Posts Tagged ‘telecom’

Net Neutrality Solution: Christmas Miracle or Pipe Dream?

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Those of you under the impression that the last 12 days have been spent carving out a workable net neutrality solution that pleases everyone have been watching too many Hallmark Christmas specials.

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From interest groups to the commissioners themselves, everyone seems to have a bone to pick with the current net neutrality plan – even if they haven’t actually seen it in its entirety. Oddly, the ones who appear to be the calmest about the whole thing are the industry officials who were most opposed to net neutrality action from the start.

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2011 Outsourcing Industry Predictions

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

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As companies continue to rebuild and re-invest following the global economic recession, the overall outlook for the outsourcing industry is strong. Fuelled by technological expertise, regional advantages and business alignment capabilities, I believe that outsourcing will move from a more fragmented function towards a more integrated approach which will help companies to achieve their business goals in the year ahead.

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Posted in Application development, Cloud computing, IT services, Industry news, Outsourcing, SaaS, Software development, iPhone | 5 Comments »

Global Trends in Venture Capital: Outlook for the Future

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

vcAs part of the Investor Day CEE 2010 were examined global trends in venture capital.

According to Mark Lewis (Deloitte) on the global market will decrease the number of investments in the countries of the old world, and will be implemented in less developed countries that will stimulate the development of new markets. It was also noted that the volume of transactions in the U.S. in large markets will decline, while emerging markets will increase.

At the event were raised questions about the involvement of venture capital in emerging markets. In order to attract investments to the market, the support of the state. Particular importance is attached to the tax environment(system). If you can not keep a substantial amount of income, it makes no sense to invest in this market.

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Analysts Project 4.6 Percent IT Spending Growth in 2010

Friday, March 5th, 2010

In one of its latest reports Gartner, the world’s leading IT research and advisory company, stated about the growth in worldwide IT spending in 2010 which is expected to reach $3.4 trillion by the end of this year - a 4.6% increase from 2009.

The projected growth reveals the significant improvement from the previous year (4.6% decline in 2009) and is expected across all major segments – computer hardware, IT services, software, telecom, and telecom services.

Worldwide IT spending forecast (shown for Software & IT Services):

2009 Spending
bln USD		 Growth, % 2010 Spending
bln USD		 Growth, %
Software 220.7 - 2.1 231.5 4.9
IT Services 780.9 - 3.5 824.2 5.6

Source: Gartner (January 2010)

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