Antone Gonsalves

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Developers petition Microsoft over VB6

Developers petition Microsoft over VB6

Microsoft has decided to end standard support for popular tool Visual Basic 6.0 by April, sparking protests from developers.
Antone Gonsalves Mar 9 2005, 12:00AM Software
Disk storage market tops US$13 billion

Disk storage market tops US$13 billion

Global sales of external controller-based disk storage grew slowly last year as four of the major vendors suffered unusual revenue declines, according to a US market research firm.
Antone Gonsalves Mar 7 2005, 12:00AM Software
IPTV, games drive online entertainment boom

IPTV, games drive online entertainment boom

Online entertainment worldwide is expected to increase threefold in five years, driven primarily by internet television offered by telecommunications companies, a market researcher has predicted.
Antone Gonsalves Feb 28 2005, 12:00AM Collaboration
Intel broadens digital home reach

Intel broadens digital home reach

Intel has agreed to acquire Israeli developer Oplus Technologies in an effort to expand the chipmaker's reach into the digital home.
Antone Gonsalves Feb 25 2005, 12:00AM Collaboration
Online spending sets record in 2004

Online spending sets record in 2004

Consumers spent a record US$117 billion online last year, with many of them preferring to shop with retailers that had internet and bricks-and-mortar stores, a market research firm said this week.
Antone Gonsalves Jan 12 2005, 12:00AM Software
HP, Panasonic agree on DVD formats

HP, Panasonic agree on DVD formats

Hewlett-Packard and Matsushita Electric Industrial, which makes Panasonic consumer electronics, this week said they have agreed to work together in supporting DVD formats, a confusing list of acronyms for most consumers.
Antone Gonsalves Jan 6 2005, 12:00AM Collaboration
Chip gear sales head downhill

Chip gear sales head downhill

Worldwide spending on semiconductor capital equipment is on a feverish pace this year, but the market is expected to head south in 2005, a US market research firm said.
Antone Gonsalves Dec 20 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Linux server revenue tops US$1 billion

Linux server revenue tops US$1 billion

The worldwide market for computer servers has posted its sixth consecutive quarter of growth, as revenues from Linux servers topped US$1 billion in the third quarter and IBM and HP captured the number one spots for revenue and unit shipments, respectively, a market research firm said this week.
Antone Gonsalves Nov 25 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
IT security tipped to grow

IT security tipped to grow

Revenues for the world's IT security market is expected to near US$13 billion in 2004, with Cisco Systems, Symantec and VeriSign leading the market, a research firm said this week.
Antone Gonsalves Nov 23 2004, 12:00AM Security
PC shipments fall; cameras, plasma TVs, music players rise

PC shipments fall; cameras, plasma TVs, music players rise

Dazzled by all the new digital gadgets, holiday shoppers are expected to buy up cameras, plasma TVs, music players and other consumer devices, rather than replace the old PC that many see as good enough, a market researcher said this week.
Antone Gonsalves Nov 16 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
Gartner hikes global semiconductor forecast

Gartner hikes global semiconductor forecast

Market researcher Gartner has raised its forecast for worldwide semiconductor revenue this year to US$226 billion and downplayed fears that the market was showing signs of over-supply.
Antone Gonsalves Aug 25 2004, 12:00AM Hardware
BEA ships all-in-one ISV platform

BEA ships all-in-one ISV platform

BEA Systems has unveiled an all-in-one offering for ISVs to use building and installing web applications on BEA's Java-based platform.
Antone Gonsalves Aug 24 2004, 12:00AM Software
No more suits against Linux users, says SCO

No more suits against Linux users, says SCO

SCO Group has said it doesn't plan to file additional lawsuits related to its claims that Linux violates the company's intellectual property rights, until final court decisions are reached on pending cases.
Antone Gonsalves Aug 5 2004, 12:00AM Software
Business Objects faces US suit

Business Objects faces US suit

Business Objects has been notified that it may be sued by the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) for not disclosing a backlog of unshipped orders.
Antone Gonsalves Aug 5 2004, 12:00AM Software
Utility computing may revolutionise IT services: IDC

Utility computing may revolutionise IT services: IDC

Internet delivery of processing power, storage, software, network bandwidth and other services could eventually transform the IT services market and cause upheaval among today's leading outsourcing firms, a US market research firm said this week.
Antone Gonsalves Jul 21 2004, 12:00AM Data centre
Corporate losses from internet-based attacks average US$2M

Corporate losses from internet-based attacks average US$2M

Companies that suffer business disruptions from internet-based attacks are losing an average of US$2 million in revenue, a research firm said this week.
Antone Gonsalves Jul 7 2004, 12:00AM Security
Mobile phone sales way up; Nokia down

Mobile phone sales way up; Nokia down

Global mobile-phone sales increased 34 percent in the first quarter of the year, as a surprising number of people choose to upgrade to flashy phones with built-in cameras and colour screens, a market-research firm said Tuesday.
Antone Gonsalves Jun 9 2004, 12:00AM Mobility
Security expected to take larger bite of IT budgets

Security expected to take larger bite of IT budgets

Spending on security-related technology was expected to increase over the next couple of years, levelling off at 5 percent to 8 percent of the IT budget of global 2000 companies, a market-research firm has said.
Antone Gonsalves Jun 8 2004, 12:00AM Security
Microsoft’s patent plans worry open source providers

Microsoft’s patent plans worry open source providers

Microsoft's new policy for licensing its patents has supporters of open source software worried that the company will use a broken government system for protecting intellectual property to beat back gains Linux and other competing software have made in the marketplace.
Antone Gonsalves Jun 7 2004, 12:00AM Software
PC sales up – for now

PC sales up – for now

PC vendors posting stronger sales as businesses toss aging PCs in the improving economy are not expected to bask in the good times beyond next year, a market research firm said this week.
Antone Gonsalves May 21 2004, 12:00AM Hardware

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