GLG News by IT Infrastructure Software Experts

A Microsoft branded PC would increase Microsoft’s revenue significantly. It would also create tension between Microsoft and PC manufacturers. Can Microsoft make such a strategy work economically?

- An awakening call for security software vendors who ignored or misunderstood Software-as-a-Service in their marketplace - A boost for SMB market which has been looking for integrated IT services to come from a  centralized delivery model - Managed service providers will be forced to rethink what...

1.  Integrated virtualizaiton in silicon could lead to strategic advantage for Intel over AMD 2.  The integration of the hardware could reduce or eliminate today's reliance on BIOS firmware

Everyone agrees Vista is the operating system of the future. The big question is – when is the “future”? And the answer is – “Not soon!”

1. Some of the companies that former Oracle people started are now part of Oracle. 2. Larry was an investor in Salesforce and NetSuite.

Source of revenue when seeling iPhones:  revenue from device and revenue from plan/subscription.  Both need one another.  Newer devices garner attention while older devices reach end of life. Gaining control of the platform is the end issue.

1.  Microsoft makes the clear turn from a desktop company to a enterprise and web services organization. 2.  Software + services will lead a new Microsoft

1.  It is getting easier to create ad keywords so more people can create ads. 2.  The expense of optimizing your keywords is more expensive that just paying Google

The “easy life” for Salesforce is now over. The ultimate winner of this war won’t be determined for several years. Regardless of whether Microsoft wins, Salesforce will lose something.

Virtualizing individual servers is not the future. The future of servers lies with modular computing elements virtualized into resource pools.