Outsourcing: Raju Reddy, Chairman And CEO Of Sierra Atlantic (Part 1)

By guest author Tony Scott From Intel to Outsourcing Tony Scott: Before we talk about where you are today, can you tell me a little about how you came to found Sierra Atlantic? Raju Reddy: Sure. I spent about ten years at Intel in a variety of engineering and marketing management roles before I started

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Pioneering Video Conferencing: Polycom CEO Bob Hagerty (Part 9)

SM: Yes, i remember, even in the 2001 timeframe the Polycom equipment was not that great. The pictures were horrible often. BH: If you run it on IP, it runs pretty darn good. However, 90% of the installations were on ISDN at that time. The technology shift to IP changes it all. Plus, we have

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QualComm: The 3G Goldmine

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author In previous articles, we looked at QualComm’s legal wranglings and the potential impact. Ms.Mitra subsequently posed a question on whether QualComm (QCOM) is a stock to shunt. In this article, I will analyze the impact of the various technologies and the handset market on QualComm thus opening up a debate

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iPhone’s Component Ecosystem: Synthesis

Over the last few weeks, we have reviewed the iPhone’s Component Vendors. Here is a recap of the articles: iPhone’s Inside Beneficiaries provides an overview of the various players. We covered Samsung, one of the top component providers, who also has the manufacturing and design capabilities to become the iPhone’s major competitor in the future.

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 8)

During her time with Microsoft, Maggie ran global business development and strategy, followed by the Government and Education businesses worldwide. Among her most challenging issues were protecting intellectual property rights and convincing governments in underdeveloped countries that IP was an issue that would hinder their development. SM: Did you work with China and India? MW:

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TVi vs Microsoft: What Can YOU Learn?

TVi versus Microsoft, the Autoplay patent has been settled. It may be a good idea for entrepreneurs to start understanding how to defend IP against big players.

Semi IP Growth & Commoditization

These nouveau techs are still fairly unsophisticated and don’t exactly need rocket speed processors or humongous memory cores, neither do they need DSPs. Nonetheless, they drive volumes, and the royalties will continue to add up, quite likely, for the old generation products from MIPS and Virage. Welcome to the age of commoditization!