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Is IBM's cunning mainframe weaving magic?

...than its predecessor while using the same amount of energy, according to Red Monk's James Governor. What's interesting is the way that it... Read more

16 August, 2010

IBM delivers an open desktop

...about IBM support for the Lotus stack," said James Governor of analysts Red Monk. "Now 10 years later IBM has an offering but no immediate... Read more

12 February, 2007 by Colin Barker

Government endorses open source

...open-source software is 'more aggressive than you'd expect' according to Red Monk, as it describes Linux as 'a viable desktop alternative for the... Read more

28 October, 2004 by Jo Best

Microsoft keeps its open source enemies close

...running into open source left and right, and needed to respond," says Red Monk's O'Grady Read more

30 June, 2005 by Matthew Broersma

CA talks the open source talk

...content management system, and the Plone document management software. Despite these efforts, Red Monk's Governor says CA has not yet won the hearts and... Read more

4 February, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

JavaOne: What Sun didn?t say?

...release of its Platform SDK 1.0 for mobile computing, beers with Red Monk’s effusive experts – I hardly managed one of them. So it... Read more

10 June, 2009
The view from the floor at JavaOne

The view from the floor at JavaOne

James Governor, principal analyst, Red Monk"I think the Java community has failed to understand a few... Read more

4 June, 2009 by Adrian Bridgwater

Adobe launches rich web-development tools

...potential for RIA to improve user experience. James Governor, principal analyst at Red Monk, said it is one thing to talk about cross-platform applications... Read more

25 February, 2008 by Adrian Bridgwater

Is Firefox still gaining on IE?

...fighting back to increase its own dominant share. James Governor, of analysts Red Monk, said he was not surprised to see figures suggesting that Firefox... Read more

12 October, 2006 by Colin Barker

Google's business Apps sparks debate

...and a spreadsheet are still in beta testing. James Governor, of analysts Red Monk, said that the current Google approach was to produce applications that... Read more

30 August, 2006 by Colin Barker

NetSuite's CRM switchers are sign of maturing market

...it has customers who have switched from NetSuite. James Governor, analyst at Red Monk, said this switching between on-demand players — rather than reverting to... Read more

25 July, 2006 by Will Sturgeon

The software licensing shake-up

...the marker which will contribute to what James Governor, of analyst firm Red Monk, describes as "the perfect storm set to engulf software". He claims... Read more

29 September, 2005 by Colin Barker

Oracle to lower multi-core pricing?

...Processor licensing works the same way." James Governor, principal analyst with consultancy Red Monk, believes that changes in pricing for multi-core chips will be... Read more

14 July, 2005 by Colin Barker

Compliance legislation 'making fraud easier'

...still stuck at high-level tick-box mentality." James Governor, analyst at Red Monk, said: "Any company which simply stores everything is creating problems for... Read more

8 March, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Two million Thunderbirds are go

...downloads since its release in November 2004. James Governor, an analyst from Red Monk, said that although Thunderbird will benefit from the attention around Firefox... Read more

11 January, 2005 by Ingrid Marson

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