Global Strategy and Business

In 2008 Dr Alastair Brydon, Analysts Mason Associate Dr Mark Heath, Analysts Mason Associate published research on 'wireless network traffic 2008-2015'. In essence this research backs independent research published this month of forecasts of unprecedented usage of mobile data services significantly, driven by the rapid take-up of smartphones, such as the 3G iPhone, and of plug-and-play USB (HSPA) modems. Currently Opensolaris does not support hot plugging of mobile phone dongles despite warnings from BSC consulting UK that Opensolaris cannot expect mainstream mobile adoption by major OEM or new adopters without meeting this customer minimum requirement. Oracle has announced the completion of its take over of Sun by later summer 2009. There is some uncertainty, not of the continued development of the Opensolaris community but the ownership and strategy post Oracle takeover. It is hoped that new leadership of the Opensolaris community will focus on what OS attributes need to be ...

Low Cost Enterprise systems BSC Consulting UK started the financial New Year with a Key note prediction. It forecasts a new market emerging in low cost enterprise services wrapped around opensource.Financial pressures in the market place are helping to form a commercial environment where established full service operators will be outbid by low cost start ups or established operators offering specific low cost services. It forecasts the demand for open source software and services will be increased in 2011/12 similar to what we have seen in the airline industry targeting small to medium sized companies trying to establish a competitive low cost structure.