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Analyst Report: Information Infrastructure Sector Growing Against Global Economic Concerns
International Data Corporation (IDC) raised its forecast for global IT spending in 2010 because of very strong growth in the first half of this year. Companies are catching up with infrastructure investments following a very weak 2009. Servers and other vital equipment are being replaced in the US and European markets, while emerging economies are ...
Technofacts: New York Hast the Most Gadgets.
Retrevo has just released the results of its gadget survey and there are many interesting stats. Take a look: States With Households Most Likely To Have Gadgets – New York has the most iPads – 52% more households with at least one iPad. – Maryland has the most smartphones – all those connected lobbyists and ...
SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe on SAP’s Quarterly Results
SAP, Europe’s largest software company, posted strong revenues and earnings for its fiscal Q2. The results bode well for US IT spending. SAP also said it had completed its acquisition of Sybase. Eric Savitz at Barrons reports: SAP (SAP) posted Q2 revenue of 2.894 billion Euros, up 12%, or 5% in constant currencies, and ahead ...
Intel’s Photonic Processors Capable of up to One Terabit per Second
On the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser, Intel has demonstrated a breakthrough photonics chip set that offers 50 gigabits per second built using standard chip making techniques. Justin Rattner, VP and Chief Technology Officer at Intel, said: "This technology can be scaled to as much as one terabit per second." He said ...
iConga: Forget Blood Diamonds [Fair Trade Electronics]
The recently passed financial regulation bill carries new regulations that require US companies to disclose if they use minerals from the Republic of Congo. These minerals are common in the manufacture of electrical products such as smart phones, laptops and other digital devices. The goal is to limit trade in Congolese minerals because their sale ...
Genieo + My6Sense: The Media Tsunami And The Need For Self Organizing Filters
It was great to catch up with Sol Tzvi, co-founder and CEO of a fascinating startup called Genieo. She’s in town this week for meetings with several large companies interested in her company’s technology. Genieo installs on a PC and it helps you find all the news and information that is relevant to you from ...
Can You Call it an Algorithm if Humans Randomly Modify It? [Google SERP]
Richard Waters in an article at FT.com (Subscription required): Groups magnify chances of Google hits. Companies with a high page rank are in a strong position to move into new markets. By "pointing" to this new information from their existing sites they can pass on some of their existing search engine aura, guaranteeing them more ...
MediaWatch: Paywalls are Freemium Business Models
Newspaper paywalls have been criticized by lots of people in the Geek communities and also by popular journalism bloggers such as Clay Shirky, Jeff Jarvis and Jay Rosen but they follow the best practices of "Freemium" business models used by thousands of tech startups. Freemium has been a successful strategy used by many tech companies. ...
SarBox and IPO Scarcity Holding Back Job Growth
Robert Ackerman, a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Allegis Capital, says that tech IPOs will remain scarce and that this will curtail job creation in the US. A continued scarcity of tech IPOs means that the Obama Administration won’t be able to count on Silicon Valley startups to help spark a job ...
OPENapps: Apps for Millions of Websites
Apps developers are rushing to mobile en masse yet there is another large market, says Joseph Puopolo, director of marketing at OPENapps, and it’s web site applications. "Web site owners need apps for all sorts of functions, such as ticketing, etc. We are offering a marketplace for such apps and a platform that allows those ...