GLG News by Enterprise Management Software Evaluators

The iPhone has such a wide following among consumers, many of whom hold influential positions in enterprises, that some penetration into enterprises will happen quickly.  Once that early stage is past, however, future growth promises to be more difficult.  RIM is a formidable competitor!

Growing by acquisition at some level seems like an easy approach to taking over much of the market, yet repeated failures through the years in various businesses have clearly demonstrated it is a road laden with minefields.  Oracle has figured out how to avoid those minefields and appears set to...

Many technology companies depend on cheap offshore labor to control their labor costs.  As the dollar continues to weaken those costs are escalating.  Similarly, offshoring companies depend on selling services in the US, and the weakening dollar makes those services more expensive and will...

1.  Microsoft is planning another operating system in a few years, so why upgrade. 2.  Microsoft seems to have lost the operating system was on mobile devices to Apple

Novell’s last quarterly results show an impressive turnaround in their business, but the bulk of their revenues are still from legacy products.  While SuSE is doing much better, largely due to the Microsoft deal, there’s still a long way to go for the new products to provide Novell’s overall g...

Security software is difficult for users to maintain or upgrade. New security software releases are bug ridden and may actually make user PC's non-operational. Most security software adversely impacts system performance.

Oracle would like to be a leader both in SaaS and premises software.  The latest release of Siebel CRM On Demand is their attempt to conquer both worlds and ensure their prized enterprise customers don’t defect to Salesforce.com.  This release will likely have limited impact on Salesforce.com...

With the demise of Toshiba's HD-DVD format, game makers will be looking for the consumer friendly format that supports vast amounts of data for today's games.

● In a perfect world all users would immediately install any patches or upgrades that would enhance the security of their systems.  ● However, many users, especially in home or home office environments, are reluctant to change something that seems to work.  ● Of course, in a perfect world...

1.  Faster bandwidth leads to more options for remote workers.  2. Support for remote workers give IT executives more flexibility.