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Where is Gaming Going?
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Now that GDC 2008 is behind us, and the reviews are really rolling in, PodTech takes a wide look at the gaming industry, with IDC gaming analyst Billy Pidgeon.
Gaming’s future likely includes more attention from the courts, as it continues to gain in mass popularity and questions continue to arise around “mature content” and children, for instance. And, as always, plenty of opinions about various consoles, PC vs. consoles, and the issue of game development from the developers’ perspective (the one-console future, for example).
Billy Pidgeon is the program manager for IDC’s consumer markets: gaming program. In this podcast, he speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the gaming industry, drawing important distinctions between gaming, which is a massive and growing business, and the more entrenched industries that are built around movies.
The stakes for gaming companies are higher in a way, says Pidgeon, because there are no second chances after a game flops at market (unlike the many, many secondary distribution paths that movies have). But as the industry grows, Pidgeon says, there’s a chance for the world to benefit, not only because of the truly international business that the gaming industry enjoys, but also because ...
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GM's Chairman Rick Wagner Meets with Bloggers at NAIAS
In an hour sit down with online journalists during the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), GM’s Chairman Rick Wagner answered questions on several topics from the joint partnership announcement the day before with Coskata, to Tata Motor’s Nano, recently unveiled for the Indian ...
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GM's Bob Lutz Holds Court at NAIAS
During the North American International Auto Show, (NAIAS) GM’s Vice Chairman Bob Lutz joined a roundtable discussion with a group of online journalists including (but not limited to) Brian Dooley at HummerGuy.net, Lyle Dennis of GM-Volt.com, Joe LaMuraglia-Gaywheels.com, Vincent Nguyen at Slashgear.com,
Steve Sanghi of Microchip, Part 2
Steve Sanghi, CEO of Microchip Technology, talks about how the company went from a small, struggling outfit to a successful one. What made Steve believe in Microchip Technology? How did he do it?
He also talks about the connection between the U.S. housing market and Microchip Technology. And then ...
SNWSpotlight AM - Thursday October 18th, 2007
SNWSpotlight is your source for the latest information from Storage Networking World.
In this final podcast in the series, Catherine Girardeau speaks with Richard Villars and Dave Reinsel, analysts with IDC, about top topics of discussion at the conference. We also hear from attendees about what’s on their minds as ...
Troy Clarke at HRL Laboratories
At HRL Laboratories last week, GM President North America Troy Clarke spoke to a group of journalists and bloggers about the Volt, GM’s hybrid plans and the upcoming Vue, among other topics.
Enterprise Content Management Overview
Understand why enterprise content management is gaining visibility in today’s market and how companies are developing their ECM strategies. Learn more about how content management is utilized across multiple industries and customer examples for critical content-centric businesses processes. Additionally, we discuss next steps for initiating a successful content management strategy - starting with an enterprise-class ECM platform.
This is an EMC podcast.
IDC's Rona Shuchat - Forecast for the future of IT services
In this Thought Leaders podcast brought to you by SAVVIS, Rona Shuchat, research director, IDC, shares her unique perspective, gained through the study of the strategic impact of telecommunications and web hosting. She discusses what’s interesting in corporate networking, such as deep packet inspection, the use of web-based portals ...
Analysis of the Sun/Intel Agreement
Jean Bozman is research vice president of the enterprise computing group at IDC. In this podcast, recorded at the St. Regis hotel in San Francisco, she shares her thoughts on the just-announced Sun/Intel strategic alliance.
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Host: Paul Lancour - PodTech
Guest: Jean Bozman – IDC
Paul Lancour ...
EnergyCS and EDrive: Battery Powered!
So how much does it cost to convert a Prius into a PHEV? I spoke with Greg Hanssen, partner in Monrovia, Calif.’s EnergyCS and president of its offshoot, EDrive Systems, to find out. Along with his company, he has done about 12 conversions for state, government, ...
Survey Looks At Women's Tech Toys
SANTA CLARA, October 31, 2006 (PodTech News) — Danielle Levitas is vice president of IDC’s consumer and broadband research. She spoke with PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau at the Women in Technology Summit about the results of a survey on women’s digital entertainment priorities, commissioned by Women in Technology International and conducted ...
IBM Ships Chips for Nintendo Wii
MENLO PARK, September 8, 2006 (PodTech News) — Nintendo has received its first batch of CPU’s for the Wii gaming console. Named “Broadway,” the chips are manufactured by IBM and are key to Wii’s architecture. IDC Senior Industry Analyst IdaRose Sylvester spoke with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about what this means for Wii’s initial launch.
Intel's New Chips Fuel Price Cuts
MENLO PARK, July 31, 2006 (PodTech News) — In the market for a computer, but don’t need the latest, fastest, and newest? You may be able to find some bargains, thanks to Intel’s release last Thursday of a new generation of microprocessors. To make room for the new product, Intel ...
Analyst Says AMD/ATI Deal Had To Happen
SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, 2006 (PodTech News) – AMD announced this week it’s acquiring Canadian graphics firm ATI for $5.4 billion. PodTech News talked with semiconductor analyst Shane Rau of IDC at Intel’s Core 2 Duo press event yesterday about the effect this deal might have on the chip ...
Polycom Partners with Skype Announces New Skype Product
Polycom announces a Skype client for Skype. The first joint product from this alliance is the Polycom Communicator(TM), a Skype Certified, co-branded USB speakerphone that leverages Polycom’s renowned Acoustic Clarity Technology(TM) to deliver hands- free, natural, two-way voice communication for Skype voice and video conversations, without echoes or feedback. ...
PodTech News: Reporting from CES; Preview from IDC Analyst Susan Kevorkian
PodTech and PodTech News will be a CES in Las Vegas from Wed through Sunday reporting from CES.
At the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas one of the big themes is how 2006 is the year we finally see the long expected radical shift in media ...
PodTech News: Mimosa Systems - A New Class of Data
In our last podcast, IDC, IBM and NetApp chimed in on the storage market. It’s a tough industry to get into, what with falling costs and the time it takes to build long term trust with customers. But the people at Mimosa Systems in Santa Clara think the storage industry ...
PodTech News: Storage Software Continues to Soar
SAN FRANCISCO December 12, 2005 (PodTech News) - The storage software market has been on a two-year growth spurt. The research firm IDC says the industry posted its 8th straight quarter of year-over-year double-digit growth.
IDC reports that in the July through September quarter of this year the market grew 10 ...
PodTech News: Sun Comes Out Swinging with Processor Upgrade
Sun has come out swinging with a major update of its UltraSparc line of microprocessors. IBM says the chips are narrow in capability and lock users into Sun’s Solaris operating system. But Sun, ever the vigilant problem-solver techie, says the T1 chip is a very lucrative answer to real world ...
PodTech Exclusive from IBM's World Headquarters: IBM Supports Podcasting as a New Media
PodTech Exclusive from IBM’s World Headquarters: IBM Corporate Podcasting Team Talks with PodTech About Their Views on Podcasting. I travelled to Armonk NY to meet with IBM’s Corporate Podcasting Team, Ben Edwards and Christopher Barger in corporate communications, to discuss how IBM is using podcasting and how they ...
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