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As the economy contracted many thought that would actually help offshore outsourcing, as the effort to reduce costs would drive more business their way.  Judging from early returns, that doesn’t appear to be the case.  On the contrary, this may well be the beginning of a sea change in the...

No segment of the market is completely safe from economic woes, but key tech players are as well positioned as any to weather the storm.  This is the time to choose carefully among investments, but the tech arena today boasts solid investment choices among both large and small companies. ...

Wireless services have become such an integral part of our everyday lives that the current financial turmoil will not significantly impact the mobile market.

1.  Oracle received its major revenue from Maintenance. 2.  Greater efficiencies will be gained inisde of Oracle to improve operating margins

RIM’s growth aspirations have led the company to expand its offering to include less-popular and unproven solutions like pre-paid and Blackberry Connect, especially in emerging markets like India.

RIM aims to leverage its enterprise and pro-sumer Blackberry success into the consumer market.  The transition will not be easy and comes with risk.

Google’s free consumer Gmail has gained a large and loyal following.  Google would like to leverage that to dethrone Microsoft Exchange in enterprises.  While Microsoft should be careful not to underestimate the threat, Google faces formidable challenges, not least of which is security.

Effective immediately after the Fannie/Freddie take over, the DITECH origination service of Cerberus' GMAC Financial Services launched a television campaign to offer 5.5% interest rate mortgage loans.

Unlikely that a suitor firm will take over Lehman directly by itself without assistance, perks or partners. As you may recall Bear Stearns in a similar situation, and remember that the Feds had to lend and assist JP Morgan with the acquisition.

The argument that SMS pricing is not linked to cost has always been true.  There will come a point where SMS pricing is more elastic (either because the price becomes too high or there are messaging alternatives), but we have not reached that point yet.