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- 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...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Marketing research, Financial services, Podcasts, Development tools, Force.com, emerging market, tool, Hosted, Hosted software development, software development, podcast
- 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...
- Tags: Software, Podcast, Environment, Emerging Market, Workflow, Tool, Development Environment, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Development Tools, Management, Software/Web Development, Michael Krigsman
- 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...
- Tags: Financial services, Marketing research, emerging market, $100 laptop, laptop computer, Gartner Inc., phone, computer, Microsoft Corp.
- 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...
- Tags: PC, $100 Laptop, Gartner Inc., Emerging Market, Laptop Computer, Desktops, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- 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...
- Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, emerging market, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- 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...
- Tags: PC, Emerging Market, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- 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...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., OEM, Emerging Market, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Linux, Open Source, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- 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...
- Tags: emerging market, One Laptop Per Child project, Intel Corp., computer
- 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...
- Tags: Emerging Market, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- 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...
- Tags: Operating systems, emerging market, Apple OS X, Windows/Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, software
- 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...
- Tags: Emerging Market, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- 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. ...
- Tags: Emerging Market, Mandriva, Mr., Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Government, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Christopher Dawson
- 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.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., News.com, Marketing Research, Financial Services, microsoft, will poole, unlimited potential, multipoint, emerging markets, emerging segments, third world, cell, mobile, cellular, phone, computer, pc, Emerging Market, Marketing
- Videos 2007-10-10
- Microsoft's Linux defense: $3 Windows-Office bundle in emerging markets
- Microsoft's Linux defense: $3 Windows-Office bundle in emerging marketsThe World has gone open source, MS IS ToastHaving grown in a third World country, were Microsoft wants to charge 190 dollars for Windows XP where the most an average person makes is 30 dollars a month. 3 dollars is...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, emerging market
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- Microsoft's Linux defense: $3 Windows-Office bundle in emerging markets
- Microsoft cant afford to have open source software dominate emerging markets--or its growth is toast. The solution: $3 Windows for governments to give away. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates outlining a plan to provide low-costs bundles of...
- Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, Microsoft, Linux, Government
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- Photos: emerging markets panel at 3GSM
- Countries like India could become a source of profit, a panel of wireless industry figures says.
- Tags: Wi-Fi, wireless industry, emerging market, India, photograph, wireless, industry
- Image galleries 2007-02-14
- Transforming the World's emerging markets
- Globalization will be increasingly important in determining the rate of economic growth, with emerging markets accounting for a larger piece of the world economy by 2020. The shift of labor-intensive production processes from regions like Western Europe to lower-cost economies will continue. Companies will use networking technologies to tap into...
- Tags: Emerging Market, Economy, Globalization, Financial Services, Marketing Research, Strategy, Management, Marketing
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Motorola calls on emerging markets with Motofone
- Motorola calls on emerging markets with MotofoneThey called them "Mofo":-)
- Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Motofone, emerging market, Motorola Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-26
- AMD to sell Transmeta chips in emerging markets
- AMD to sell Transmeta chips in emerging marketsGood for allI wish Linux was involved, but I am glad to see Linus's former employer selling some procs.hmmmCan i get FX-62 for under $100? :)C'mon...i need it.
- Tags: Marketing research, Financial services, Transmeta Corp., emerging market, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- Microsoft pitches pay-as-you-go PCs
- Microsoft pitches pay-as-you-go PCsEven then, how would they handle payment? Poor people in developingcountries do NOT have credit cards.I suppose you could sell pre-paid Microsoft cards, just like pre-paid cell phone and long distance cards, but they will get sick of paying everytime they turn on the computer and just...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operational accounting, Financial services, Microsoft Corp., payment, computer, PC, emerging market
- Discussion threads 2006-05-21
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