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E-envoy calls for end to broadband deadlock
News He expects that within five years most Internet users will be broadband-enabled, and that penetration will be driven by high-speed content like video-on-demand. Pinder, who coordinates the e-business efforts of government ministers and the civil...
[June 26, 2001, 15:55]
Windows 7 on the Apricot netbook
Blog Comment The two elements which must have contributed to this slow down have to be all the patches and service packs to Windows and the increasing demand imposed on the system by the increasingly sophisticated protection necessary for a safe Internet...
[November 24, 2008, 8:13]
Predicting Parts Demand in the Automotive Industry - An Application of Probabilistic Graphical Models
White Papers Based on a Markov network model, a system for item planning and demand estimation is described, which was in the phase of final development and implementation. This paper presents an application of probabilistic graphical models to the problem of...
[September 15, 2007, 1:01]
Intel: Caught with its PIIIs down
News Intel President and CEO Craig Barrett said three factors are driving this chip and PC demand on a worldwide basis. Based on current levels of demand, there could be a capacity shortage across the industry for the next year or two, he said.
[April 28, 2000, 9:49]
RightNow looks to the enterprise for expansion
News RightNow's rival Salesforce.com, perhaps the best-known provider of on-demand applications, has specialized primarily in SMEs but shares the same aspirations of moving deeper into the enterprise space.
[August 11, 2005, 9:25]
Nokia posts third-quarter loss on weak sales
News See Nokia posts third quarter loss; Mobile device demand improving on ZDNet.com for more on this story. Nokia is a good global demand indicator for mobile devices. The company on Thursday said it wrote down the value of its telecom equipment unit...
[October 16, 2009, 9:23]
Toshiba, SanDisk to cut Nand flash production
News Recession in the global economy and the slowdown in consumer spending are having a significant impact on demand for semiconductors," Toshiba said in its statement. This is particularly notable in Nand flash memories, where decreased demand for...
[December 16, 2008, 13:21]
ScreenDreamer's Salesforce Implementation Streamlines Customer Service and Increases Up-Sell/Cross-Sell Revenues by 50-75%
White Papers AppExchange Builder, the customization tool using the AppExchange platform, has enabled ScreenDreamer to dramatically extend the value of its salesforce.com deployment by allowing it to build and run on-demand applications to support its online...
[December 10, 2009, 0:45]
Salesforce.com fund offers boost to developers
News Salesforce, with its venture capital (VC) partners Bay Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, has announced it will offer around 50 software start-up companies $500,000 each to develop on-demand applications on Salesforce.com's platform, force.com.
[October 4, 2007, 9:44]
Outsourcing may create Indian talent shortage
News Not the political controversy, but whether India can produce enough talent to fill the huge demand for workers the trend has fuelled. Previous reports have said that given current trends, India's schools may not be able to produce enough IT...
[August 1, 2003, 10:05]
Industry group demands push for faster broadband
News In Italy, the Fastweb project provides high-speed data, video-on-demand and voice services over a Metro Ethernet network. Demand in broadband services is likely to increase over the next five to ten years.
[January 21, 2004, 16:30]
CallNet debut highlights need for unmetered access - Analysts
News On a more positive note, experts contacted by ZDNet praised CallNet's efforts for highlighting the enormous demand for cheaper access in the UK. Launched Monday morning, Callnet0800 found itself overwhelmed by demand, forcing it to suspend...
[November 2, 1999, 9:16]
Web 2.0-style mashups to invade business
News The work done by these companies in terms of hosted applications and "mashup" combinations of applications is now being taken up by business users, according to Marc Benioff, chairman and chief executive of on-demand customer relationship...
[September 14, 2006, 17:15]
Kangaroo technology may bounce back
News The joint venture, which involved the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4, was given the red light after it was deemed to be a threat to competition in the developing video on-demand market.
[February 9, 2009, 8:06]
Intelligent Document Delivery: Boosting Return on ERP Investments
White Papers This new white paper, "Intelligent Document Delivery: The Ins and Outs of Business Process ROI with ERP Systems," describes a comprehensive and practical way to achieve full return on your investment by automating the delivery of documents...
[December 19, 2007, 13:19]
Could copyright crackdown kill superfast broadband demand?
Blog Comment "Antony Walker, the head of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, later told me that video was less likely to be unlawfully shared online than music was a few years ago, because legitimate video services are coming out to coincide with the rise in...
[November 26, 2009, 17:30]
Oracle ships grid software
News Computing grids can save companies money on server hardware because the grid formation can dedicate processing capacity based on changes on demand, according to Oracle. Grid computing, also called on-demand or utility computing, is being promoted...
[December 10, 2003, 14:25]
Chip gear manufacturers look forward to bumper year
News As customer demand rises due to improving economic conditions, low inventories and tight supplies are boosting prices, Gartner said on Thursday. We expect a continuation of strong demand in the back-end segment and finally a strong revival for...
[April 9, 2004, 20:45]
Compaq steps closer to PCTV
News You can now do video on demand or video storage applications," he said. Gateway showed off a video-on-demand box developed in conjunction with Broadcom in November, but a company spokesman said Gateway has not yet made firm plans to release it.
[April 25, 2001, 14:22]
Intel leans towards higher estimates for second quarter
News In a financial update on Thursday, Intel narrowed in on the upper end of its revenue projection for the second quarter, citing stronger-than-expected demand for its flash memory chips. Communications revenue has been trending above the company's...
[June 4, 2004, 9:10]
