http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter News Service en-us Copyright 2005 Tekrati, Inc. All Rights Reserved. editor@tekrati.com (Barbara French) http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/Images/Tekrati_Logo_85x40.gif http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp 85 40 http://software.tekrati.com/research/10293/ Barbara French, Tekrati Forrester Research today officially announced the release of the book Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies (Harvard Business Press). Written by veteran Forrester analysts Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. The book helps companies harness the power of social technologies. Software Fri, 2 May 2008 07:08:56 UT http://software.tekrati.com/research/10282/ Barbara French, Tekrati Despite the huge growth in new applications such as Internet video and social networking, most consumers indicate the main reason for accessing the Internet is to use e-mail and gather information, according to an international survey conducted by Gartner. Incorporating mobile device support into these mainstream activities is crucial. Software Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:01:22 UT http://software.tekrati.com/research/10272/ Barbara French, Tekrati Linux, which has been much maligned by Symbian and Microsoft as a non-starter in the handset operating system market, is set to see strong growth as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements are alleviated, according to a new study by ABI Research. The analysts forecast that by 2013, nearly one out of every five mid- or high-end mobile devices will use a Linux operating system. Software Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:24:05 UT http://software.tekrati.com/research/10271/ Barbara French, Tekrati Open source software and related services will continue to expand in importance to end-user organizations, based on findings from a recent IDC survey. Almost 60 percent of the survey respondents said their company's spending on open source increased in 2007, in terms of relative percentage of IT spending. Software Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:18:50 UT http://software.tekrati.com/research/10269/ Barbara French, Tekrati Despite a long-term future marked by commoditization, enterprise spending on Web 2.0 technologies will surge over the next five years, growing 43 percent each year to reach $4.6 billion globally by 2013, according to a new report by Forrester Research. The 5-year enterprise Web 2.0 forecast includes technologies such as social networking, RSS, blogs, wikis, mashups, podcasting, and widgets. Software Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:05:44 UT