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Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times that Oracle has benefited from having a clear strategy for integrating Linux into its offerings. "They have recognized the strategic importance of positioning themselves in the Linux marketplace," DiDio said. Oracle h...

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio downplayed the 64-bit hardware issue, telling TechNewsWorld that it is still an emerging market for Microsoft DiDio added that while there are always bugs with any software -- and the size of SP2 makes it likely to cause issues -- it is ...

"Microsoft wants entree into MCI's customer base, and MCI wants entree into Microsoft's customer base," Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld. "It's two giants getting together." ...

However, the company appears to be moving its desktop and server versions closer together and likely will avoid the year-and-a-half to two-year lag that may have hurt it during the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 releases, according to Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio...

"I don't think people are really barking for Longhorn right now," Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld regarding Microsoft's next-generation operating system, the release of which also has been repeatedly pushed back. "Customers do want to see those updates," she added regarding SP2 for XP. "They also want to alleviate their security and patch management problems." ...

While indemnification programs offer a measure of protection for Linuxusers, they may have broader implications for the open-source community as awhole, according to Laura DiDio, a senior analyst with the Yankee Group "What it all boils down to is that we're seeing the rapid c...

The industry, which has been promised much by Microsoft with its talk of a revolutionary new file system and tighter security, is not overly anxious for Longhorn, but even so, the software giant -- as well as chief software architect Bill Gates and top developers -- may have a hard time letting go of some features and functionality, Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld...

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio said Linux can provide substantial cost savings but does so mainly at smaller firms that handle many customized software applications or in places where networks are being built from the ground up. Moreover, many IT managers appear to b...

The third question must be answered before tackling the others, and Laura DiDio, senior analyst at the Yankee Group, suggested that the answer is no. "Overall," she said, "no operating system or piece of software is going to be inherently more secure than another." She said sh...

However, by collecting personal preference information and using it as a basis for delivering other services, the company must consider user privacy, Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld "They have to be smart about the way they use the technology," she s...

"Within CE, Microsoft has not been number one," Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld. "So, in that situation, they're going to work harder to stay in the game, improve the software and play catch-up. That's what this is about." ...

Though the lawsuit did not specify the amounts being sought in either damages or licensing fees, the case eventually will boil down to a matter of money, Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times. That will happen because the technology involved is too valuable to put at risk in a lengthy lawsuit...

However, Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio, who has covered Novell since 1987, told the E-Commerce Times that hawking Linux and bringing out ex-Van Halen lead singer Sammy Hagar to perform at BrainShare does not erase the fact that Novell's marketing and product strategy over the last 10 years has been a disaster...

Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times that the media player actually could prove technically harder to divorce from the rest of the operating system than Internet Explorer, the main focus of the U.S. antitrust proceedings "The player has been integrated in...

However, Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times that so much of Microsoft's long-range strategy has hinged upon the media player working as an integral part of the operating system that it is unlikely to concede that point in negotiations or in court "So mu...

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio said that in addition to avoiding a US$521 million damages claim from Eolas that resulted from its patent suit against Microsoft, the software giant also has a cloud lifted from its future plans "It does clear the way for Microsoft to go...

Regardless of that issue, the European Union and Microsoft have long been at odds over the software company's business practices. Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio said Microsoft might not be capable of satisfying the European regulators who are now targeting Windows Media Player...

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times that Microsoft is more eager than ever to highlight all that its software can do because of increasing competition in the marketplace. "Microsoft's been focusing on the fact that the average user is just skimmi...

"It's all about security," Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld. "They're trying to alleviate a lot of the problems people are having with patch management." ...

Laura DiDio, a senior analyst at the Yankee Group, surveyed the market about six months ago, polling 1,100 firms worldwide. She found that most ran a mixed shop: 86 percent of her sample were still running Windows NT workstations, while 48 percent still had Windows 98 someplace. While Windows XP has been available since late 2001, IDC estimates there are 58 million copies of Windows 98 still installed worldwide, making up 20 percent of Windows licenses. Microsoft, which had planned to pull the plug on support for Windows 98 this month, has just extended it to 2006...