Digital Keeper RealNetworks Betting On Unifi

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2010–2014 (Outlook), the U.S. market for digital media across all segments, including text, games, music, and video will reach $134 billion by 2014 and contribute 26% of the $517 billion media market. Compare this with 2009, when digital content contributed 19% or $81 billion of a $428 billion

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Should Finisar Acquire Oclaro?

Finisar recently announced that it raised $117.9 million in net proceeds from its public offering of 4.14 million shares. In September of last year, Finisar acquired Broadway and it now appears to be preparing for a shopping spree in 2011. An analyst recently suggested Oclaro as a possible acquisition. Let’s take a closer look.

52-Week Highs For Red Hat And NetApp

According to Gartner, open source solutions providers are expected to benefit from strong growth in the coming years. By 2015, open source software will be used to enable over 60% of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings. By 2016, open source software will be included in the mission-critical software portfolios of 99% of the Global 2000 enterprises, compared

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Weakness In PLD Market

Things were looking up for the programmable logic device (PLD) market, led by Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) with annual revenue of $1.83 billion in fiscal 2010 and followed by Altera (NASDAQ:ALTR) with annual revenue of $1.2 billion in 2009. However, Xilinx recently lowered its sales guidance. Altera, on the other hand, acquired optical network IP vendor Avalon

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Accenture Should Expand SaaS-Enabled BPO

Earlier last quarter, Gartner announced a dismal projection for worldwide enterprise IT spending. According to the researcher, IT spending will grow 3.2% over the year in 2010 compared with the 3.9% growth projected earlier. In 2011, IT spending is expected to reach $2.5 trillion, recording a mere 2.4% growth compared with 2009. According to the research

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A Booming 2010 For Semis, But 2011 Weaker?

According to iSuppli, semiconductor revenue in 2010 is believed to have achieved record growth of 32.5% to $304 billion, courtesy of a boom in DRAM and NAND sales. NAND flash has received a major boost from demand from the smartphone and tablet markets. Another new trend that could drive up demand is laptops based on

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Adobe and Apple: Kiss And Make Up?

The year 2010 has been eventful for Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE). It released its flagship software Creative Suite 5, the momentum of which led to its crossing the $1 billion milestone in quarterly revenue. But it was also a year with controversy surrounding Adobe’s Flash Player 10.1 for smartphones. Let’s take a closer look.

Tessera And InterDigital Bring In Some Cheer

Tessera (NASDAQ:TSRA), which licenses its miniaturization technology to various mobile device vendors and has annual revenue of $299.4 million, last week achieved a major victory in its chip patent dispute with Qualcomm, Spansion, ATI, and STMicroelectronics. Another IP licensing company, InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC) recently announced the approval of its initial dividend policy. Let’s take a closer

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