Year: 2010

  • Mobile Market Opportunity $1 Trillion by 2014, Gartner

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Good news for mobile market watchers that feel they’ve been waiting a decade for mobile and wireless to go mainstream in the enterprise and consumer markets, if Gartner is to be believed. The analyst firm said the worldwide mobile voice and data revenue market will exceed $1 trillion by 2014. But, as mobile becomes the… Read more

  • HP Slate 500 Tablet PC Runs Microsoft Windows 7

    Nathan Eddy

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    Technology giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) released a slew of details for its upcoming Apple iPad competitor, a tablet PC called the Slate 500, which will run on Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system and boast a starting weight of only 1.5 lbs. The company said the tablet was designed specifically for business, enterprise and vertical customers who… Read more

  • 1. It’s the Third-Party Apps, Folks

    1. It’s the Third-Party Apps, Folks

    Don Reisinger

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    1. It’s the Third-Party Apps, Folks Microsoft’s Windows platform has been extremely powerful in the corporate world for one main reason: the third-party programs. Companies require certain programs in their operations. And the vast majority of those programs are available only to Windows users. That’s a major issue for Apple that it has yet to… Read more

  • Cloud Computing Disrupting Software Licensing, Pricing

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    The move to cloud computing will change the game when it comes to software pricing and licensing models according to a new reports from market research firm IDC together with application usage management software provider Flexera Software. Buzz around the cloud is being replaced quickly with real deployments. And, in response, most software vendors are… Read more

  • Microsoft Windows 7: Fastest-Selling Microsoft OS

    Channel Insider Staff

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    SEATTLE, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 7 has sold more than 240 million copies in its first year, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-selling operating system, and helping the software giant to record profits despite a recent dip in computer sales growth. The new software, which costs from $80… Read more

  • SaaS Spending to Increase Exponentially: Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    Small to medium-size business (SMB) spending in the U.S. on software as a service (SaaS) will increase exponentially over the next five years, eclipsing growth in investments in on-premise software by a "significant margin", according to a report from IT research firm AMI-Partners. The company forecast a 25 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in… Read more