GLG News by IT Infrastructure Software Experts

1. Proactive strategies for cost reductions are better than reactive. 2. Communication about the current realities is critical to your staff

Software does evolve over time.  Every user of software, whether it’s a home version of Windows or an enterprise version of SAP, must at some point decide to upgrade.  Upgrades are usually expensive and painful.  As long as Oracle provides a reasonable upgrade path users should not be...

Virus is not spyware; To much money to prevent malware.

Three conditions affecting the banking business seem quite real and have already become visible in the form of poor earnings reports from the giants  -  losses in investment banking, the credit crunch and subprime mortgages.  So it’s natural to look to the left and right for other industries...

1. Yahoo and Microsoft together are not as big as Google in search 2. Will the culture clash of two companies outweigh the search market share gains?

“You can have it fast, cheap or good:  pick any two!”  In too many cases fast and cheap has won over good.  The primary driver behind offshoring has been cost savings, not quality.  Network redundancy is an insurance policy which many executives have chosen not to buy.  Sadly,...

1. Vista Service Pack 1 could increase Microsoft Revenues 2. IT organizations may still be reluctant

Virtualization is here; Squeamish brokers only control short term markets; VMware has strong and stable product offerings.

Business continuance will now become a top of mind issue, especially in global outsourced solutions.

Motorola is struggling in the handset business, while at the same time Nokia is going from strength to strength.  Motorola’s new CEO, Greg Brown, has very limited time to rescue the handset business.  Motorola needs to be able to make a profit on low-cost cell phones.  Barring that, they...