Innovation in digital technologies shows no signs of abating. The pervasive impact of these technologies means that it is sometimes hard to classify and predict their potential impact. We use a functional classification here to bring order to this confusion and enable some assessment of relevance and impact.
Fujitsu of Japan is buying Siemens' 50% stake in their European IT joint venture. The takeover is the latest example of consolidation in the technology industry in response to intense competition and sluggish demand. Fujitsu will pay about €450m ($584m) for Siemens' stake in Fujitsu Siemens Computers, which supplies PCs, servers and other IT hardware in Europe.
Simon Fox, 05 November 2008
- Content Creation and Management,
- Advertising and Promotion Technologies,
- Security,
- Transaction and Customer Management,
- Integration and Process Management,
- Core Computing and Processing Technologies,
- Communications Technology,
- Databases,
- Digital Rights Management,
- Search,
- Widgets,
- Virtualization
Warner Brothers Entertainment will release its films online in South Korea before they are released in the country on DVD, in a major break from the established Hollywood distribution model which could lead to a big increase in movie downloads. The film studio, which is part of Time Warner, has...
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Sarita Jones, 15 October 2008
The meltdown in global financial markets is likely to have a significsnt impact on Indian Technology Service companies, who have built big outsourcing businesses based on process expertise and cost arbitrage. If they are to succeed in the future,Indian Tech service companies need to re-invent...
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Arun Muthirulan, 02 October 2008
T-Mobile has announced the launch of the first smartphone to be powered by the Google Android operating system but the phone will not be available to customers until early November 2008. Android is promoted as open source with plenty of room for customization, but the new T-Mobile G1 phone is...
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Reiko Uchida, 24 September 2008
Intuit, the accounting systems and book-keeping solutions player, has confirmed it is moving into the Software as a Service market, with new applications in field services, inventory handling and sales management, which could see the company competing against Salesforce.com.
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Simon Fox, 22 September 2008