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- IDC: PC sales growth to slow as emerging markets struggle
- Emerging markets--once the growth engine of PC sales--are showing signs of strain, according to an IDC report projecting sluggish demand for 2009. IDC on Wednesday said in a statement that it expects worldwide PC shipments to grow 3.8 percent in 2009, well below previous projections. IDC expects...
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- The Value of Working With Global Carriers in Emerging Markets
- There are many good reasons to expand one's business into emerging markets. Most importantly, the world's major emerging markets are projected to provide a significant portion of global economic growth over the next decade. However, these markets are unfamiliar and entering them will present challenges that are difficult to anticipate....
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Microsoft: Windows and Linux offer same TCO in emerging markets
- Microsoft: Windows and Linux offer same TCO in emerging marketsThis line says it all ...[i]That's the conclusion of a recent [b]Microsoft-sponsored study[/b] from Vital Wave Consulting, which Microsoft is touting in new posting on the company's Unlimited Potential UP blog.[/i]Why am I not surprised of the results of this "study"?...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Microsoft: Windows and Linux offer same TCO in emerging markets
- While Linux may be cheaper up front, but over time, Windows and Linux offer roughly the same total-cost-of-ownership to customers deploying large numbers of PCs in schools in emerging markets according to a new Microsoft-funded study. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Michael Dell takes direct model into emerging markets
- Michael Dell takes direct model into emerging marketsDellAll is Well
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Global cell phone market to grow 11% in 2008
- Gartner expects cell phone market growth to slow to 11% from 16% in 2007, and in US dollar terms growth would slow to 9% from 11%. Handset vendors sold 304.7 mln mobile phones globally in Q2 2008, with strong demand in emerging markets lifting sales 11.8% from Q2 2007. The...
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Emerging markets fuel first half chip sales; Memory prices crater
- Global chip sales were up 5.4 percent in the first half of 2008 to $127.5 billion courtesy of solid demand in the U.S. and emerging markets, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Developing economies in China, India, Europe and Latin America are offsetting any weakness in the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]
- Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]Emerging market?If we're talking about version control, bug tracking, compile farms, etc then how is this an emerging market? Companies have been doing this for years.As for leasing out computer time...this has been done for decades. It just went out...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Hosted software development: an emerging market [includes podcast]
- Note: Click the player above to hear my podcast interview on hosted development with Jeffrey Walker and Jeff Leyser from Atlassian Software. Hosted software as a service SaaS development solutions have become an important option for mainstream programmers. These products range from straightforward offsite storage, such as...
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Gartner: $100 laptop still too expensive for the emerging markets
- Gartner: $100 laptop still too expensive for the emerging marketsIt is a process to hit price points that will work everywhere. OLPC hasat least hit price points that mean probably hundreds of millions more will now be able to afford computers. True, there are billions in need, but, prices will...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Gartner: $100 laptop still too expensive for the emerging markets
- The concept of a $100 PC has been held as the Holy Grail for computing in emerging markets, but the reality is vastly different, according to Gartner. Bottom line: $100 for a PC is still the monthly salary of a teacher in Russia and two to three months salary in...
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?
- Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?Disagree with your conclusionTo save face Microsoft won't extend the deadline again?Come on. With the consequence being hundreds of thousands of those eee PCs going out with Linux not to mention WIBRAINs and EVERUNs no exec in their right mind...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- Will XP's 'execution stay' for emerging markets apply to other countries?
- Speculation continues to swirl as to when and whether Microsoft will extend the June 30, 2008, cut-off date on which many PC makers will be expected to cease bundling Windows XP with new PCs. But some pundits seem to have forgotten that when Microsoft initially granted Windows...
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- What does a stagnating economy mean for Ed Tech?
- All signs are certainly pointing to a slowdown in our economy, if not a full-blown recession. Consumer spending is already down and Dell just reported a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter. So what does this mean for Ed Tech? Dell is planning layoffs to boost profits, but...
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging markets
- OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging marketsYes, it was a GREAT program, and will get lots of computers into the handsof technical people that will help with the project. I would like to see it extended and continued. We would also like to see accessories such...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging markets
- The One Laptop Per Child foundation said Monday that it raised $35 million from its Give One Get One campaign that just ended. The campaign, which ran from Nov. 12 to Dec. 31, sent 100,000 XO laptops to locales such as Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mongolia and...
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversation
- XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversationAll this work on a deprecated OS?I thought Vista was the future? Active development to port XP, let's face it, a stable but very outdated OS onto the OLPC. At some point, MS will have to accept...
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
- XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversation
- Windows XP may come to the One Laptop Per Child project as Microsoft ports its operating system to flash-based devices such as Intel's Classmate PC, ASUS Eee PC and the XO laptop. But Microsoft's big motive is to stay relevant in emerging markets where officials are increasingly mulling over Linux-based...
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- Interview with Mandriva CEO, François Bancilhon
- I had the opportunity to speak Monday afternoon with the CEO of Mandriva, François Bancilhon. Recently, a deal with the Nigerian government to use and install Mandriva Linux on 17,000 Intel Classmate PCs was derailed when the government decided to overwrite the installed operating system with Windows XP. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- Microsoft's 'multipoint' tech for emerging markets
- To bring technology to emerging markets, Microsoft has an ongoing project called Unlimited Potential. CNET News.com's Ina Fried sat down with Microsoft VP Will Poole to discuss what the project's new "multipoint" technology is doing to help address the problems of having just one computer for a large classroom.
- Videos 2007-10-10
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