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Rob Enderle

January 2008

January 31, 2008

Why Professional Graphics Users Are Demanding Vista

Last time we chatted about how the Windows 7 launch looked like a Windows 95-like event , which for IT typically isn't necessarily a good thing. This time, I'd like to touch on a group of folks who ... More >

January 29, 2008

Will the Windows 7 Launch Be Like Windows 95?

We are ramping to the launch of Windows Vista SP1 and most of the Microsoft watchers are speculating whether business, particularly enterprises, will move to Vista once this major patch is out. In th... More >

January 23, 2008

Product Red, Dell and Microsoft: Why It Makes Sense to Me

Let's start by saying that while I appreciate the philanthropy of others, I'm not particularly philanthropic myself anymore.   I, probably like many of you, over the years have watched the folks... More >

January 22, 2008

Microsoft's Hyper-V Kill: It's Still VMware's Market to Lose

Microsoft has formally entered the virtualization space several decades after IBM did and almost a full decade after VMware started down this path.   Now, for those that live on Windows, this ... More >

January 17, 2008

Did Apple Copy the HP Sojourn with the MacBook Air?

One of the advantages of having done this for awhile is the ability to recall things that other folks have clearly forgotten. For example, while the MacBook Air is a really great new laptop, it is fa... More >

January 15, 2008

Revolution in January: EMC Brings Flash Drives into the Data Center

Most of us in technology were just starting to get used to the idea that flash drives would start ramping slowly, because they are so expensive, into the desktop market this year. We believed any m... More >

January 10, 2008

Competitive Analysis II: How Toshiba and HD-DVD Could Come Back

In the first part of this series, I lamented the lack of competitive analysis organizations in technology companies and suggested that, had Toshiba properly gamed out what Sony was likely to do and... More >

January 9, 2008

How Lack of Competitive Analysis, Nintendo Caused Blu-Ray's Victory

As we exited 2007, there was no definitive leader in the fight for the next high-definition optical standard . The HD-DVD camp had sold a lot of players, but they were offset by PlayStation 3 sale... More >

January 3, 2008

Lessons Learned from Apple: Why It Wins and Why It Loses

Apple had a difficult year in 2007 but weathered the challenges generally rather well. While the company does not really sell to the enterprise, a number of things it does showcase both the right and... More >

January 2, 2008

Apple vs. Microsoft vs. Linux: Good vs. Evil and Do You Really Care?

If you follow big companies closely, you will find they have moments where they do things that are amazing, and moments where you wonder what rock they crawled out from under.   Apple sucks at P... More >

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