GLG News by GLG Leaders in the Technology Council

With the skyrocketing cost for developing new processes more and more semiconductor companies are joining the IBM alliance the pre competitive process is getting less and less. NEC is just the last one from a parade of the companies that already joined the alliance. Looks like we are having only...

What most operators have been doing in the early phases of deploying EV-DO or HSDPA is to provision additional T1/E1s, either over their own microwave infrastructure or by spending more on leasing T1/E1 services from a wireline service provider. The last two to threeyears have seen most 3G operators...

The sales of iPods have been steady to slightly down in the USA, the rest of the world will follow in time. Did Apple fail to spark a new generation of sales?

If you have ever worked with Microsoft’s Virtualization you will then know there is a reason it is free. It does not work very well. VMWare is so far in front of them that it’s not even funny. As long as MS keeps their virtualization technology dependent on their OS I will be skeptical from the get...

MAXroam is providing a solution to one of today’s biggest problems in mobile phones – the cost of International roaming.  They are offering both data and voice Internationally at reasonable rates.  They are potentially the next Skype, with a similar value and impact on the carriers.

Microsoft’s latest virtualization announcements are another nail in VMWare’s coffin  The key fact is not so much that Microsoft is offering this capability, since everyone knew it was coming.  The key fact is how soon and how cheaply it is available.   “Free” is always a compelling...

Talk about "hair on fire."

Does Apple move to develop a monopoly of its product lines and what may happen with a change in administrations and the Justice Department?

Red Hat’s acquisition of Qumranet will strengthen their virtualization offerings, thus providing more competition for VMWare and Microsoft.  Qumranet’s technology will move Red Hat significantly forward, particularly on desktop virtualization.  This is starting to raise the question of whether...

iPod sales have been falling in the USA or at least even f=with last year in some markets. The iPhone price drop has also impacted the iPod sales.