GLG News by Product Lifecycle Management Software Experts

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.

MGA's can seek out better lines and Company deals. MGA's can seek out training to meet the changing demands. One very specific area an MGA can capitalize on is TECHNOLOGY.

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. 

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.

But the future can be managed. We can look at the past cycles and then extrapolate forward potential probabilities. When markets contract, they can keep contracting to oblivion. But the probabilities of markets which are infrastructure tested, tried and true, tend to rebound. Demand growth and upgrades...

Many factors, such as; convenience,  better fraud protection, acceptance,  user interface improvements, peer reviews, dysfunctional brick and mortar stores, high transportation costs all contribute to the growth of Internet commerce. The list is very short which tracks products and services...

Whether markets are up or down - if a trading company such as TD Ameritrade (merged from many different trading companies and platforms), Scottrade, Schwab, Knight, etc runs their business efficiently, trade volume effect growth.Seems that towards the end (long trade exits - short...

In terms of volume the iPhone is indeed a “niche product” for Nokia.  However, the impact the iPhone is having on the handset market is much greater than its market share might indicate.  Nokia needs to address their steadily dropping US market share, although the iPhone is only one small...