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Yahoo freezes out Trillian
News These closed networks have helped incumbent leader AOL maintain its large market share while allowing rivals MSN and Yahoo to flourish alongside it. Yahoo has begun blocking Cerulean Studios' Trillian software from communicating with its own...
[September 29, 2003, 9:20]
3G's growing pains hurt WiMax more
Leader It's very clear what level of investment will be needed to bring it into proper contest with the incumbent: no matter how good your services are, you won't make a penny if your network's not there. For a $500bn industry that's roped in nearly half...
[October 16, 2007, 15:43]
Microsoft tells businesses: It's time for Vista
News There has always been a version of Windows that is new that people don't know what to do with; there has always been the incumbent version; and there is always a new version on the horizon. Microsoft on Wednesday released a white paper targeted at...
[June 5, 2008, 13:04]
New wave services keep BT buoyant
News Ovum analyst Mike Cansfield said the result was a mixed bag for the telco — despite significant improvements in some areas of the business, the results overall were unspectacular — with revenue growth in particular leaving a lot to be desired when...
[May 19, 2005, 17:35]
Clusters' first stand
Leader Yet there is little or no commercial interest at enterprise level, where Linux is the incumbent with overwhelming presence and massive inertia. It's easy to spot trends in IT -- if Dell and HP are doing it, it's a trend.
[November 8, 2004, 11:18]
3 unveils Facebook phone for the data generation
News However, Russell claimed the big incumbent operators are not as keen to embrace mobile-internet services as 3. Mobile operator 3 has unveiled a phone designed for accessing Web 2.0 services such as Facebook.hopes the phone will do for data...
[November 14, 2008, 6:30]
Barking Bulldog needs to pick up the scent
Leader The lesson is that whether you're the incumbent or the newcomer, once you have your niche you cannot afford to neglect the need to provide good service and to develop your product. You can't overvalue free and fair competition.
[July 6, 2005, 14:45]
Lord Carter on playing politics with Digital Britain
News In other areas, [next-generation access is being spurred on] by giving incumbent operators regulatory protections. Stephen Carter, the former communications minister who wrote the Digital Britain report while in government earlier this year, opened...
[October 7, 2009, 13:07]
Compaq signs up American Express
News The incumbent is favoured, but nonetheless, they have to win it every time," said Roger Kay, an analyst with IDC, who added, "much of the bugaboo about mergers with enterprise customers dissipates when the deal is exposed.
[November 29, 2001, 16:09]
Red Hat Desktop 4 review
Reviews However, it's a simple matter to drag the Firefox icon from the menu to the taskbar and delete the incumbent. The site offers a huge and comprehensive list, which seems to include every version of every operating system Red Hat has ever made.
[November 15, 2005, 15:10]
Fixed wireless network rolls out in Dublin
News It enables us to provide a full broadband service independently, without relying on the last mile of the incumbent operator's copper infrastructure. Homes and businesses in the Dublin area can now get high-speed wireless Internet access from Irish...
[June 2, 2003, 16:18]
Microsoft starting to win over Linux servers
News When it comes to HPC, Windows is not the incumbent. Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS) runs on a group of interconnected computers that collectively tackle calculation chores. These high-performance computing clusters have swept the list of the...
[April 10, 2007, 7:16]
Australian domain registry bids for .org
News With testing completed AusRegistry then had to move data from the incumbent registries to its own systems. An Australian domain registry is looking to leverage its technical experience Down Under in a bid to win a tender with ICANN to become the...
[July 9, 2002, 9:06]
EC telecoms overhaul sparks alarm
News A spokesman for incumbent BT, which has already had run-ins with the UK’s telecoms watchdog over ‘structural separation’ leading to the creation of its broadband access unit BT Openreach, added the telco and the UK market had little to fear from...
[June 29, 2006, 15:50]
New e-minister lacks technology clout
News I think more creative ways of getting broadband are needed -- you can't just beat up the incumbent player and hope things will better. The resounding reaction from industry today to the appointment of e-minister Douglas Alexander as the UK's new e...
[June 12, 2001, 15:56]
Microsoft OneCare is your best protection. Really
Leader I feel it incumbent upon myself and the boys to see if we can't help you out. "Ahh, good morning to youz, now let me see, you must be Mr…" Smith," said the man, standing in slippers and plaid house coat in his hallway, the door now wedged open by...
[May 13, 2005, 12:55]
BT to speed up next-gen broadband rollout
News The incumbent has previously been criticised for dragging its feet over fibre and preferring to concentrate on delivering services via its legacy copper network — meaning UK average broadband speeds have been left lagging nations that have moved...
[May 15, 2009, 18:24]
Broadband boom saves BT from break-up
News Easynet said earlier this month it was making a good progress with its LLU rollout, while Bulldog -- formerly one of BT's most strident critics -- has teamed up with the incumbent telco to launch an SDSL service for London businesses.
[July 17, 2002, 10:45]
Vodafone denies 3G snub
News What [the Enders] report reflects is a lack of maturity in the other operators in terms of their progress with 3G," said 3's spokesperson, who also claimed that "some incumbent operators" had found it could "suit their commercial model to keep...
[July 31, 2006, 13:50]
It's time for the Government Misuse Act
Leader The update to the CMA and re-emergence of the RIP Act are brilliant examples of the kind of harm we should all be worried about and why it is incumbent on the IT industry to engage with government or suffer the consequences.
[May 22, 2006, 15:45]
