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Microsoft-Yahoo deal 'best shot' at success
News Microsoft and Yahoo's pact may be their "best shot" at succeeding in search market, but they should also look to Asia for growth, say analysts.
Tags: Internet advertising, Search, Asia, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., David Mitchell, Europe, Advertisement, Baidu.com Inc., Technology Business Research
Ovum: Treat cloud as traditional asset
News Organizations should treat cloud services as they would traditional IT assets, and not assume the cloud is unbreakable, advises analyst firm.
Tags: Web services, Ovum, Backup, David Mitchell, social bookmarking, Service, CIO, network, revenue, asset
Software liability law could divide open source
News European Commission-proposed software protection law may benefit open source vendors, but push smaller independent developers into a corner.
Tags: Open source, Software engineering/development, Legal, Software, Ovum, Open-source Software, David Mitchell, European Union, Hardware, consumer protection
Analysts: Be cautious on Oracle-Sun merger
News Acquiring Sun elevates Oracle to "powerhouse" status, but CIOs should wait for its hardware and middleware roadmaps before deciding on license agreements.
Tags: Acquisitions, Vendor selection, Business, Hewlett-Packard Co., David Mitchell, Gartner Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., CIO, Hardware, Oracle Corp.
Analyst: Satyam vulnerable to takeover
News The Indian outsourcing firm's corporate governance woes may result in the company being divided up and sold off separately, according to Ovum.
Tags: Acquisitions, Accounting, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Ovum, David Mitchell, liquidity, business continuity, corporate governance, financial
Satyam suitors expected 'within a week'
News Outsourcing giant Satyam could soon be snapped up by competitors or lose out to them as competitors are prospecting their clients in this times of uncertainty.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Acquisitions, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Wipro Technologies, David Mitchell, liquidity, National Outsourcing Association, NOA, Bombay
Is OpenOffice.org a 'dying horse'?
News Not quite yet, say industry watchers, but "primary sponsor" Sun Microsystems should rethink its strategy and better drive the community ecosystem.
Tags: Open source, Product development and design, Software engineering/development, OpenOffice, Apache Software Foundation, OpenOffice.org, Open-source Software, David Mitchell, Contributor, Novell Inc.
Facebook on the decline as 'virus' apps take hold
News Privacy problems and propagation of "virus-like" applications has led to a marked decline in the use of Facebook's developer platform, according to industry analysts Ovum.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Security, Application, David Mitchell, social networking, virus, blog entry, Facebook, network
Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News news analysis Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft chairman on June 27, effectively ending his day-to-day involvement with the company.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Google Inc., David Mitchell, Cloud Computing, software, Silicon.com, co-founder, revenue
Ultra Mobile PCs need better battery life, says Gartner
News Analyst firm Gartner says Microsoft needs to do better in addressing the battery life of ultra mobile PCs.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets
Microsoft safe from Google in apps: Gartner
News Gartner report says Microsoft can compete with Google better on online ads than Google can compete with Microsoft in the enterprise.
Tags: Internet advertising, Search
Gartner: Prepare for consumer-led IT
News Researcher tells execs to embrace the "consumerization" of IT and the encroachment of Web 2.0 apps.
Tags: Hardware, Consumer Technology, Software, Strategy
Azure: Can Microsoft meld Windows with the Web?
News news analysis The software giant's bid to join the world of cloud computing is likely to appeal most strongly to corporate users.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web services, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., software, corporate computing, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft eyes acquisitions to build security
News Software giant plans to bolster its business security capabilities through acquisitions, U.K. executive says.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security, Acquisitions
Software vendors' bullying sales tricks revealed
News Forceful sales practices often result in many organizations being "persuaded" to spend more than they want and sooner than they want, says Ovum.
Tags: Software, Vendor selection
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