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Havoc In The For-Profit University Sector
For-profit educational institutions are under tighter scrutiny with Senate and House committees examining their admission process, which seems to mislead applicants, targets veterans and registers student default rates at least double those of traditional universities. According to a Congressional report released earlier this month, for-profit colleges have high dropout rates, poor results, and high loan
Leapfrog Continues To Execute
According to market researcher The NPD Group, traditional toy sales in the U.S. remained relatively flat during the first half of 2010 with total sales of $7.771 billion compared with $7.748 billion a year ago. In Europe’s five largest toy markets, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., revenue increased 5% over the year led
EDA Players At Annual Highs
Gartner forecasts worldwide semiconductor revenue for 2010 to increase 31.5% over the year to $300 billion. In 2011, growth is expected to slow significantly to 4.6% to $314 billion. During the year, the memory segment is expected to post the strongest growth, with revenues increasing 49.8%. According to the report, smartphones, mobile PCs, and media
Tablet Effect On Storage Industry
Apple’s iPad and a slew of tablets from other vendors like Dell, HP, and even RIM are set to take market from PCs. While Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK), the leading flash memory chipmaker, is set to benefit from this trend, the leader in hard drive and storage solutions, Seagate (NASDAQ:STX), is facing a setback and was considering
SaaS Growth Story Back On Track
Over the past two weeks, we have looked at the CRM and talent management sectors in the SaaS market. The talent management sector is consolidating at a fast pace and even SaaS CRM is seeing acquisitions in social networking. In August, Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS), a leader in virtualization, acquired VMLogix, a provider of virtualization management for
The 4G Race
Apple started selling the iPad on Verizon on October 28. This makes the Verizon iPhone more of a reality. The Verizon CDMA iPhone was expected in early 2011, but there hasn’t yet been any official confirmation. Meanwhile, Verizon has rolled out its LTE 4G network in 38 cities. Sprint has already launched its WiMax 4G
Netflix Needs To Improve Streaming Quality
Sandvine’s report on streaming services in the U.S. claims that Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) represents more than 20% of downstream traffic during peak times and is heaviest between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. The growing popularity of the streaming service is already taking a toll on Netflix’s streaming capabilities, and the service recorded a big outage earlier
Symantec Releases Mobile Solutions; Websense A Good Buy For Oracle Or HP
Gartner projects worldwide security software revenues to grow 11.3% over the year in 2010 to cross $16.5 billion. The consumer security software market will remain the largest security software segment, with 2010 revenues projected to reach $4.2 billion in 2010, compared with $3.9 billion in 2009. The enterprise market is expected to reach $3 billion