GLG News by IT Infrastructure Software Experts

At a market cap of $7-8B and $2+B in the bank, along with healthy free cash flow, Sun is starting to look ripe for an acquisition.  It’s becoming increasingly clear that Sun’s current business model isn’t working, but their IP, customer base, brand recognition and employee base makes them attr...

VMWare is doing great, so how could they be in trouble?  By having both Microsoft and open source invade their market.  Their easy growth is in the past, and now the question becomes whether they can thrive in a highly competitive environment.

Today’s organizations face an urgent need to develop energy-efficient and environmentally responsible data centers. Data centers are growing at a tremendous rate,but energy costs are becoming a proportionally higher part of their operational budget. Analysts estimate that within a few years,the cost...

This overview discusses actual situation in nanotechnology market, shows growth trends and presents related forcasts.

1. Power consumes more than the cost of the PC. 2.  Virtualization of PC's can reduce the IT budget.

According to the media and several prominent individuals, SaaS is the future of the software business.  The “old-fashioned” licensed software model is doomed.  Yet the most profitable and biggest software companies have only a limited presence in SaaS.  Does this mean they are out of...

Motorola’s new camera phone won’t be enough to resuscitate their ailing handset business, but it does show that some innovation still lives within Motorola.  This is not the second coming of the RAZR, but is a good beginning if they can follow with other innovative products.

1.  Choosing one vendor that can give you data storage 2.  Completes the picture for servers and storage as well as desktops and laptops

The move from rotating disks to Solid State Disks (SSD) is happening faster than most predicted.  Rotating disk vendors such as Seagate will likely see margins erode as they lose the high-end disk business to SSD.

2007 as a whole was a banner year for UPS suppliers worldwide. The global Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) market is worth $7.4 billion, with APC-MGE the largest supplier with a market share of more than 30%. As we see the financial sector globally suffering from uncertainty, it will be interesting...