Newspaper Digital Subscriptions Gaining Steam

In the Audit Bureau of Circulation’s recently released circulation figures for the six months ending September 2011, the bureau not only compiled circulation figures for print newspapers but also released a list for digital subscriptions. According to their report, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times were among the leading print

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Dropbox IPO Also Coming Soon?

According to a recent IDC report, Worldwide Enterprise Storage for Public and Private Cloud 2011-2015 Forecast: Enabling Public Cloud Service Providers and Private Clouds, cloud computing will drive IT spending over the next five years. Overall spending by public cloud service providers on storage hardware, software, and professional services is projected to grow annually at

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SunGard IPO Soon?

Analysts believe that in 2012, not only will the market see a continued increase in the number tech IPOs, but other companies that went private earlier may want to cash out and go public again. Wayne, Philadelphia– based technology player SunGard is expected to be among that second group. SunGard provides software and processing solutions

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SecondMarket Enhances Liquidity, But With Caution

The current volatile market has delayed IPO plans for many companies. But it has not stopped their shares from trading on alternative exchanges like SecondMarket. During the first three quarters of the previous year, SecondMarket recorded 75% growth in private company stock transactions to book transactions worth $435 million during the period.

Symantec And Websense Adapt Offerings To Mobile Technology

A 2011 IDC report on the network security market estimated that this market will be worth $9.5 billion by 2014. Of this, software will account for 26% of the market and will grow at a faster rate over the next few years. Hardware-based security appliances were projected to end last year with revenues of $6.58

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And Then There Were Three

I have been saying for some time that the future of EDA  lies in consolidation of the players from the current four-horse race to a two-horse one. Finally, last month, Synopsys showed that they understood this requirement with the announcement of their acquisition of Magma, a company I expected would have been acquired some time ago.

Vancl Beneficiary Of China’s Massive E-Commerce Growth

With more than 485 million internet users, China’s internet population exceeds the entire population of the United States. According to a BCG report, The World’s Next E-Commerce Superpower, China will be a leading player in e-commerce adoption. In 2006, less than 10% of the country’s Internet users purchased goods and services online. In 2010, that number

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Online Travel in China

iResearch estimates that China’s mobile Internet market grew 155% over the year and 39% sequentially to 10.83 billion by the third quarter of last year. Researcher Analysys International estimates that mobile Internet users will surpass computer-based Internet users by 2012 and account for more than 500 million users by 2012. Mobile phone app downloads are

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