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A Techaisle Newsletter April 2009

IN THIS ISSUE

  • G-20 Summit
  • Cloud Computing Challenges the Channel
  • Netbooks vs Notebooks
  • Small Business Stimulus

 

 

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Notebook vs Netbooks

While netbooks have been able to expand the market today by attracting new buyers and addressing latent mobility needs (need for small, lightweight device), market expansion will be limited by what we call the “value proposition differential” - the subjective and objective differences in user experience between products. This is a concept that Apple understands very well as evidenced by the success of iPods and iPhones

In other words, while pricing and weight got the market started, it will not be enough to sustain the growth of netbooks.

But is the netbook now the new notebook? Should PC makers be concerned about cannibalization? Conventional thinking might suggest that to be true.

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New G-20 Summit: Stimulus Plans and Projected IT Spend

Techaisle analysts have just completed an extensive compilation and study of stimulus plans by country, especially for the G-20 countries. The plan indicators and findings from Techaisle's recently completed Economic Impact study provides backdrop of updated market forecasts, both for Businesses (Large Enterprise, Small Business, Mid-Market Business) and Consumers.

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Cloud Computing Challenges the Channel

All leading IT companies - Microsoft, HP, Dell, IBM/Sun, Oracle, Salesforce.com and Amazon are driving towards providing a variety of cloud based platform and application services. Complementing them are a whole host of new companies that are aggressively developing solutions for this space.

No doubt over the next 5 years cloud based services will be the new arena of intense competition. However, the first issue to tackle is Cloud Computing’s impact on the existing channel structure..

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Small Business Stimulus - Will it Work?

On March 16th US President Barack Obama unveiled measures to revitalize the small business economy in the US. The package includes several measures that look like are the right steps to boost small businesses. The package lays out approximately $730 million in spending towards small business.

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