GLG News by Server Purchasers

1. The Darwinism of technology continues in economic hard times. 2. Today's hot gadget is tomorrow's paperweight and CIO's should look to prune un-needed equipment.

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...

The integration of Google Apps into Salesforce.com’s products can only help both companies, so it is certainly not going to help Microsoft.  On the other hand, this level of integration has been available for quite a while between Microsoft’s Outlook and ERP solutions, so it’s not likely to have...

1) Due diligence is expected and the news of tightening belts was predicted. 2) In the last quarter we have found all verticals are experiencing some level of conservative spending. 3) However, we have also seen increased spending with some vendors and/or specific vendor products and solutions. ...

The best course for Microsoft is to release the next OS ahead of schedule and write Vista off as an interim step.  If Microsoft can get a solid Windows 7 released in the middle of 2009 they will retain their hold on the desktop market.  If not, they risk losing a large percentage of...

The central concern with broadband in the U.S. may not be addressing the gap between the U.S. and other nations, but how the gap is being redefined.  Indeed, it may take additional private funding of studies to shore up broadband facts the U.S. government would rather ignore.  Broadband in...

With the overall state of the economy a general slowdown in technology companies is inevitable.  That does not equate to a collapse akin to 2001 or the current Financial Services sector.  Unless something changes only the weak companies will be hurt severely.

Short term pain long term gain? In my opinion, only within the sphere of Misys existing clients. Neither Misys nor Allscripts have been very good at marketing to non-customers.

This is an early indication of a problem that will continue to present itself at hospitals around the country. Two main causes drive this phenomenon: As nursing homes continue to close, there are fewer long term care beds available, which means hospitals can't get their patients out of badly needed...

Allscripts was a darling while they could show growth of their EMR product over the past years, but a majority of this growth was likely due to their partnership with IDX. Misys has been struggling in the Healthcare marketplace for a number of years, showing no growth and an erosion of their Practice...