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RSS rivalsOracle's plan for economic downturn? Spend, spend, spend
News Ellison added that Oracle would emerge from the downturn stronger than before, compared with its rivals. Stock crash or not, CEO Larry Ellison says that Oracle is sticking to his game plan and that means more acquisitions. [13 Oct 2008]
How Zavvi lost its Virginity
Comment As a result, once the retailer was forced to acknowledge business realities and embrace retailing on the web, it found itself coming to the party a little later than its rivals. Undoubtedly, however, Johnson believes... [09 Oct 2008]
'BlackBerry Storm was Vodafone's idea': RIM co-CEO
News By doing away with the keyboard for its inaugural mobile, Apple left rivals scrabbling to keep up with the consumer frenzy for touchscreen devices. After months of rumours percolating through the blogosphere, RIM has... [08 Oct 2008]
Howard Stringer
AS Profile A big part of his job has been to oversee company-wide changes in the face of a loss in market share to niche rivals such as Apple's iPod and Microsoft's Xbox. It's not been a smooth ride for Howard Stringer since he... [07 Oct 2008]
Dan Nye
AS Profile Since taking the helm in 2007, Dan Nye has led LinkedIn to stellar growth in the crowded web 2.0 social networking space against rivals such as Plaxo and the more consumer-focused Facebook and MySpace. [07 Oct 2008]
S Gopalakrishnan
AS Profile The Agenda Setters judges praised Gopalakrishnan for creating an international player from a home-grown Indian business and for boosting Infosys' reputation in comparison to its rivals. As the guiding light behind... [07 Oct 2008]
Is Nokia losing its enterprise mojo?
Comment Castelli adds: "In contrast to its main enterprise rivals, Nokia never had a PBX installed base or a software collaboration footprint. Natasha Lomas asks if the Mighty Finn has fallen out of love with business users. [06 Oct 2008]
'I take my hat off to the iPhone': Nokia CEO
News Nokia president and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said emerging rivals Apple, Google, RIM and Microsoft have helped to accelerate interest in using the internet on mobile phones. Nokia's chief exec gave credit to the... [02 Oct 2008]
Minority Report: Here come the iPhone competitors
Comment Though the iPhone rivals are starting to appear, Seb Janacek says Apple has someone to fear even more than the Googles and Nokias. The competition for the iPhone is about to get interesting. Last week saw the launch of... [01 Oct 2008]
Back to reality for Bangalore
Comment A Bangalore-based headhunter whose job used to be hunting down and luring top managers at outsourcing firms with juicy offers from rivals says the role is reversed. Once a high-flying tech hub, Bangalore is seeing more... [30 Sep 2008]
Nokia's touchscreen iPhone rival coming this week
News As there is demand, there is no reason to leave it for rivals. Nokia will unveil its first touchscreen phone this week in a direct challenge to Apple's successful iPhone, two industry sources told Reuters. [29 Sep 2008]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Steve Jobs
News Jobs also inspired another trail of me-too offerings from Apple's mobile rivals with the launch of the App Store, the shop front that gives iPhone developers a chance to peddle their wares in return for handing over a... [24 Sep 2008]
UK firms top the pile in Galileo shortlist
News Other rivals include China's Beidou/Compass, Russia's Glonass, India's Gagan and Japan's MSAS. The shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's Galileo satellite system has been released, with UK firms leading the pack. [23 Sep 2008]
Leading an Indian giant through a downturn
Comment Premji takes the pragmatic view of many leaders of dominant companies: if he continues to do the things that put him in front in the first place, Wipro will come out ahead of its rivals. He said: "Leading companies use... [17 Sep 2008]
OLPC rivals get 'vicious'
News When the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation first mooted the idea of a super low cost laptop aimed at schoolchildren in the developing world some years ago, it was arguably on its own in the market. [16 Sep 2008]
