GLG News by Design/Engineering Software Experts

The DoD's proposal would essentially obsolete legacy high-end GPS receivers after Dec. 31, 2020. The DoD estimates there are approximately 250,000 of these in use today. The replacement cost of each receiver is $10-20,000 each.  This action introduces uncertainty into the high-precision GPS...

1) All real estate is local -- National stats are a photo, not an x-ray.  2) Jobs are a better indicator of real estate trends.  When people work, they want to find a way to afford a home.  3) Homeowners removed $620B from their home equity in 2006 -- that ATM is out of...

The different drivers for Enterprise and Consumer will remain stable and more dynamic on the consumer side. HDD vendors will grow constantly as data and units growth is exceeding growth by tech and price decline. New stars on storage to come up and might drive interesting aquisitions.

Soho / consumer NAS will show stable growth in high 2digits over the next years. While the competition environement has become more close over the last 2 years, this segment is still in the beginning. Iomega offers a well known brand and market awareness for the low end segment.

In depth partnership between Ciena and Hitachi Data Systems will suggest both companies are targeting the ISP / Telecommunication market and are expecting further changes in regulations how (long) critical data in the www has to be stored tomorrow.

SOA is not a revolutionary market.  The key SOA concepts have been around for more than 20 years and tools that implements these concepts have been in the marketplace for more than 10 years.  This is an evolutionary market that will benefit system integration companies and not the product...

BEA is a company with sticky products, satisfied customers and its employees are among the brightest in the computer industry.  Perhaps, due to the value it brings to a wide range of industry segments, the company is best off staying independent.

Oracle's acquisition announcement of Agile Software is great news for Agile customers as Oracle will provide the stable and strong financial backing needed for future Agile business viability as well as continued access to technology and applications ensuring continued product development and innovation....

*Great combination of features, design... and maybe usability*It´s the wrong brand to see a blockbuster*Availability of Samsung could hurt iphone sales in the beginning

*Competing with Tech Data´s Azlan in the VAD segment for more profitability*Worldwide Expansion and focus on eastern Europe