categories
HOT TOPICS
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
QualComm: Digging Gold
By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author In the last part of this series, I pointed out that CDMA-based phones will dominate tomorrow’s market providing QualComm a huge play. A look at the revenue projections that I have put together, will provide further insights on why the company is trying to hold tightly on to its IP
Web 3.0 & McClatchy (Part 4)
Acquisition Targets McClatchy’s strongest asset is CareerBuilder. Though CareerBuilder is the number one job site in the US it lacks community features and McClatchy along with its partners could consider acquiring professional networkin sites like LinkedIn, Xing, etc., which have very good community features to enhance CareerBuilder. Sequoia Capital, Greylock, the European Founders Fund, and
QualComm: The 3G Goldmine
By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author In previous articles, we looked at QualComm’s legal wranglings and the potential impact. Ms.Mitra subsequently posed a question on whether QualComm (QCOM) is a stock to shunt. In this article, I will analyze the impact of the various technologies and the handset market on QualComm thus opening up a debate
Online Video Beneficiaries: F5
The Online Video momentum is driving growth and activities in the networking equipment and infrastructure industry. 3Com just reaped the benefits in form of a Private Equity transaction. Akamai is another strong beneficiary. This post will look at the topic from the application delivery networking angle. There is an increasing use of web-based business applications
Web 3.0 & McClatchy (Part 3)
Web 3.0 Framework discussion Below is a quick overview of the Web 3.0 framework for the McClatchy sites. We have not gone into the details of all the properties, but you can review the Web 3.0 section of this site for detailed discussions on each vertical category. This segment also includes an overview of the
Online Video Beneficiaries: Akamai
In my series on Online Video Beneficiaries, I have covered the network players like Cisco. In this post, I will look at the application acceleration angle. Gartner estimates that the market for application acceleration will exceed $3 billion by 2010. There has been a meteoric rise of online traffic with the online broadcast of live
Web 3.0 & McClatchy (Part 2)
Vertical Strategy McClatchy, in partnership with Belo Corporation, Gannett, Tribune and The Washington Post Company owns Classified Ventures. Classified Ventures’ objective is to collectively capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising categories of automotive, apartments, and real estate. McClatchy’s various positions in the verticals are sometimes held by the company itself, often
Web 3.0 & McClatchy (Part 1)
Introduction The McClatchy Company is the third largest newspaper company in the United States. The Company publishes 31 daily newspapers and approximately 50 non-dailies across 29 locations in the United States. The prominent newspapers from the Company include the Miami Herald, the Kansas City Star, the Charlotte Observer and the Sacramento Bee. McClatchy also owns