Wireless Carriers In The 4G Race

The 4G race should pick up steam this year with Sprint (NYSE:S) and Verizon (NYSE:VZ) accelerating their handset development efforts. Sprint and its joint venture Clearwire are betting on WiMax while Verizon, AT&T (NYSE:T), and T-Mobile are investing in the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology for 4G. Let’s take a closer look.

Newspapers Down, But Not Out

Even as newspapers fold and circulation numbers shrink, a recent study by the Pew Research Center shows that Americans are not completely abandoning the print medium in favor of digital formats, which is not surprising considering that radio did not totally replace newspapers nor TV totally replace radio. According to the study, 92% of the population surveyed accesses news using

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Marvell And Infineon Target New Markets

The growing market for mobile devices is proving to be beneficial for the smartphone ecosystem component makers like ARM and Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) that specialize in chips optimized for longer battery power. We covered ARM last week, and in this post we will look at Marvell and Infineon (OTC: IFNNY.PK).

Online Travel Industry Growing Nicely

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) estimated the global travel and tourism industry to have generated $1.87 trillion in direct global revenues in 2009, registering a drop of 3.5% over the previous year. The council expects overall travel industry revenue to grow at 3.6% to $3.39 trillion by 2019. Business is already improving: in

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SaaS Also Rules In Security

An IDC report published in October of last year projects that the Web security market will grow at a 12% compounded rate to reach $2.5 billion in 2013, up from $1.4 billion in 2008. The biggest growth for the industry is expected to come from the SaaS segment, which is projected to grow at a compounded

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Major SaaS Players Become Consolidators

According to Gartner, the content, communications, and collaboration segments are the largest SaaS revenue generators, followed by customer relationship management (CRM) with a total of $2.3 billion in revenue in 2009. SaaS has continued to represent a key driver of growth in the CRM market over the past four years, from 8% of the market

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Intuit Moving Ahead With Connected Services Strategy

In fiscal 2008, Intuit’s (NASDAQ:INTU) new CEO, Brad Smith, announced the company’s connected services strategy, which targets a market where people and businesses are increasingly connected, whether through desktop, laptop, or handheld devices. Last year, Intuit made two major acquisitions – PayCycle (now Intuit Online Payroll) and Mint.com, that support this strategy. More than 56%

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Indian IT Services: Globalization and Products

A recent Morningstar report on the IT services and consulting industry projects client demand to rise. Morningstar notes that the U.S. Tech Pulse Index has been rising since May of last year and registered 14.2% annualized growth in December 2009. No wonder ITO and BPO players in India are hiring and expanding their delivery capabilities

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