely share his own personal details at the drop of a hat? I wonder how much I pay as a consumer for the privilege of using digital and electronics for purchases and to manage my life. [25 Feb 2008]
Tech inventors are really 'cooking on gas'
Comment Meet anybody at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and inevitably the first question they ask is, "So what really exciting stuff have you seen this year? What we learned is it's very important to do a lot of consumer research before you... [13 Jan 2003]
Leader: Google walks the enterprise walk
Leader Google, not content with owning the search market or with its grander plans for the consumer space, has recently talked up its intentions to crack the enterprise market. Its previous forays into the enterprise space have all had a distinctly... [10 Jul 2007]
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