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Facebook Internet Project: The Skies Have It

"This can potentially put a big crimp in some totalitarian governments' [efforts] to restrict and control citizens' access, because the ability to connect to the Internet could literally be flying overhead. I'm sure certain countries are already having fits," Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld.

LG Sheds Light on Internet of Things

"I think we're just at the precipice of seeing what smart light bulbs can do in terms of features, functions and different wattages," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. "Smart light bulbs will evolve. They offer a slew of features which will enable c...

Microsoft Beats the Customer-Centricity Drum at Convergence

Companies will have to tally all the features available to see if it is worthwhile for them, said Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC. "First, though, let me say that hardly anyone pays list price for enterprise software anymore," she told CRM Buyer.

Moov Brings Smarts to Fitness Tech

Moov, though, has the advantage of a successful crowdfunding campaign, Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. "Crowdsourcing has become a great publicity channel for companies besides just raising funds." ...

Google’s Project Tango Struts Into the Spotlight

"More users," said Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC. "More users equals greater market share and additional and greater potential revenue stream. To stay still and rest on [its] laurels -- and expect to retain its current dominant market position in search [and] online...

Microsoft Makes BI Power Play

Business intelligence's growing popularity almost insured that Microsoft would incorporate it into its Office product for an even more fundamental reason, Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told CRM Buyer. Power BI will help "stem the tide of defection to other productivity offe...

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Careless, Reckless Staff Are Corporate Security’s Biggest Threat

We have met the enemy and he is us ...

Gates Goes Back to the Drawing Board

"If you know Bill Gates, he thinks about everything," said Laura DiDio, principal analyst with ITIC. "This was not an impulse move." In some respects, Gates' return to Microsoft can be compared to another high-tech second coming.

Inside Satya Nadella

"Nadella is an excellent choice and a safe bet for Microsoft," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "He's a 22-year veteran, and his bona fides as a technocrat and a proven manager as executive VP of the cloud and enterprise group are unassailab...

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IBM, Lenovo Deal Is All About Winning

Lenovo Group's US$2.3 billion deal to purchase IBM's low-end, commodity x86 Server portfolios, related resources and operations is an all-around win for everyone involved ...

Here Comes the Sun-Powered MacBook?

"Apple is under a lot of media and analyst scrutiny to deliver truly innovative products and not just evolutionary features and enhancements," Laura DiDio, principal analyst at ITIC, told TechNewsWorld. "The solar powered, dual-screen MacBook is potentially revolutionary for ...

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IBM Puts Its Faith in Watson

Pardon the pun, but there's nothing elementary about IBM's Watson Business Unit. IBM's Watson initiative takes cognitive computing to the head of the class ...

Microsoft Hooks Up With GoDaddy

The brand appeal cuts both ways, observed Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC. "Everyone knows who GoDaddy is," she said, "and 12 million potential customers is a very desirable target audience." Pushing Back ...

2014: It’s a Tablet, Tablet, Tablet, Tablet World

"I expect that the rivalry between Apple and Samsung will continue to be white hot and increasingly bitter," Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told the E-Commerce Times. "I also expect relations between Apple and the rest of the Android competitors and former friends like Google will be frosty." ...

Foursquare, Win 8 Make Each Other Look Good

Microsoft has much riding on the success of this app, speculated Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC "Microsoft is struggling to get Windows 8 off the ground," DiDio told TechNewsWorld. "To have a popular app like Foursquare take off on its platform would be a very big deal."

No Clear Reason for Windows 8’s Failure to Thrive

There is much to the story that the Net Applications numbers don't tell, Laura DiDio, principal at ITIC told the E-Commerce Times. For example, it is hard to see how much of Windows 8's falling growth rate is tied to corporate users vs. consumer users. If there is a large dr...

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Is Microsoft Myopic?

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CRM Product Profiles: The Year in Review

"Ease of use and streamlined functionality have been watchwords for CRM providers, and we saw that continue this year," Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC, told CRM Buyer "When you talk about CRM, it is an application that is supposed to help companies manage their customer relat...

Whither OpenSolaris? Illumos Takes Up the Mantle

"In essence, Illumos did more than create a fork of OpenSolaris. It took a sharp left turn. At issue is Illumos created its own version of OpenSolaris. That presented questions and concerns about its interoperability and compatibility with the existing user base," Laura DiDio, Principal at ITIC, told LinuxInsider...

It’s Off to the Tablet Races for Amazon’s Big Kindle Fire

The head of Amazon's Kindle division, Mike Nash, spent 20 years at Microsoft, noted Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC. "He is a very savvy marketer who has worked on many different projects at Microsoft. I don't think Amazon has fully leveraged his expertise -- not yet, at least. There is more to come from him."

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