Ballmer: And Then There Was One
Autor admin | 28.06.2008 | Category SEO
This is Bill Gates’ last official day as a Microsoft employee, though as the company’s largest shareholder, he remains the company’s chairman. To underline his exit, Gates gave an emotional goodbye speech to employees Friday morning that was Webcast across the globe.
However, his departure leaves more than one burning question.
Despite all of the years of careful planning for this day and what comes after, can the management team that’s left to run the company keep it moving forwards – and some would say, continue innovating — instead of drifting into oblivion the way so many other tech firms have failed after the founder has left?
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Juniper, Cisco Fight for Carrier Cash
Autor admin | 28.06.2008 | Category SEO
In the fight for the billions at stake in the carrier router marketplace, Cisco and Juniper Networks are going toe-to-toe.
This week, that meant both claiming success in deals with Comcast — and going so far as to each announce separate engagements with U.S. cable giant within hours of each other.
Juniper said Comcast would be purchasing new high-end routers, while Cisco announced that Comcast was testing out new, 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) capabilities on its routers.
The one-upmanship comes as carriers like Comcast are ramping up their networks to meet increasing user demands, creating a market for networking equipment vendors worth more than $11 billion dollars.
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Preparing for the Worst: Tech CEOs’ Successors
Autor admin | 28.06.2008 | Category SEO
Every company plans for an orderly transfer of power, but there are times when that transfer has to be done on a more urgent schedule. Whether it’s Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health scare, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s tendency for an adrenaline rush or Broadcom CEO Henry Nicholas being busted for allegedly selling drugs, the fear always seem to loom that a time might come when a chief executive leaves the company minus the good-bye party and an orderly transfer of power. As a result, it seems logical that companies ought to have a well thought-out line of succession to minimize disruption if unexpectedly facing the loss of a leader. What we’ve found, however, is that firms have varying degrees of preparedness, while others’ lines of successions might be unexpected. (Read the full post about ‘Preparing for the Worst: Tech CEOs’ Successors’…)
IDC: Global Ad Spending to Hit $106B in 2011
Autor admin | 27.06.2008 | Category SEO
Research firm IDC (NYSE: IDC) is looking ahead to rapid growth in online advertising spending in the next three years, projecting that the global market will reach $106.6 billion by 2011.
While they see impressive annual percentage increases, the researchers note that online ad spending is still a relatively minor part of advertisers’ media buys.
“Compared to more mature types of advertising, Internet advertising is growing at a phenomenal rate,” wrote IDC Chief Research Officer John Gantz. “But Internet advertising is still relatively new and growing from a much smaller base.”
The report comes at a time of considerable macroeconomic uncertainty, as economists debate whether the U.S.
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IDC: Global Ad Spending to Hit $106B in 2011
Autor admin | 27.06.2008 | Category SEO
Research firm IDC (NYSE: IDC) is looking ahead to rapid growth in online advertising spending in the next three years, projecting that the global market will reach $106.6 billion by 2011.
While they see impressive annual percentage increases, the researchers note that online ad spending is still a relatively minor part of advertisers’ media buys.
“Compared to more mature types of advertising, Internet advertising is growing at a phenomenal rate,” wrote IDC Chief Research Officer John Gantz. “But Internet advertising is still relatively new and growing from a much smaller base.”
The report comes at a time of considerable macroeconomic uncertainty, as economists debate whether the U.S.
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Goodbye, Bill. Hello, Steve
Autor admin | 27.06.2008 | Category SEO
Image courtesy Reuters Friday, June 27, 2008, is truly the end of an era. The founder of the software industry’s most successful company is leaving after 33 years. Bill Gates is iconic, and despite all the press coverage that constantly surrounds him, enigmatic. He’s probably a certifiable genius; it certainly showed early on when he was a programming wunderkind. It’s also showed in his technical chops: Even his detractors have to admit that he’s an incredibly astute businessperson and executive. To say he’ll be missed in those roles would be a gross understatement. Where he goes from here, besides trying to help the world’s underprivileged, is anyone’s guess. (Read the full post about ‘Goodbye, Bill. Hello, Steve’…)
Icahn Support From Legg Mason Doubtful on Yahoo
Autor admin | 27.06.2008 | Category SEO
A portfolio manager at Legg Mason Capital Management, Yahoo’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) third-largest shareholder, said on Friday he is not sure if he will support activist investor Carl Icahn’s board slate. Icahn has nominated a slate of directors to replace Yahoo’s board at an Aug. 1 shareholders meeting and is seeking to oust Yahoo Co-founder and Chief Executive Jerry Yang in a bid to revive buyout talks between Yahoo and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). “Icahn has got three things. He wants to fire Jerry, eliminate the severance package and he wants to force the sale,” said Robert Hagstrom, whose Legg Mason Growth Trust counts Yahoo as its top holding. “If he can’t force Microsoft to buy them, what’s plan B? (Read the full post about ‘Icahn Support From Legg Mason Doubtful on Yahoo’…)
Goodbye, Bill. Hello, Steve
Autor admin | 27.06.2008 | Category SEO
Image courtesy Reuters Friday, June 27, 2008, is truly the end of an era. The founder of the software industry’s most successful company is leaving after 33 years. Bill Gates is iconic, and despite all the press coverage that constantly surrounds him, enigmatic. He’s probably a certifiable genius; it certainly showed early on when he was a programming wunderkind. It’s also showed in his technical chops: Even his detractors have to admit that he’s an incredibly astute businessperson and executive. To say he’ll be missed in those roles would be a gross understatement. Where he goes from here, besides trying to help the world’s underprivileged, is anyone’s guess. (Read the full post about ‘Goodbye, Bill. Hello, Steve’…)
MySpace Opens Profile Portability API
Autor admin | 27.06.2008 | Category SEO
MySpace will enable sites across the Web to tie their users’ accounts into their profiles on the popular social network, with the release of the API for its Data Availability initiative.
The company’s Data Availability project previously counted only Yahoo, eBay, Twitter and Photobucket as partners, supporting profile-sharing on their sites. With the release of the new API, however, access to MySpace profiles is open to any site looking to layer in a social dimension.
“Our users spend hours updating and making changes to their profiles, uploading content, and building friend relationships,” MySpace’s Rhonda Rondeau wrote in a company blog post.
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Microsoft to (Finally) Acquire Powerset? Should Someone Tell Icahn?
Autor admin | 27.06.2008 | Category SEO
Microsoft to (Finally) Acquire Powerset? Should Someone Tell Icahn?
Microsoft must have been putting on a good poker face a week ago when it said they weren’t looking at any internet-based acquisitions in the wake of failed talks with Yahoo. Venture Beat is now reporting that Microsoft is poised to acquire semantic search company Powerset in the neighborhood of $100 million.
Meanwhile, Carl Icahn is still living his proxy dreams. He’s calling on Microsoft to not make an alternative deal with Yahoo unless a $33 per share guarantee is in place, according to Reuters.
The question is: Which of Microsoft’s bluffs should we call? The one where they said they weren’t interested in acquisitions?
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