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I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the battle between Google and Microsoft and how it is largely counterproductive for both companies. ...
Indeed, such lists "tend to showcase our interest at the moment," commented Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group "The most popular terms generally have to do with things that happened at a given point in time," he told TechNewsWorld....
Google launched its Chrome OS, which is really a copy of several products already on the market and an interesting recreation of the thin client concept that Sun and Oracle came up with over a decade ago. You could argue, however, that most successful products, like the iPod and iPhone, are simply better copies of what came before. Really, nobody cares that much -- consumers only care about whether a new offering will make their lives better. The Google Chrome OS goes directly to a primary need that mainstream PC users have had unmet since the beginning: an appliance experience. ...
Device neutrality will be critical to the venture's success, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "A service like this needs to be hardware-independent because there's no certainty as to which hardware platform will win out, and there's every likelihood that we'll end up with several formats," he pointed out.
Google's totally Web-based approach may stumble over some snags, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. "This anticipates a more reliable Web than we have today," he explained. "Still, you have to start someplace." The Chrome OS' simplicity in...
Another tech company that was facing a similar large challenge about 10 years ago managed to right its ship and reinvent its brand, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group. "In many ways AOL mirrors Apple of the 1990s. I think they need a Steve Jobs-style turnaround. They need someone who has read Jobs' book to do for them what Jobs did for Apple."
Adobe might pose a bigger threat to Microsoft than Google does if it succeeds, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Both Adobe and Google want to trivialize the core OS by separating it from the application value," he told TechNewsWorld. "Adobe is going about this pragmatically, Google with the Chrome OS more directly." ...
We seem to be surrounded by conflict; sometimes it seems peace is harder to make than war. There were two big events in tech last week: HP picked up 3Com, the company that first dominated the network space, as a major shot across Cisco's bow. Also the major legal battle of the decade, between AMD and Intel, came to an end. ...
Launching the OS as soon as possible makes sense, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "I would expect the Chrome OS will show up shortly because they need the ecosystem ready by the end of 2010," he told TechNewsWorld. That ecosystem consists of products...
Teaming up with Wolfram Alpha might provide Bing the boost Microsoft is looking for. "One of the issues with Bing is that, since it's from Microsoft, it isn't seen as trendy," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "Wolfram Alpha is cutting edge and significantly adds to the impression that Bing is something different and should be tried." ...
Perhaps the most important thing about unified communications is that Microsoft has made it possible at last, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "It was incredibly difficult to do this because telecommunications and computer technology don't really speak the same language," he told TechNewsWorld. "This took over two decades to actually accomplish in a volume product, and that makes it rather significant." ...
Last week, two troubling trends were in evidence. The scarier one is that it appears the Obama administration is in the process of putting in place a secret antipiracy provision that has little to do with antipiracy and everything to do with killing properties like Google's YouTube. It is truly frightening, and people are already planning civil unrest to stop it. ...
"Android 2.0 was too new, and HTC likes to use its own interface on top, which slows its time to market with a new OS," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "With Android 2.0, HTC would likely have slipped out of the quarter, and fourth-quarter sales are critical to volume." ...
Android 2.0, also known as Eclair, offers considerable improvements over earlier versions of the platform. "Google took the feedback from their first offering and corrected a lot of the pain points," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. Ecla...
So far, nothing untoward has happened along those lines, according to Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group. "Installations, which have been at record numbers thanks to the pre-orders, have been going in rather well. This is typically when you have the most breakage," he told the ...
Last month was fascinating for me. Not only was Windows 7 launched, but it appeared last week that because so many Mac users were installing Windows 7, some huge enterprise servers crashed. In addition, I got a chance to see Yahoo's new CEO Carol Bartz in action, and was both impressed with her and a little disappointed in the event. Finally, I got a chance to talk to the new managing director of the FCC and got a good sense for how the FCC is using social networking to actually create a more responsive government and move the needle on Net neutrality. ...
On the other hand, allowing the use of non-Roman characters earlier in the Internet's development could have slowed down its adoption. "Not allowing non-Roman character domain names earlier provided a level of simplicity on the Web that likely fostered its growth," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, pointed out.
While chalcogenide glass's sensitivity to heat makes it easy to manipulate, this characteristic is also its greatest drawback, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle group, told TechNewsWorld. "You can't preprogram it before attaching it to a board, as the heat associated with the process would erase it," he explained.
Voice recognition issues are common and should eventually be resolved, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "This is a technology in progress across all devices, and it will likely take five or more years to fully refine it," he told TechNewsWorld.
So how many people have actually begun using Google Voice? "I haven't seen any credible numbers, but the estimates are very small," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "I make many calls during the day, and I have only received the ...
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