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I agree with Paul's analysis and associated conclusions.  I would also add that when Google reaches the level of reliability attained by other SaaS like suppliers (SalesForce.com, etc.) then their gmail offering will become acceptable to the enterprise businesses. 

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

1. If Samsung is successful in taking over SanDisk they will become the dominant player in the NAND flash business . 2. Samsung will gain a strong retail presence in flash products which it does not enjoy today.  This includes carfds, memory sticks, USB thumb drives, etc.

In the last few weeks I have seen the word "monopoly" used several times in different articles about Apple. Most of it stems from the App store related to the iPhone. But does this run deeper?

As was the case years back when ISDN and other carrier technologies first started coming out of the factory, the vendors have always argued, - economy of scale will always bring real returns - there is always a minimum entry price - stay in or work a partnership It would seem that having exited...

o  Although rumors are flying about the possible acquisition of Teradata by SAP, the fit is far from perfect. o  SAP executives have stated the need for advanced analytics and there are other vendors that SAP could acquire to fulfill this need. o  SAP might consider acquiring...

1. Since being spun out of Agilent the management has been focused on an IPO that would pay off the investors. 2. Avago has sold off business's such as storeage IC's, printer ASIC's, and Infrared components to help pay back initial private equity investors.  They have done a good job of cutting...

Microsoft's recent announcements in the virtualization arena prove that they are serious about their role in competing with VMware & Citrix: 1) Their new management tool for migrating Virtual Apps from one physical device to another (like VMware's VMotion) show that they continue to make progress...

The tremendous growth of IP traffic represents some exciting new revenue opportunities for service providers worldwide, but places significant capital and operational strains on networks carrying those services. As a result, many transport networks must transition from circuit- to packet-optimized architectures....

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.