Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Small Business Skype Usage: Not a Reason for Microsoft to Buy Skype, But It Might Help
A recent survey of about 700 small and medium businesses by Inzenka found that 52 percent of small business respondents said their employees use Skype. About 63 percent of medium-sized business respondents said "at least 25 percent of our employees use Skype," according to Consultant Dan Sachar of Inzenka.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Why Windows Phone Will Beat Android
The conventional wisdom is that Android and Apple's iOS will be among the top-three smart phone operating systems globally, over the next several years. The question is whether Research in Motion or Windows will occupy spot number three."While we acknowledge the momentum that Android is experiencing and will continue to experience in 2011 and 2012, we believe that Nokia and Microsoft are a very powerful tandem, and that will show in its full force by the end of 2013," says Stela Bokun,Pyramid Research senior analyst.
The argument is that Nokia's volume manufacturing prowess will allow Windows devices to rapidly move down the cost curve. Quite a few other large handsets vendors in the world, such as Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson also are backing WP.
Android's scale advantage can be overcome, says Bokun.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
44% of consumers use social networks to enhance TV viewing | jatiN mahindrA doT coM
Thinkbox recently conducted a survey of 3,000 U.K. consumers and found that 60 percent of people concurrently watch TV and go online at least two or three times a week.
Some 37 percent go online while watching TV every day. About 44 percent use social networks, like Facebook and Twitter, while watching TV.
About 37 percent have chatted online about TV content and 19 percent have shared TV content on a social network.
Some 37 percent go online while watching TV every day. About 44 percent use social networks, like Facebook and Twitter, while watching TV.
About 37 percent have chatted online about TV content and 19 percent have shared TV content on a social network.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Hp Veer 4G: About as Small as a Smart Phone Probably Can Be
One limitation is key size, for a device that cannot be operated completely using voice commands. The other issue is screen size, a more important consideration now that people are watching more video and using web apps. Bigger screens drain batteries faster, and might take up more room in a pocket or purse. But when working with web apps, or watching video, bigger is better.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Google I/O Opening Keynote
If you have about 54 minutes, here is the complete opening keynote at Google I/O, Google's developer conference.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
IP Telephony Remains a PBX Business, But Hosted is Taking Share
Based on a survey of 700 small and medium businesses, Inzenka, a management consultancy, estimates that about 33 percent of small and medium business IP telephony deployments use hosted IP telephony.
About half of those respondents who have deployed IP telephony report they have adopted a premises solution. About 19 percent of respondents indicated they are buying a converged access service of some sort, including SIP trunking, bonded copper. It isn't completely clear what IP telephony solution is being used, for those 19 percent of respondents.
But it would seem logical that there is an IP PBX on premises at those locations, or the purchase of a SIP trunk or other access method that would qualify as "IP telephony" would not make much sense.
That assumption would be in line with past surveys that suggest 75 percent of so of new IP telephony deployments use a premises system, while about 25 percent use hosted IP telephony.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Small, Mid-Size Business Embrace Social Media
In 2011, 80 percent of U.S. businesses with 100 or more employees will use social media marketing, according to eMarketer. In 2008 42 percent of companies marketed using socialNearly half of mid-sized businesses are using Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to find new customers, according to the American Express OPEN “Small Business Monitor.” Some 35 percent of U.S. small businesses reported using online social networking for marketing, up from 15 percent in fall 2009, that report suggests.
In addition, 12 percent of respondents were using blogs, nearly double the figure from fall 2009.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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