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Digital River Set To Ride Current Of New E-commerce Strategies
A recent survey of major US retailers found that nearly 70% of the surveyed population plans to maintain their e-commerce budgets despite the economic downturn. But a recent comScore report on e-tailing sales was hardly upbeat. US annual online retail spending of $30.2 billion fell 1% over the year after being flat in the earlier
Who Will Acquire Informatica?
According to an IDC report published earlier this year, the business intelligence (BI) market is estimated to have grown 10.6% over the year to $7.8 billion in software licensing and maintenance revenues. Among BI tools vendors, SAP has 20% market share followed by SAS at 11% . In another report published in August of last
Marvell, National Semi Beat Estimates
According to iSuppli’s teardown of the iPhone 3GS, Marvell’s WLAN chip has been replaced by Broadcom’s single-chip Bluetooth/FM/WLAN chip. However, Marvell still seems to be doing well, as it swung to a profit and beat estimates in its recent quarter. Another component maker in the original iPhone, National Semi, also recently reported results. Let’s take a
KLA, Applied Improving
The Semiconductor Industry Association forecasts worldwide semiconductor sales to fall by 21% over the year to $195.6 billion in 2009 compared with $248.6 billion in 2008. Year-to-date sales of $95.9 billion have already fallen 25% fall over the year. But sales are expected to pick up and grow at a CAGR of 6.5% to reach
SanDisk, Seagate Stabilizing
With an increasing growth in digital content, there is increasing demand for storage. Let’s take a closer look at two beneficiaries of this trend, Seagate and SanDisk. Both have struggled of late, but both seem to be stabilizing.
Electronic Arts: Quality Games, Solid Strategy
A PricewaterhouseCoopers report on global entertainment and media for 2008-12 predicts that the global video game industry will reach $68.3 billion by 2012, growing at a compounded rate of 10.3% per year. Console games will grow at a CAGR of 6.9% to $34.7 billion in 2012 and online games at a CAGR of 16.9%. Wireless
A Peek Into India’s Job Portal
A recent Manpower Employment Outlook Survey conducted for Q309 painted a rather rosy picture of employment opportunities in India: it reported active hiring plans for the quarter, with 30% of employers expecting to increase their headcounts, 7% anticipating a decrease and 45% forecasting no change. These numbers translate to an improvement of 4% in the
Dolby Going Gangbusters
Dolby (NYSE:DLB) for a long time has been synonymous with surround sound for cinemas. However, as the concept of entertainment has been extended over the years from movie theaters into home theaters and personal computers, so has surround sound technology. Let’s take a closer look.