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"TV is moving to the Web in a major way," Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "Specialized programming, movie previews and news programs are finding new audiences who want to watch. Thanks to broadband and an audience shift away from TV to the Web, advertising resources are following the users."

I'm either fortunate or unfortunate enough to have gone through a couple of significant corporate cycles in the world of business in recent decades. In the 1980s IBM started as the most respected company in the industry and ended as that decade's "Evil Empire." In the '90s, and over what seemed to be a much shorter period of time, Microsoft went down a similar path. And now all eyes are on Google, who is everyone's darling today, but is clearly showing a disturbing dark side...

Apple and Microsoft may have a history of rivalry, but Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld that they are friendly where Office is concerned "Microsoft Office is the productivity package for the Apple platform, at least for business. It's the only thi...

Continuing with a theme, this week I'd like to focus on companies that misact with respect to consumer rights. Last week we went into some detail on Sony's despicable recent actions which compromised consumers' rights and safety. This is all related to the idea that power corrupts. As the time comes to make your holiday purchases, it would be a good idea to look beyond the rhetoric this year and find out which companies really are acting against your best interests -- and choose accordingly...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how Google was on track to become the next "Evil Empire" because they were increasingly behaving as if they were the center of the universe. The central theme of the piece was how companies, particularly those that grow very quickly, can lose track of their ethics and, by placing their needs in front of all others, move from being widely admired to widely despised...

Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group, agreed that in general the outsourcing trend is nothing new. What is new, though, he said, "is the use of these smaller service aggregators; they can be both less expensive and more responsive than the larger firms if managed correctly, and IT is watching costs like never before."

Such cases typically take years and millions of dollars to work their way through the courts, but more importantly may represent distractions at a time when Microsoft faces more competitive pressures than perhaps ever in its history, said Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle...

Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle said the convergence on the same ground by major content owners and others is not surprising, given that many believe that streaming video advertising has the power to eclipse even the paid search listings business that gave rise to Google...

Last week Microsoft announced its new online extensions to Windows and Office called, coincidently, Windows Live and Office Live. These say a great deal about both Microsoft's direction and the future of desktop software in general. In addition, HP announced an intent to eliminate the concept of the "IBM" PC and take Dell out in the process ...

"Online TV is going to make inroads into traditional forms," Enderle Group principal analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. "That can be a threat to the traditional providers of content or it can be an opportunity as well." Meanwhile, television has long been moving to...

I'm either fortunate or unfortunate enough to have gone through a couple of significant corporate cycles in the world of business in recent decades. In the 1980s IBM started as the most respected company in the industry and ended as that decade's "Evil Empire." In the '90s, and over what seemed to be a much shorter period of time, Microsoft went down a similar path. And now all eyes are on Google, who is everyone's darling today, but is clearly showing a disturbing dark side...

Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times that without the support of the Chinese government, it is unclear how the U.S. will make headway for its intellectual property holders. But, he added, the solution could come in the law of reaping and sowing...

According to Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group in San Jose, Calif., the survey reflects a growing maturity in the cell phone market "Buyers are becoming more mature in their buying behavior and are acting in ways that reflect that maturity," he ...

"The marketplace has changed already since the agreement was put in place and new technologies are emerging all the time," said Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle While Microsoft would like to be able to put the anti-trust case to rest once and for all, it is also fin...

Last week was another interesting week. So far, this month the biggest announcements have largely been about Apple. As expected, Apple refreshed some of its product offerings. This should be the last significant release of many of these products before the Intel-based replacements start to arrive in about six to nine months ...

Industry support aside, Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst for the Enderle Group in San Jose, Calif. pointed out that initial sale volumes of Blu-ray devices, which will include a new version of Sony's popular PlayStation video game player, will swamp HD-DVD "What al...

The video solution on the new iPod sucks and, strangely enough, this showcases how much better Apple understands the current market and why others are either failing in it or have had to exit, like, respectively, Creative Labs and D&M Holdings (RIO) ...

Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle said the new innovations relating to publishing that Microsoft plans for Vista may have been one motivation for the Macromedia purchase by Adobe Vista's array of visual tools, which go by names such as Acrylic, Sparkle, and Quartz "d...

Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld that the PalmTX is the current rendition of the original Palm: it's small and it's lightweight. The only question is, do consumers want a multimedia Palm with so many other competing devices on the market? "Palm ha...

Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times that the small business customer is important to Microsoft, despite its on-again, off-again targeted efforts over the years Indeed, the small to mid-sized business (SMB) customer is the fastest growing segme...