GLG News in Technology, Media & Telecom

Green is not just about burning cleaner fuels in our cars or alternative energy.  It is also about operating equipment more effectively in a manner that requires less energy and release less waste.  

Voice is a give-away by the carriers, revenue and market share growth now rely on unique and differentiable applications. Carrying voice phone calls is now an un-differentiable commodity that drives no revenue or EBITDA gro Unique applications that drive market share gains and revenue growth is now the focus of the wireless carriers, particularly the...

* HP hailed Intel’s entry into SSDs announced at the IDF in August  * HP announced that they have selected Samsung SSDs for their virtualization blade server system  * The Samsung SSDs in this application replace 2.5-inch hard disk drives  * HP says that use of SSDs in this application allows faster performing blade servers  * The SSDs will server for local booting and “scratch”...

Large size LCD price going down due to bad economy forces the revenue of main componensts like LCD glass to go down. The common philiosophy of price going down increases the demand is not valid during bad economy especially for large size LCD panels. All key components like LED and CCFL used for LCD panle assembly will also suffer. This phenomena is not seasonal as used to be the case every year...

1.      The biggest problem right now in telecom is access to money. 2.      Small companies will be feeling the pressure the most because they all need further investment. 3.      With potential investment opportunities for cents on the dollar, there will probably be more M&A activity.

Just when you thought it was safe to jump back into the intellectual property waters.

Apple does not lower prices, it instead increases capabilities and functions. That way it always keeps its margins the same and its method of business the same.

When the price of power consumption and estimated life-time costs are aggressively marketed on plugged-in appliances, consumers will differentiate products based on these factors. Only then will power consumption for plug-in appliances emerge as a competitive advantage. Power reduction technology and design techniques are available today. They are not free, they increase the cost...

Thin film and nanotechnology solar cells are receiving tons of press, hype and funding, but they are not the surefire, low cost solution for the future.  Thin film and nanotech solar cells offer much promise, but also require great technological and manufacturing achievements and discoveries.  Existing players in high efficiency, space rated solar cells may be able to deliver all of those...

Like Ericsson was 10 years ago, Nokia is today – the indicator of industry health.