GLG News by GLG Leaders in the Technology Council

Until visual image searching gets a lot better, you'll be relying on words (metadata) to find and make sense of your images, whether personal photos or a corporate image library.  Thousands of hours have been spent muddling toward standards, and it would take thousands more to get compete agreement. ...

Study after study has proven that shoppers who browse, search and research online first and then buy in-store, spend more and return less.   The fact that 75% of multi-channel consumers prefer to move from clicks to bricks when shopping, while 7% reverse the direction is VERY good news for retailers,...

There periodically appears seeming breakthroughs in process that could change the fundamental way semiconductors are made or perform. This new technique could be very significant because of its impact on speed and power Ther have been other "breakthroughs" like GaAs and SOS substrates that have...

* Metadata is information that describes the contents of a piece of data or content  * Standards that make metadata created in one device readable in another device are in their infancy  * Most metadata today must be entered manually but this takes more time than most people can afford ...

In addition to loosing hundreds of millions of dollars and significant market share, letting things get so bad for so long has resulted in CC loosing control - now it's largely up to others if CC will survive.  1. Vendors - at this point vendors are on top – without vendor support there...

Fiber is actually still the dominant platform to transmit and receive high bandwidth data. The question if to extend it to the home ( FTTH) or to the node ( FTTN) is a valid one but does not shade its future. When IPTV and other bandwidth demanding applications will knock on the door- the solution...

Combining TV and PC was the ultimate dream of consumers. IPTV has proved that it's possible and now is time to harvest the fruits. Gartner's analysis should not come as a surprise since the platforms are ready and just regulations and rights are impeding the process. The huge increase of IPTV subscriptions...

Troubled Sprint that puts all its bets on WiMAX has first to prove that LTE is not generating a real threat. Ciena proved that it has a suitable solution and it will benefit first. However, Sprint's success is heavily dependent on the question whether G4 WiMax mobile will run. The fiber optic...

Nortel's  situation is not easy. Actually, it is not easy since the bubble exploded in late 2000. The decision to sell the Metro business will shave more revenue growth generators and it must fulfill the gap with fresh products. The share decline is not just due to performance and market mood-...

Collaboration between the two giants, HP and Oracle , can shake the storage world which is due to double digit growth in the next three years. It can be a win-win situation based on both companies' reputation and strengths. on top of that, both companies are not new to the storage world's needs and...