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The Future of PC and Mobile Processors
I've spent a lot of time with a number of hardware manufacturers recently, trying to get a glimpse into the next generation of processors and the ways in which they'll impact future gadgets and PCs. In all my meetings, one term has arisen time and again: SOC, or system-on-a-chip.
Traditionally, chips have been created independently and then coupled together to provide multiple computing features. For example, a manufacturer would create a core processor like an Intel Centrino with a built-in Wi-Fi radio, and then attach that to a systems board, perhaps linking it together with a separate graphics co-processor, in order to deliver enhanced PC graphics. Another might take an ARM core processor and then add on additional features like extended graphics to enhance device functionality.
Apple's iPad: Live up the Hype? It Will....
It was interesting to hear all the chatter after last week's iPad launch. Most reactions I heard from other analysts and media were lukewarm at best...which was what I expected. If you think about it, how can anything live up to the kind of hype leading up to this launch? But there was a lot missed in the media about the event and the product that I hope to share in order to maintain our perspective on not only the iPad but on Apple and their products.
Innovation Abounds - CES 2010 Post Show Analysis
This year's CES was very interesting. I had felt for the past few years that CES was sorely lacking in the innovation department. But this year it looks like things have changed in the technology industry. Technology companies have realized that to reach the consumer the pace of innovation needs to accelerate, and this year's CES was a start in that direction. Several things stuck out that I'd like to highlight:
Apple's Competitive Advantage
One of the primary things about being an effective technology industry analysis firm is that we have to clearly communicate our perspectives about the technology industry as a whole to our clients. This requires more than just the regurgitation of information as we gather it in the field. It requires explaining more fundamental elements of what is happening and why. It is because of this that we seem to get one question common to many of the companies that we speak with and provide services to. That question is: "Why is Apple doing so well and what can we do to compete?"

Particularly of interest to many is why Apple appears to be recession-proof while many others in the hardware business had a rough 18 months or so. There are more reasons then I have time to go into in this article as to why Apple appears to be unstoppable, so I will highlight just a few. I am a big picture strategic thinker by nature and I love thinking about and strategizing around competitive advantage and differentiation. That is why I love analyzing Apple, because they play the strategic game extremely well, particularly when it comes to developing strategies to defend their competitive advantage. There are three key areas that stick out to me as particularly defensible for Apple.

Creative Strategies - Social Media Analysis

Does Twitter have a Future

Thursday, 11 March 2010 01:45

Twitter (or Tweeter as my friends in LA call it) has been such a hot topic lately I thought it would be good to provide a quick analysis of the service and share a little of our thoughts on what the future for Twitter may be.

It seems that Twitter has evolved to be much more than it set out to be. The initial elevator pitch by company founders to investors was that Twitter would be a service where people could say what they were up to in 140 characters or less. It was meant to be that simple, yet it has evolved into something much bigger than that.

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Does Facebook have a future

Thursday, 11 March 2010 01:45

Just as more and more people are discovering Facebook, observed by the number of friend requests I get from colleagues , I am already beginning to wonder if the end has begun for Facebook. Not only has Facebook struggled and not shown a single compelling model to make money they are also struggling to keep people engaged for any period of time.

Some of my latest research with over 100 social power users under the age 25, that I have observed follow who set the trends in social media, have begun alluding that they are spending less and less time on Facebook and on average less then 2 minutes at any given time. They may still “check” it several times a day but again only a short bursts.

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