Xerox announced last September 27th that it will buy ACS (Affiliated Computer Services) for $6.4 billion dollars. ACS is according to Forrester Research one of the leading global IT infrastructure providers. This leading pack of providers, according to Forrester Research, includes among a few others the aforementioned ACS, IBM, EDS and Perot Systems. Mergers and […]

When Google enters a new line of business, it’s a safe bet that this business will get a lot of attention from the technology ecosystem. Micropayments, an already hot trend this year, got a further boost when Google announced two weeks ago that it will offer micropayment services through its Checkout system. Micropayments are transfers of small […]

This week I wanted to continue the theme of online revenue models started by Nick in his micropayments post. Rather than looking at emerging trends, however, I’d like to talk about a model that has become a mainstay of online business – the freemium model.  The term “freemium” was coined by Fred Wilson back in 2006 and describes […]

After all the excitement and press releases about the search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo, the serious market analysis is now beginning. US regulators have decided to scrutinize the deal, to understand if the reduction of the number of major search providers, from three to two, will hurt competition in the search market. Regulators will […]