HCL gets good rating in latest Gartner study
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008HCL Technologies announced it has received a “Positive” rating in Gartner’s global ‘MarketScope for Remote Monitor Services’ (Global) and ‘MarketScope for Remote Support Services’.
How to survive the crisis: work from home
Monday, November 17th, 2008A new IDC study confirms that homeshoring will remain an attractive option for service providers and their employees, particularly as the global economy slips into what could be a deep and protracted recession. “Current economic ripples are buffeting American wage earners, including customer care agents, at a time when workers already face significant challenges to [...]
Portable game players: usage grows from month to month
Saturday, November 15th, 2008At least half of the owners of portable devices are using their devices about the same if not more today than they were three months ago. This is especially pronounced among smartphone owners, with 46 percent claiming they use their smartphones more, says NPD. The report details the features and functions that consumers are most [...]
Android G1, cheaper to produce than iPhone 3G
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008The new HTC-manufactured Dream - Android - Google - G1 smartphone is 10 percent cheaper to produce than Apple’s iPhone 3G, one of the G1’s principal competitors. The study found that the G1 - the first handset to be based on Google’s Android mobile operating system - carries a ‘Bill of Materials’ (BOM) cost of [...]
Google invests $10.25 million in Geothermal energy technology
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Google.org announced $10.25 million in investments in a breakthrough energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), which expands the potential of geothermal energy by orders of magnitude. Google’s Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative focuses on solar thermal power, advanced wind, EGS and other potential breakthrough technologies.
Top GPS sat nav systems on the UK market
Friday, August 1st, 2008It’s summer time and rather than spending time abroad, more people are choosing to save money and holiday in the UK. But during the summer get-away, Britain’s roads will become more congested - so knowing exactly how to get from A to B will be essential to save time and petrol. In preparation, consumer review [...]
VoIP in the USA: $6.5 billions just from SMBs
Friday, July 25th, 2008The need for high-quality, high-performance network connectivity will drive U.S.-based small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) to spend heavily on IP VPN managed services over the next five years, with annual revenues rising from less than $2 billion last year to more than $6.5 billion in 2012, according to the latest report from Light Reading Insider [...]
Study: mobile phone is a revenue channel for e-commerce
Monday, June 9th, 2008Mobile devices represent a major growth opportunity for the retail industry by providing a new purchasing channel for consumers, a Cisco study reveals. The company’s third annual e-commerce study indicates that mobile devices are quickly joining physical stores, websites and catalogs as an important retail channel. The rise of social networking and advanced mobile technologies [...]
Gadget theft studies
Sunday, May 18th, 2008A fifth of London teenagers have been a victim of gadget theft - guardian.co.uk. With hi-tech gadgets increasingly being used to hold valuable personal information, mainstream manufacturers are finally beginning to consider the long-term …
One in eight children victim of iPod thieves - telegraph.co.uk. Research conducted by the Design Council showed that electronic gadgets such [...]
Salesforce.com, praised by users
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Salesforce.com, software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service provider, shared results from customer satisfaction surveys conducted by independent research firm CustomerSat. More than 4100 Salesforce users from around the globe responded to the surveys. Of the respondents, a full 94 percent said they “definitely will” or “probably will” continue to use Salesforce solutions.
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