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Firefox 'not Being Aggressive Enough'
News Describing the threshold as "a nice psychological barrier in terms of numbers, but no more than that", RedMonk principal analyst James Governor said the imminent release of the next Microsoft operating system would be a crucial test for Firefox.
[August 3, 2006, 11:50]
BEA Brings Liquid Flexibility To Networks
News Liquid Data is intended to give companies all the benefit of a data warehouse but with far less development time involved, said James Governor, an analyst with Illuminata. As BEA moves beyond the application server, it needs new reasons (for...
[November 5, 2002, 10:17]
Dell Founder Invests In Red Hat
News RedMonk analyst James Governor said the investment shows that the Dell founder approves of Red Hat's business model. From Red Hat's perspective, it’s a wonderful endorsement," said Governor. Dell's personal investment has led to speculation that...
[May 10, 2005, 14:30]
Linux Salesman Defects To Microsoft
News I think Microsoft sees the European public sector as the vanguard of the fight against open source," said RedMonk analyst James Governor, and hiring Aigner will give the company insight into its foe's methods.
[April 21, 2004, 8:50]
Oracle Forgoes Profit To Hit Microsoft's SME Plans
News This could kick off a major price-cutting push from the big vendors, according to James Governor, principal analyst at RedMonk, who expects Microsoft to pressurise the competition in segment of the market over the next year.
[November 27, 2003, 16:30]
IBM And Unix Speed Past HP And Windows
News Well, they don't," RedMonk analyst James Governor said. It certainly underscores software's ascendance within IBM, not just from a marketing perspective but from a technology perspective," Governor said.
[May 12, 2003, 8:59]
New Boss Has Six Months To Make Novell Work
News Novell is struggling to convert its investment in Suse Linux into a business that can replace the company's legacy NetWare network operating system revenues, which means the incoming chief executive will face the same internal conflicts as his...
[June 23, 2006, 16:55]
Red Hat Opens Office In China
News James Governor, an analyst from Red Monk, said that it will be essential for Red Hat to do this project in collaboration with local businesses as the government has a strict policy on who can sell software in China.
[November 11, 2004, 12:00]
JBoss Takeover 'good For Customers'
News Laurent Lachal, a senior analyst at Ovum, and James Governor, an analyst at RedMonk, both agreed that the two companies were a good fit. So the fit is fairly clear," said Governor. But Governor warned that the takeover could damage Red Hat's...
[April 11, 2006, 10:25]
Microsoft 'must Support OpenDocument'
News Governor, an analyst at RedMonk. But I don't believe it will need 120,000 requests a month to change Microsoft's mind; just a few more high profile departures like Massachusetts," said Governor. Microsoft will be forced to offer support for...
[October 6, 2005, 16:50]
Signs Not Good For Microsoft In EU Case
News Transatlantic tensions may be affecting Microsoft's treatment at the hands of the EU, according to James Governor, principal analyst at RedMonk. But Governor wouldn't be surprised if the EU didn't a levy some fine, but said he thinks there will be...
[January 28, 2004, 7:55]
Firefox Achieves 10 Percent Market Share
News RedMonk analyst James Governor said he believes the overall trend for Any turbulence in the growth path is a temporary thing," said Governor. Mozilla's Firefox has managed to grab over 10 percent of the Web browser marker with its highest...
[November 3, 2005, 10:45]
Sun Takes On Passport With Hardware
News Illuminata analyst James Governor said Sun's efforts will result in a direct competitor to Microsoft's Passport authentication service, but more importantly, allow Sun to take a leadership role in Web services security.
[March 12, 2002, 10:05]
Sun Takes On Corporate Buyers
News Sun is being pretty radical with its pricing," said RedMonk analyst James Governor, predicting that the strategy will prove popular. IBM has been headed this direction as well, however, Governor added, with server software that's improved greatly...
[September 16, 2003, 14:40]
The Essence Of A Geek
News IT industry analyst James Governor of In fact, if the levels of female interest in tech can be counted as some kind of barometer for a general geekiness pervading society then there seems to be some truth in the Governor's assertion that...
[January 17, 2006, 11:30]
Microsoft's Standardisation Move Divides Experts
News I think it's great to see that the current discussions have forced Microsoft to be more open," said James Governor, an analyst from RedMonk. However, Governor pointed out that it was not clear whether any standard approved by ECMA would be...
[November 22, 2005, 16:55]
Sun And Allies Promote Java For Servers
News This event shows broad-based support for Java at a critical juncture in its history," said Illuminata analyst James Governor. It's crucial for Java companies to be up to date with the latest standard because of the stiff competition for customers...
[January 30, 2002, 12:34]
Microsoft 'must Do Better' On Software Assurance
News The programme's lack of flexibility is a key failing, according to James Governor, founder of analyst house Redmonk. However, that's probably a tiny percentage of the install base," said Governor. Governor argued that licensing in general is...
[September 13, 2005, 16:45]
The Importance Of Being 64-bit
News It's possible that everyone will have something they never use," says analyst James Governor of RedMonk. There is commodity pricing on servers, that is different," says Governor. From a developer perspective, this is creating a market as opposed to...
[May 16, 2005, 17:30]
Novell Ditches Top Execs
News We’ve been getting real positive information back on that," said Hovsepian.James Governor, analyst at RedMonk, said that Messman's departure had been partly forced by investment analysts who weren't impressed by Novell's performance against Red Hat.
[June 22, 2006, 13:50]
