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Vista vs. Leopard Update, Disaster Preparedness, Microsoft and Facebook, Product of the Week

Last week was one of the busiest of the year. California, where I live, was mostly in flames, and that had me thinking about what we need to do to prepare for a catastrophic event ...

Microsoft Basks in ‘Halo 3’s’ Glow

The forecast may have some investors thinking about Microsoft as a growth story again after a long stretch in which Microsoft seemed to be unable to get traction in the online marketplace and had relatively slow growth in its core software businesses, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times...

Microsoft Goes Cheek to Cheek With Facebook

For Microsoft, the payout is reasonable -- even after recent dividends and an aggressive stock buyback program, it had more than $23 billion in cash on hand as of June 30 -- and has plenty of strategic value, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times...

IBM Offers New Ways to Store Ginormous Amounts of Data

"At one time, IBM owned like 80 percent of the storage segment. They were as dominant in storage as Apple is in MP3 players," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for The Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld While EMC has "been taking some of that mindshare" in terms of storage managem...

Microsoft Eyes Enterprise With New Mobile Server

In the long run, what Microsoft is doing is "trying to turn the smartphone into more of a laptop-like device that can be fully managed and centrally controlled and secured," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "This makes the mobile phone more of a corporate asset than a security liability."

Twine: Stringing Together the Semantic Web

"It puts things into context and then connects them based on that context," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. "The benefits should be richer information coming from related research, deeper ideas and some real breakthroughs that otherwise probably wouldn't have happened."

Microsoft Ends Resistance to EU Antitrust Ruling

Microsoft never did prevail in its arguments, but may have won a victory by having the case put to rest, allowing it to devote more resources to the competitive threats it faces, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "Microsoft lost their battle...

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Leopard vs. Vista, Brazil vs. Cisco, True Security Horror Story, Product of the Week

We are on final countdown to the launch of Mac OS X Leopard ...

GPL v3: Was It Worth the Effort?

"GPL v3 is designed to make it more difficult for some companies to use it. It is a step towards dividing support for open source within the software community, forcing several groups into opposing camps," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider...

Web, Media Giants Seek Silver Bullet for Protecting Copyrights Online

Google's YouTube solution will end up being the answer, postulated Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "This is a battle between Google and an impressive number of other companies and it showcases the difference between a proprietary dominant vendor and a cross...

Sony Still Doing the PS3 SKU Shuffle

"This is probably it for this year," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, said. "Sony is between a rock and a hard place with this system. There is simply too much cost in the system to be competitive." Kimberly Otzman, a Sony spokesperson, told TechNewsWorld that ...

MySpace-Skype Deal Turns Keyboard Clatter to Chatter

The deal makes sense for both MySpace and Skype, Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld "Skype needs some good news, and this adds one more service that MySpace can use to showcase its site as a platform," Enderle explained....

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RIAA Creates Martyr, Dell Goes On Demand, Fiorina Does Fox, Product of the Week

There are some weeks when I wonder if we have too many executives and politicians who truly don't have the sense to come in out of the rain. Last week was one of those weeks ...

IBM, Linden Lab Envision Borderless Metaverse

"We are at the early beginning of this," Rob Enderle, principal analyst, Enderle Group, told LinuxInsider. "Expect it to take three to seven years before we really see major interoperability improvements." Common Tools...

Google Puts New Shine on Enterprise Search Appliance

Nevertheless, Google still has a way to go in terms of perception, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "The problem for Google, and this in many ways mirrors similar problems for Netscape, is they aren't set up or perceived to be an enterprise...

BitTorrent Aims to Hasten Flow of Video Downloads

"The reason it gets better with more users is there are more sites hosting the material -- the users host collectively," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld If torrent technology works well with very popular content, then how does it work w...

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RIM/HP/Microsoft Battle Coming, Are You Ready for a Home Server?, Product of the Week

It is hard to get around the fact that smartphones are incredibly hot right now, and while the iPhone appears to be suffering from vendor-induced trauma, Research In Motion's financials were impressively good ...

Microsoft, Bungie Untie the Knot

The apparently amicable separation is notable for many reasons, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsworld "This is pretty big," he stated....

Will MS Lose Its Golden Goose if Bungie Cuts Cord?

The breakup could be the result of Microsoft's relatively flat stock prices as of late, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. He agreed that there could be something to the speculation "Microsoft tends to manage its properties financially, and it...

Senators Tussle Over Net Tax Ban as Deadline Looms

"The problem is when Congress gets caught between two sides like this and debates incessantly," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. "Deadlines roll by, and suddenly we've got taxes." Such taxes may be inevitable in the long ...

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