I saw yesteday IDC's barometer for European IT spending 2003 vs. 2002. This time the SME companies were the real winners: some +5-6% compared to large companies' (>1000 employees) -3%. Altogether the projection was positive, barely 0,4%. As one of the biggest challenges for software this year was seen security. Well, I bet that's an issue as long as we are using Microsoft :-)
Is Euro overvalued? Well, the rate has been varying from 0,8 till 1,2 to $ during the last years. But if you compare to the original conversation rate of 1,17 we should be getting back just to the normal. Why are European companies yelling about supereuro? I hope they have not forgotten to check their own productivity and fitness for competition...
Who your friends know? Needleman found himself invited to a 'invitiation only' social network in web. Check how Bill Clinton relates to the story...
Oracle's bid for Peoplesoft will most likely to fail (75%) according to SiliconValley.com. PeopleSoft has a poison pill which makes the hostile takeover pretty nasty.
Posted at June 10, 2003 10:41 AM