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Top DSP vendors: Texas Instruments, Freescale, Agere, Analog Devices: Top five DSP vendors in 2004, according to Forward Concepts, were: Texas Instruments, 49.7%; Freescale, 12.9%; Agere Systems, 9.8%; Analog Devices, 7.7%; and Philips, 6.8%. The principal driver for the DSP sales was the wireless communications market, which made up 71.5% of the DSP market up from 68% in 2003....; Tags: DSP; Blog posts 2005-02-25
Top DSP vendors: Texas Instruments, Freescale, Agere, Analog Devices: Top five DSP vendors in 2004, according to Forward Concepts, were: Texas Instruments, 49.7%; Freescale, 12.9%; Agere Systems, 9.8%; Analog Devices, 7.7%; and Philips, 6.8%. The principal driver for the DSP sales was the wireless communications market, which made up 71.5% of the DSP market up from 68% in 2003....; Tags: DSP; Blog posts 2005-02-25
Agere makes headway in transistor market: Agere makes headway in transistor marketLets hope the Road back is flat and LevelLets hope the road back for Agere is Flat and Level. After a few difficult years for Agere and fellow Lucent Spin off Avaya it is good to see them gaining more press and contracts. The...; Tags: Semiconductors, Agere Systems Inc., transistor; Discussion threads 2004-01-26
From Chaos to Core Competency: Agere, located in Allentown, Pa., is a leading maker of integrated chips for wireless devices, disk drives and network gear, with 7,000 employees and about $2 billion in annual sales. There was no ability to clearly see interdependencies among projects. The solution for Agere was straightforward: Start taking full advantage...; Tags: Core Competency, Primavera Systems Inc., Agere Systems Inc., Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Project Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Management, Sales, It Operations, It service Management; Case studies

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Does IT really need to fear multicore?: While multicore chips hold great promise for applications and computing power they could wreak havoc on technology departments. That's the message from Gartner analyst Carl Claunch, who argued Thursday that IT types should fear--yes fear--multicore technology. Multicore chips carry multiple brains on them and companies like Intel...; Tags: Software, Information Technology, Multi-core, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-15

JetBlue unveils high-tech terminal Oct. 22; IT as customer service tool: Joseph Eng, executive vice president of JetBlue's systems and technology, said the company will unveil its high-tech terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York Oct. 22. The terminal when it launches will be the culmination of one big technology project. JetBlue's terminal at JFK,...; Tags: Customer Service, Information Technology, JetBlue Airways Corp., Tool, Projects, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Operational Accounting, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-15
Gartner Top 10 embraces the Cloud: As in previous years, the analysts at Gartner have unveiled their 'Top 10 Strategic Technologies,' and Jason Hiner provides details elsewhere on ZDNet. The press release is here. One of the analysts involved David Cearley discusses the Top 10 over on YouTube, and posts the information from...; Tags: Gartner Inc., David, Jason, Semantic Web, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-10-15
ManageFusion 2008: I'm sitting in the media workroom preparing for today's sessions at Symantec's ManageFusion 2008. The event is being held at the JW Marriott resort and conference center in the land of the Mouse, that is Orlando, FL. I'll be adding things to this post throughout the day as interesting things...; Tags: Software, Application, Symantec Corp., Software Virtualization Solution Professional, Steve Morton, Security, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-10-15
Conversation with Richard Muirhead of Tideway Systems: Richard Muirwood, CEO of Tideway Systems, and I had our semi-annual chat the other day. Tideway's Tideway Foundation™is a management tool making it possible for organizations to get a clear understanding of the underlying physical and virtual infrastructure supporting their business applications. They call what they do "dependency mapping." ...; Tags: Tideway Systems, Richard, Productivity, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-10-15
The Future looks very Cloudy: I've just attended the one day, highly-focused executive 'Cloud Summit' conference. The Cloud—used to describe everything from internet-based computing utilities to Software as a Service — was examined and its future impact explored within the highly appropriate venue of the Silicon Valley Computer History Museum. ...; Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Trend Micro Inc., Information Technology, Cloud, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-10-14
Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits: Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploitsPatch your applications...And don't run your browser with administrative rights (in case you forget to patch those applications, e.g., WinAmp, QuickTime, etc).If you're on Windows XP/2000 or Vista and you've foolishly turned off UAC, you can use this tool:http://www.download.com/RemoveAdmin/3000-2381_4-10824971.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10835515Thing is, RemoveAdmin is a...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Secunia, popular security suite, exploit, security suite, Kaspersky, security; Discussion threads 2008-10-14
Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2): In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...; Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-10-14
Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits: In a recently conducted comparative review, Danish security company Secunia, tested the detection rate of 12 different Internet Security Suites against 300 exploits (144 malicious files and 156 malicious web pages) affecting popular end user applications, to find that even the top performer in the test is in fact performing...; Tags: Web, Malware, Exploit, Secunia, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-10-14
IT's challenges: The end of device charging; ROI; Super programmers: Gartner on Tuesday outlined its grand IT challenges from 2008 to 2033 and it includes a world where you'll never have to charge your device. That was one of the futurama type predictions outlined by Gartner analyst Ken McGhee at the firm's Symposium ITxpo. These prediction presentations...; Tags: Device, Information Technology, Gesture, ROI, Programmer, Programming, Wireless, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Development Tools, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-10-14
New pulseless total artificial heart: New pulseless total artificial heartpulseless artificial heartBack in the '60s, I was a summer intern at Litton in Minneapolis. Under the assumption that the heart must pulse for a reason, we proved in the lab that pulse flow provides more efficient mass transfer across a membrane. (The same...; Tags: total artificial heart, NIH; Discussion threads 2008-10-14
Dell negotiations: Street ball without the refs: Dell negotiations: Street ball without the refsSimple solution- Don't buy DellDell makes utter garbage. Smart companies don't buy garbage. So don't buy Dell's garbage and you will be a better company.RE: Dell negotiations: Street ball without the refsWho's left? IBM, HP & Acer, right? IBM split...; Tags: Free trade, Dell Computer Corp., negotiation, Dell negotiation; Discussion threads 2008-10-14
Stealth Company decloaks... as Siri: Silicon Valley stealth-mode startup, Stealth Company, revealed a little more about itself overnight and rebranded as Siri. Stealth Company's website has proved vague at best over the past few months, for example tantalising with allusions to underpinning technology; "We are not building...; Tags: Software, SRI International, Siri, CALO, Tools & Techniques, Management, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-10-13
Lead, melamine, and backdoored routers: It seems that not a day goes by without a new media alert regarding bad things in the chinese supply chain. First it was lead in our toys, then it was melamine in our milk, and now it also may be backdoors in our counterfeit Cisco hardware. ...; Tags: Router, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Adam O\'Donnell; Blog posts 2008-10-13
Windows 7 will be called... Windows 7: Windows 7 will be called... Windows 7Great overview of Windows 7 available here...Here is a great overview and FAQ of what is in Windows 7 and what has changed etc.Go here - http://www.winsupersite.com/faq/windows_7.aspRE: Windows 7 will be called... Windows 7, but not Vista ME Part DeuxBut won't Windows 7 be...; Tags: Operating systems, Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2008-10-13
Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.: Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.So if the task gets sold to ONE bidder......what company is big enough to "connect" the entire country? And wouldn't that be creating a monopoly? Or wouldn't a monopoly exist, because the system is free?If it is free, where is the financial...; Tags: Taxes, Wireless LANs, Free trade, WIRELESS, Internet, tax, Wi-Fi; Discussion threads 2008-10-13