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Most companies like to keep competitors at arm's length and choose very carefully those projects where they can become "frenemies." However, Apple has an especially tough time working and playing well with other tech giants, said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group...

Boy, just when you think it's safe to sleep in, Microsoft and Yahoo decide to hitch up and slap Google upside the head. I'm guessing that this really screwed up the party in the Google 767 flying palace last week. For Google, which lately seems to have the attention span of a 3-year-old after getting into the sugar jar, this could be a good thing --this could force Google to focus. It certainly is good for Microsoft and Yahoo, even though it suggests a potential breakup that could be the mother of all divorces. ...

All three are necessary, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group. "Most of the market is being managed almost part-time, and the Security Update Guide would be very helpful," he said Qant lets users figure out what it costs to deal with a security thr...

I live in Silicon Valley, and sometimes I wonder if someone's putting something in our water. For instance, one of our local folks, who evidently treated his agorophobia by playing "Resistance: Fall of Man,"has sued Sony for stealing money from him as a result of Sony's banning him from the game. Evidently, three warnings about his hostile online behavior weren't enough; he feels he has a right to behave badly and wants at least US$55,000. I think Sony would like him to buy an Xbox. There's plenty more weirdness where that came from, though, and I thought it would be a fun focus for this week's column...

The Windows 7 release is being staggered for two reasons, Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld First, it's an attempt to combat software pirates. "In previous releases, Microsoft had serious problems with unreleased code making it out to Chin...

Competition from Barnes & Noble is good for the industry, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, who personally owns three Kindles. However, more is needed "What we're lacking is somebody that does consumer electronics, somebody like Apple," he told the E-Co...

Competition from Barnes & Noble is good for the industry, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, who personally owns three Kindles. However, more is needed "What we're lacking is somebody that does consumer electronics, somebody like Apple," he told the E-Co...

Competition from Barnes & Noble is good for the industry, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, who personally owns three Kindles. However, more is needed "What we're lacking is somebody that does consumer electronics, somebody like Apple," he told the E-Co...

There's generally more attention on the fight between Microsoft and Google this decade than on the fight between Apple and Microsoft. That's because Google seems to represent the future, while Apple and Microsoft are often seen as anachronisms from a prior age. ...

"Time and resources have always been one of the biggest problems to upgrading," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "The cost of deployments exceed the cost of new software, and often companies do as much as they can to put things o...

What Microsoft is really trying to do, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst with the Enderle Group, is make sure it holds onto existing customers before Google figures out a way to market its free productivity suite in a way that really makes it take off with consumers ...

You betcha. OK, I'm just kidding -- but in most markets that are divided like the PC market, where one vendor has 90 percent and the other 10 percent, a well-funded competitor would likely take out the 10 percent vendor on the way to taking on the 90 percent vendor. ...

"It's not so much profit coming from the Kindle, but more profit from the books that people consume," Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "With a new product, you get a wave of people wanting to be first to own it," he noted. "Ther...

The trouble is, marketing is Google's Achilles' heel, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "Google's marketing makes Microsoft's worst days look good," Enderle told LinuxInsider. "It needs better PR and marketing skills than it has so far demonstrated in ...

In the United States, the 4th of July is celebrated as Independence Day, recalling the time when Americans stepped away from a government they viewed as repressive and forged a new future. Over the years, I've worked for a number of harsh managers and companies. Some were actually good for me -- others not so much. I wonder if we all shouldn't take a moment to consider whether we wouldn't be better off in another career, department, company -- or retired.

Easy, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst of the Enderle Group: "Like a lot of companies, once they (Google) reach dominance, they primarily want to keep that product running and go look at other things," he told TechNewsWorld "Microsoft did this with Office -- the dominant pr...

Pirate Bay did itself no favors with its attitude, Rob Enderle, principal analyst for the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "The Motion Picture Association of America, through their actions, have made pirated content more valuable than content people pay for," he said...

Over the last two weeks I attended two events: one organized by the Blu-ray folks and one by HP. Both PR teams did excellent jobs; however, one had a strong offering to work with, while the other was stuck with a toad of a product offering. ...

Whether you're identifying with a religious group, a technology group, or some other group, I often wonder if you truly care if the information you receive is false. If you look at how people flock to Web sites that are obviously on the extreme right or left of an issue, or if you watch debates on abortion or gay marriage -- or even whether the sitting president has a clue -- don't you often get the sense that for many, believing they are right and putting down those who disagree is more important than actually being right?...

Apple is making an impressively strong statement that it can survive Steve Jobs' departure. While I still don't think it has the magic that Steve Jobs brings to the table in terms of execution, it is actually doing better at the moment than when he was there and active. ...