GLG News by Microsoft Vista OS Experts

Riverbed jumped into the WAN optimization market with innovative technology and an effective business plan.  Their success has justified the market, but they face an uphill battle against the big network vendors.  Ongoing innovation gives them some hope, but their long-term viability is at...

The release schedule for Windows 7 effectively means most enterprises will go directly from XP to 7.  Windows 7 appears to be Vista done right, with problems addressed and some nice functionality added.  If delivered as promised it should maintain Windows’ position in the market.

1.  The success of the iPhone is not its touch screen alone but rather the interface 2.  Will the interface of a touch screen work with a blackberry?

1.  Lawsuits are a reflection that the market competition is very intense. 2.  Craigslist needs to focus on product solutions

Sun has tied its future to open source, but seems clueless on how to monetize open source.  Worse yet, they don’t seem to care!  Meanwhile their core revenue stream continues to dwindle.  Future prospects don’t look good.

Desktop virtualization promises huge savings in TCO, improved security, good user experience, improved manageability, etc.  Despite these advantages, it has many issues that have so far prevented widespread adoption, and likely will always limit adoption. 

1. Skype clarity has improved to where it is as good as cell phone 2. The feature of sharing information make it a low cost form of webex

1.  Getting work done also involves knowing your fellow employees outside of work 2.  Some companies are starting to use facebook as a way to connect employees

Oracle’s applications have both wide and deep functionality, but that’s not enough anymore.  As younger users move into positions of influence intuitive interfaces and social networking features become increasingly important.  The applications vendor that “gets” this will be in a commanding...

Apple cannot win the enterprise market for the Mac, but Microsoft can give it to them.  When the resurgence of the Mac is combined with Microsoft’s continuing insistence on selling Vista to enterprises, the door is open to Apple gaining a solid presence in the enterprise market.