Yankee Group Slams 'Linux Extremists'
Talkback E.G.a Boston Liberal Arts college for Native Americans reused their 45 lab computers with memory upgrades and Knoppix Linux. RE: TCO for an x86 system. The hardware ramifications with x86 systems are in fact the same regardless of what OS is on them.
[April 10, 2005, 0:09]
Small Firms Worry They Rely Too Much On Microsoft
News A report that Boston-based The Yankee Group released on Wednesday shows that some 43 percent of small and midsized businesses are "concerned" about becoming "overly reliant" on Microsoft's products and services.
[January 29, 2004, 9:55]
Mobile Revenues To Top Fixed Lines
News Revenues from mobile phones in Europe will soon top those of the entire traditional telephone industry, according to analysts the Yankee Group. In an earlier report, Yankee Group said mobile network operators are relying on emerging data services...
[October 6, 2003, 14:40]
Microsoft Security Service To Arrive In June
News Up to three licenses is a real good deal," said Andrew Jaquith, an analyst with The Yankee Group in Boston. In a recent research note, The Yankee Group estimated the niche as a market worth potentially $15bn.
[February 8, 2006, 9:35]
New Bots A Shopper's Best Friend
News The service is also not as easy as having that friend whisper in your ear, said Rebecca Nidositko, analyst at the Yankee Group in Boston. A group of shopping bot companies is trying to replicate that experience online.
[November 12, 1999, 9:48]
Telecoms Giants Team Up To Fight Hackers
News Jim Slaby, senior analyst with Boston-based Yankee Group, said that as online attacks become more sophisticated, industry-wide collaboration is becoming a more important tool in stopping criminals. By immediately alerting other communications...
[March 29, 2005, 9:10]
Look Who's Joining Linux Bandwagon
News Small businesses don't need all the bells and whistles that Windows NT gives them," said Eric Klein, an analyst at The Yankee Group in Boston. Its Qube 2, for example, offers built-in e-mail and discussion group capabilities for a price starting at...
[November 3, 1999, 8:21]
RFID Gets Manufacturing Push From IBM
News In a research report published Tuesday, Boston-based Yankee Group estimated that consumer goods manufacturers will spend an average of $6.9 million (£3.8 million) on RFID in 2005. Enterprises need to identify what they can improve and how RFID can...
[September 14, 2004, 18:00]
US Report: Net Newcomer Zapata In Bizarre Bid For Excite
News But that's kind of the MO of American business - buying your way in," said Gregory Wester, vice president at the Yankee Group in Boston. Started as an oil business in 1953 by former U.S. President George Bush, Zapata is now a holding company whose...
[May 22, 1998, 10:13]
Rivals To Handspring: Bring It On!
News Because the two companies are targeting similar users, "I think they're definitely in competition," said Phil Redman, a program manger at Yankee Group in Boston. Handspring's device, based on Palm Computing's Palm operating system, will offer many...
[September 15, 1999, 9:03]
Viacom-CBS To Build Global Brands
News It's a traditional media deal," said Bruce Leischtman, a media industry analyst at The Yankee Group in Boston. Viacom's $35bn (£22bn) merger with CBS creates one of the most formidable brand-building opportunities ever available to online...
[September 8, 1999, 10:55]
