Is BlackBerry 10 the Light at the End of the Tunnel?

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) performance continued to disappoint the market. The company is fighting a losing battle against Apple and Google. Last year, Apple’s share in the mobile device segment grew from 16% to 24% ,while RIMM’s share slipped from 14% to 8%. Google is also making strong progress in the segment,

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Diverse Acquisitions For Oracle

Gartner may have projected a grim view of global IT spending this year by reducing growth projections to 3.7% over the year compared with earlier estimates of 4.6%. But technology giants like Oracle don’t seem to be too concerned. After a rather disappointing second quarter, Oracle reported an impressive third quarter performance. To make things

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Splunk: A Growing Company Tackles Big Data

According to IDC, the worldwide volume of digital data will grow 45% annually from 1.8 trillion gigabytes in 2011 to 7.9 trillion gigabytes by the year 2015. In another report, IDC estimated that the market for worldwide Big Data technology and services will grow at 40% annually, from $3.2 billion in 2010 to $16.9 billion

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Mid-Tier Indian Services Companies Looking Good

Gartner may have reported pessimistic growth projections for worldwide IT spending this year. Compared with the past three years, the researcher believes that 2012 will see the slowest growth in IT spending at 4.6%. But that has neither dampened growth for the bigger IT players in India nor limited aspiration for the mid-tier players in

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Intel And ARM Focusing On Mobile, Consumer Electronics

According to a recent report by iSuppli, the mobile handset semiconductor market is projected to grow to $58.6 billion by the year 2014. The researcher estimates the smartphone and tablet semiconductor markets to be worth $77 billion by 2014. Reports estimate that media tablets will be the world’s fourth-largest semiconductor consumer in the next years.

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Baidu Looks West; Alibaba Looks To Go Private

According to recent reports, the Internet population in China is more than 500 million – that is nearly twice the Internet population of the United States. Analysts believe that China’s online market is a big growth opportunity, especially considering that the country has a total population of over 1.4 billion. Chinese Internet players have been reaping

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Ambitious Palo Alto Networks May Be Planning IPO

According to Gartner, the firewall/VPN market is estimated to be worth $5.9 billion in 2010, reporting 10% growth over the previous year’s $4.4 billion in revenues. Gartner estimates revenues for 2011 at $6.3 billion. In their recent Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls, Gartner identified Palo Alto Networks as a leading player.

Guidewire’s Potential Not Going Unnoticed

The first technology IPO that came this year belonged to San Mateo–based Guidewire Software. Founded in 2001, Guidewire is an insurance industry focused SaaS player. They offer property, casualty, and workers compensation insurance companies Web-based tools to handle claims, receivables management systems, and underwriting and policy administration. Besides software solutions, Guidewire offers implementation and assessment

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