Cisco's advantages and challenges. Comparisons to Juniper, ProCurve, Brocade.
August 5, 2009
Cisco’s Sales Will Drop as Much as 17%, Chambers Says | www.bloomberg.com
Cisco's strengths and challenges for their first fiscal quarter and beyond can be further defined when we compare them to their competition. Juniper, HP ProCurve, Avaya, Brocade (Foundry), Nortel, 3COM are vendors that can help us define and understand Cisco. Cisco's success may very well be due to the weakness of their competition versus the strengths of Cisco. In addition, with $30 plus billion of cash they are better positioned than most.
March 3, 2009
Intel vs. Qualcomm | www.businessweek.com
The partnership between Intel and TSMC will allow expanding Intel platform well beyond PC, notebooks and Net Books. Access to IP, will allow a set of customers who value customization consider Intel platform. In addition to access to IP and ASIC design capability, TSMC can offer Intel a lower cost manufacturing facility to compete more effectively.
March 3, 2009
Solar Power For $2 A Day | www.forbes.com
Designers in CA are using the current generation of solar technology to create smaller, easy to install and modular panels which are afforadble for younger people, even those living in rental housing. Using existing technology while eliminating large cost of installation is an mportant step to spread the utility of panels. This will allow people to experiment with solra power without haveing to lay out thousands of dollars. Solving safety and integration problems with the grid will be the next.
February 27, 2009
Alteon deal worth just $17.65M, Nortel says | www.ottawacitizen.com
-May be enough to finally give Radware a push into profitability; -Nortel (Alteon) clients win; -Radware may increase their market reach. -Competition is already going after existing Nortel clients.
December 5, 2008
Surge in sales of LED-backlit notebook PCs | compoundsemiconductor.net
The sales of PC's with LED based displayes have surged 63% in the most recent quarter and are expected to reach 2.1 million units in 2008, capturing a 5.4% market share. The trand is expceted to continue.
What VCs Should Invest In ... In this Economy
November 24, 2008
What Should Investors Do Now? | online.wsj.com
Consumers aren't in a buying mood this holiday, but there are opportunities for new companies. I don't recommend the hi-tech plays that won't actualize for another decade, but rather look at some opportunities that should spark demand in a 1-3 year time frame. Anyway, it is the holiday season, and nothing goes better under the Christmas tree than a fresh bowl of optimism.
Advice to RIM Blackberry: How to Attack Apple's B2C Advantage
November 24, 2008
BlackBerry maker battles back | money.cnn.com
RIM, like Nextel before the merger with Sprint, needs to move with lightning speed into the consumer arena. Apple and Google have huge advantages in this arena, with greater consumer know-how and a marketing reach that blows RIM out of the water. In this article, I look beyond RIM's new products to brainstorm some strategies that might be useful in this very difficult assault.
Big NTT DoCoMo Nets Google and LiMo: Microsoft and RIM Should be Worried
November 24, 2008
DoCoMo, KTF to sell Google phone next year: report | www.reuters.com
The roll-out of the Google phone into Japan, through the largest carrier in the country and one of the data innovators, is a shot across the bow of Microsoft, RIM, and Nokia. It is impossible to stem the tide of the new OS mafia -- from Apple, Google, and LiMo -- but if Microsoft doesn't wake up quickly and radically re-invent, they will find themselves on the outside looking in. Good for the consumer, bad for the complacent incumbents.
Higher-Pay Employees Most Likely to Leave Sprint
November 17, 2008
Sprint offers voluntary package to employees | www.fiercewireless.com
I don't think the Sprint voluntary package is going to draw mass defections. The market is too weak, and options for the unemployed are not rosy. However, on the margin, higher up employees might be the most likely to bolt, and this post goes through a theoretical breakdown.
PwC TV Ad Study Reaches Silly Conclusions: Branding isn't just TV Domain
November 14, 2008
Cutting TV advertising will harm your brand | www.mandmglobal.com
This PwC study really got me riled because it reflects a nonsensical version of the brand, one that can only be broadcast over the TV, that is just no longer true. Sure, Comcast and Time Warner and ESPN may want you to believe it it true, but Google's interactive medium is the wave of the future, even the branding future. The shift to interactive has been far too slow, and this study paints exactly the wrong picture.
Switzerland sues Google over Street View privacy concerns
November 13, 2009
Here Come the Droids! A brief review of Verizon Wireless' new Droid line-up.
November 11, 2009
October 30, 2009
Vodafone Orange Iphone Deal Ends Two Years Exclusivity Of O2 In UK
October 5, 2009
IPhone Coma Mode puts Apple in the ICU
September 19, 2009