Cisco Introduces ‘Videoscape Unity’ TV Platform to Enable Advanced Multiscreen Video and TV Services

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Cisco Introduces ‘Videoscape Unity’ TV Platform to Enable Advanced
Multiscreen Video and TV Services

Videoscape Unity, Integrating Cisco and NDS Video Portfolio, Empowers
Service and Content Providers to Deliver Unified and Unique Video
Experiences Across All Screens

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, CES 2013, January 7, 2012 - Today in a press
conference at CES 2013, Cisco will unveil Videoscape Unity, its new and
expanded Videoscape video services delivery platform. This new platform
empowers service providers and media companies to deliver new intuitive
and synchronized multiscreen video experiences. These include a
multiscreen cloud digital video recorder (DVR), which enables consumers
to restart shows, catch up on past programs, and play back DVR-captured
content from anywhere, on any screen.

For the first time, video operators will have an agile, open software
platform that goes above and beyond “TV Everywhere” services,
empowering operators to speed the delivery of immersive multi-screen
video experiences that advance their unique service and brand visions.


During Cisco’s press conference (streamed live online at 5 p.m. ET
with a replay available at 6 pm ET), Marthin De Beer, senior vice
president of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group, will host a panel
of leading service and content providers for a discussion titled, “The
Future of TV: Above and Beyond TV Everywhere,” during which they will
share their visions for delivering personalized video experiences.
Panelists include:

● Len Barlik, EVP, chief product officer, Cox Communications

● Bill Bradford, senior vice president, Digital Media, Fox
Broadcasting

● Joe Inzerillo, senior vice president, Multimedia and Distribution,
Major League Baseball Advanced Media

● Balan Nair, chief technology officer, Liberty Global

● Andrew Olson, director of product planning and design, BSkyB

New Preintegrated Offers Enabled by Videoscape Unity Include:

● Multiscreen Cloud DVR: Offers cloud-driven video recording with
capture and storage in the cloud instead of the end device. Consumers
can restart shows, catch up on past programs, and play back DVR-captured
content from anywhere, on any screen.

● Video Everywhere: Broadens the TV Everywhere proposition with
unified search, discovery, and viewing functions to allow consumers to
watch premium live and on-demand content on any (service provider
managed or unmanaged) connected device regardless of location.

● Connected Video to Any Device in the Home: Cisco’s Connected
Video Gateway serves as a single entertainment hub, with back-end
management of IP and QAM video, for distributing video content and
metadata to any IP-connected device in the home, while providing a
unified user experience.

● IP Video over Cable: Gives consumers expanded choice of content and
IP video services, with faster delivery of on-demand and interactive
offerings, across a wider range of service provider managed devices -
with the flexibility to add unmanaged devices.

About Videoscape Unity

Cisco announced its Videoscape TV services delivery platform at CES in
2011. Videoscape Unity was created by integrating Cisco Videoscape with
the assets and business model of NDS, the leading video software and
content security and experience provider acquired by Cisco in 2012. The
new platform comprises a set of cloud, network and client based
components, connected by open interfaces.

● The cloud and network components power new, personalized video
services and enable multiple screens to be synchronized to create a
single unified experience for the subscriber, so things look and feel
the same no matter what device they use.

● Client components use the Cisco Snowflake interface design model
and NDS Media Highway multiplatform clients. This approach enables
network operators to design exciting user experiences, engineer them
into clients for connected devices and set-top boxes, and quickly deploy
them across multiple screens and throughout large service footprints.

Flexible Deployment Options

● Videoscape Unity can be deployed in one of many end-to-end
pretested configurations, which can be tailored to each operator’s
service plan.

● Operators can also opt to select individual components and tailor
them into their operations via open interfaces.

● For the first time, Cisco is offering Videoscape “as a
service,” allowing operators to have Cisco build, monitor, operate
and even host their video infrastructures.

Advantages for Operators

● Compelling multiscreen experiences delivered from the leading video
experience platform and continuosly refreshed by Cisco’s 7,500+ video
engineers.

● A modular open platform, which operators can enhance with
third-party components using open interfaces built into the Videoscape
Unity platform.

● For operators that deploy Videoscape Unity for one service can
easily enhance and add to the modules they initially deploy to bring
other services to market quickly.

● Reduced operations costs by the elimination of single-service,
“siloed” platforms, and the need for constant in-house
engineering to keep platforms current.

Supporting Quotes

● Balan Nair, executive vice president and chief technology officer,
Liberty Global

“The entertainment landscape is continually evolving. Consumers are
interacting and discovering content in new ways. Liberty Global strives
to provide our customers with as much flexibility as possible, and a
wide variety of methods to consume content. Our partners, NDS and Cisco,
are providing us the technology to deliver on this promise. Service
providers like LGI are in a prime position to address changes in both
technology and consumer behavior, enabling an unparalleled entertainment
experience. The Horizon platform, and our work with Cisco/NDS, positions
us with a next-generation video service that will take us to the next
level and provides both the infrastructure and innovation that we need
to continually surpass our customers' expectations.”

● Len Barlik, executive vice president, chief product officer, Cox
Communications

“Consumers expect more choice, freedom and flexibility in what they
watch, and when, where, and how they watch it. They want to shape and
socialize what is displayed on their own screens. Working with both
Cisco and NDS has helped us to evolve our video services platform beyond
TV Everywhere to more ‘TV your way,’ personalized video experiences,
giving our subscribers more of what they enjoy. We are excited about the
combination of Cisco and NDS, and the possibilities the new Videoscape
Unity portfolio has to offer.”

● Gunnar Evensen, CEO, Get AS

"The marriage of Cisco and NDS presents unique opportunities for
service providers looking to evolve their video platforms and offer
consumers better experiences. Our partnership with both companies
provides us with the sophisticated architecture, software, and services
that we need to deliver an exceptional experience to our subscribers."

● Itzhak Elyakim, vice president of Engineering and CTO, YES

“Cisco and NDS together presents a host of new opportunities for us
to further advance the TV experience for our subscribers. The new
Videoscape Unity platform offers a strong combination of innovative
cloud technology, network hardware and software to help us as we evolve
our video infrastructure to manage interactive, multiscreen
experiences.”

● Jesper Andersen, senior vice president and general manager, Cisco
Service Provider Video Technology Group

“When implementing next-gen video, service providers and media
companies previously had to choose between custom integrated solutions
that stranded them in a point solution, or standard product-based
solutions that had limited opportunities to customize and bring their
brands to life. Videoscape Unity combines the advantages of these
approaches - offering a set of standard service-powering cloud, and
network components with the ability to design and deploy customized user
experiences across many screens.”

Supporting Resources

● Tune in to watch Cisco’s CES press conference streamed live
online at 5 p.m. ET /2 p.m. PT (replay available at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m.
PT).
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le21/onlineevts/ces2013/details.html

● Cisco Videoscape Unity: http://www.cisco.com/go/videoscape

● Cisco IBSG Supporting Research:
   - Study: “It Came to Me in a Stream…” The Upward Arc of Online
Video, Driven by Consumers
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/Online-Video-Consumption_Consumers.pdf


- Infographic: It Came to Me in a Stream
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/It_came_to_me_in_a_stream.pdf


- White Paper: Streaming Under the Clouds: Solutions for Multiscreen
Video Delivery
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/docs/sp/Streaming_Under_the_Clouds.pdf


- Video: Streaming Media Hits the Mainstream
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac79/sp/streaming_media.html

● Cisco Service Provider blog: SP360: http://blogs.cisco.com/sp

● Follow Cisco Service Provider news and activities at CES on Twitter
#VideoscapeUnity, #PersonalTV

Tags/Keywords

Cisco, Cox Communications, cloud, GET, IP Video, Itzhak Elyakim, Len
Barlik, Liberty Global, Multiscreen Cloud DVR, NDS, Videoscape,
Videoscape Unity, Jesper Andersen, Yes

RSS Feed for Cisco: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/rss.html

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App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012

App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads with Almost Half in 2012

Record-Breaking December with Over Two Billion Downloads

 CUPERTINO, California―January 7, 2013―Apple® today announced that customers have downloaded over 40 billion apps*, with nearly 20 billion in 2012 alone. The App Store℠ has over 500 million active accounts and had a record-breaking December with over two billion downloads during the month. Apple’s incredible developer community has created over 775,000 apps for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® users worldwide, and developers have been paid over seven billion dollars by Apple. 

“It has been an incredible year for the iOS developer community,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “Developers have made over seven billion dollars on the App Store, and we continue to invest in providing them with the best ecosystem so they can create the most innovative apps in the world.”

In 2012, the husband and wife team at Imangi Studios saw their game Temple Run downloaded more than 75 million times; Backflip Studios and Supercell, two emerging game development studios, brought in over $100 million combined for their leading freemium titles DragonVale and Clash of Clans; and emerging services including Uber, Flipboard, HotelTonight, and AirBnB attracted millions of users on iOS. Companies including Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Autodesk, Marvel and Major League Baseball continued to expand their iOS offerings, while developers like JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Interactive and Bottle Rocket Apps continued to push the boundaries of what iOS apps can do. 

“The success of our game Temple Run in 2012 was nothing short of astonishing,” said Keith Shepherd, co-founder of Imangi Studios. “We were simply looking to create a game that was fun and easy to play, but once it hit the App Store, the game took off. This past year, we saw more than 75 million downloads of Temple Run on iOS.”

“Our success on iOS has been incredible,” said Samir Hanna, vice president of Consumer Products for Autodesk. “We set off with the modest goal of bringing SketchBook to iPhone users as a way of introducing them to Autodesk. Fast forward three years, we now offer 20 apps to iOS users that have achieved more than 50 million downloads, and we continue to roll out new creativity and design tools that appeal to both professionals and consumers.”

“The App Store provided us with opportunities beyond our wildest dreams,” said Bad Robot Interactive’s JJ Abrams. “Our app Action Movie FX was designed to bring Hollywood special effects to anyone’s self-made video, whether that be on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and we’re just thrilled that millions of fans around the world were as excited as we were about the possibilities that this app brings.”

“Bottle Rocket Apps now employs over 100 full-time employees, dedicated to nothing but building great apps,” said Calvin Carter, president of Bottle Rocket Apps. “In my 20 plus years in technology, I have never seen such a vibrant marketplace for software like the App Store.”

Apple offers developers a wealth of resources and tools to help them make great apps, plus a robust ecosystem and marketplace which provide customers a safe and easy way to discover them. Apple also provides developers great ways to monetize apps including in-app purchase, subscriptions and advertising, and helps market and support developer efforts in the App Store and beyond. 

The revolutionary App Store offers more than 775,000 apps to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users in 155 countries around the world, with more than 300,000 native iPad apps available. App Store customers can choose from an incredible range of apps in 23 categories, including newspapers and magazines offered in Newsstand, games, business, news, sports, health & fitness and travel.

*40 billion unique downloads excluding re-downloads and updates. 

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.

Press Contacts:
Ted Miller
Apple
ted_miller@apple.com
(408) 862-3928

Christine Monaghan
Apple
cmonaghan@apple.com
(408) 974-8850

The 451 Group Announces Acquisition of Yankee Group


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As Chairman & CEO of The 451 Group, parent company of 451 Research & Uptime Institute, I am very happy to  announce our acquisition of Yankee Group, the preeminent research, data and advisory firm equipping enterprises to profit in a mobile world. With Yankee Group, we see an exciting opportunity to extend The 451 Group's operating philosophy of long-term, sustainable, profitable and global growth – and, most importantly, to provide an expanding and richer array of products and services to you, our valued clients. 

Founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson, Yankee Group emerged as the first independent information technology market research and advisory firm focused on the telecommunications industry. Throughout its history, Yankee Group maintained and extended its reputation for independent thought leadership in emerging IT and communications technologies. Today, with more analysts covering the mobility market than any other analyst firm, Yankee Group is the thought leader in providing insight and data for a mobility revolution that it forecasts to be a $3 trillion market opportunity by 2016.

Since 2010, Yankee Group has been led by CEO Terry Waters. Post-acquisition, Terry will continue as CEO of Yankee Group, reporting to me. Terry’s team will join the 200+ professionals here at The 451 Group, and Yankee Group will operate as an independent division of The 451 Group. For over four decades, the insights of Yankee Group have served the communications industry and, more recently, the emerging mobility marketplace. Mobility is a huge driver of innovation, and it substantially impacts the evolving enterprise and broader consumer IT marketplace we serve, analyze and provide insight on for our 451 Research clients. Having Yankee Group insight and data will also inform our focus on the evolution of Digital Infrastructure and further our thought leadership on its future expansion and strategy.

In the coming weeks and months, Yankee Group CEO Terry Waters and I will share with you developments as we complete the post-acquisition activities and begin to realize the benefits of having Yankee Group insight and data as part of The 451 Group. In the meantime, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or concerns about the acquisition.


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SLIGHT GROWTH IN GLOBAL TECH MARKET IN '13, BIGGER REBOUND IN '14

SLIGHT GROWTH IN GLOBAL TECH MARKET IN '13, BIGGER REBOUND IN '14
JANUARY 03, 2013


In its latest global tech market forecast released today, Forrester is forecasting 5.4% growth (local currencies) in global tech spending in 2013 — but, notes analyst Andrew Bartels, the year will be better than it looks from the headline. Aside from Europe, which will grow minimally in 2013 as it continues to rebound from its recession, other geographies will grow: the United States by 7.5% and Asia Pacific by 4%. In Latin America and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, tech buying will increase by 9% over the next two years.

Forrester contends that a lot of the economic instability affecting markets today — such as the fiscal cliff, the European recession, and the leadership transition in China — will be in the past and that firms should look at 2013 as transition year before increasing spending in 2014 when spending will grow to 6.7% globally.

The forecast "assumed a compromise of this kind (re: the fiscal cliff) would happen. We also assumed that the European economies would remain weak in 2013 before starting to recover in 2014; that Japan's economy would slip back into no-growth territory; and that China's economy and those in other emerging markets would pick up after slowing in 2012. Against that economic backdrop, we think that the global tech market will do a bit better in 2013 than it did in 2012 and will do even better in 2014," blogs Bartels, a Forrester vice president and principal analyst

The tech market is being transformed by mobility, cloud computing, and smart computing, which are highly desired because of their transformative potential. Once the economic squeeze on IT budgets ends, the pent-up demand for new technologies will surface and drive the growth in tech spending. That will be the story of 2013 and 2014.

One product category that continues to stall is computer hardware. PC vendors had a lousy 2012, with zero growth in total, and server vendors did even worse, with a 4% decline. Weakness will persist in 2013, with purchases of both servers and storage declining and peripherals slowing to 3%. The 4% growth in PCs in 2013 looks more promising, but that is mostly due to growth in tablets, which Forrester counts in the broader PC category.

One hardware vendor continues to buck this trend: Apple. Forrester estimates that Apple will sell $7 billion of Macs and $11 billion of iPads to the corporate market in 2013, and $8 billion in Macs and $13 billion of iPads in 2014. Global corporate spending on Wintel PCs and tablets was down by 4% in 2012 and will be flat in 2013 as firms slowly replace their old Windows PCs with Windows 8 devices. Finally, in 2014, increased PC demand and improved Windows 8 devices will lead to a strong 8% increase of these products, but that growth will still be less than the double-digit growth for Linux, Android, and Apple products.

 


About Forrester Research

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology. Forrester works with professionals in 17 key roles at major companies providing proprietary research, customer insight, consulting, events, and peer-to-peer executive programs. For more than 29 years, Forrester has been making IT, marketing, and technology industry leaders successful every day. For more information, visit http://www.forrester.com/.


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LaSalle Solutions Opens Canada Office

LaSalle Solutions Opens Canada Office

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Jan 3, 2013) - LaSalle Solutions, a leading provider of IT life-cycle asset management services and tools, announced today that it has expanded its footprint by opening its newest office in Markham, Canada. The Toronto area location will be the company's first in Canada.

"Providing best of class service is what our customers expect," says Steven Robb, President - Solutions Group at LaSalle Solutions. "This expansion will enable us to better serve our customers in Canada and better assist in their success."

About LaSalle Solutions:

LaSalle Solutions (www.elasalle.com) is a leading provider of life-cycle management services for technology and capital assets. From acquisition and financing through IT asset management,maintenance and disposition, LaSalle's processes, outstanding customer service, and powerful online toolset LAMP, enable customers to more economically and effectively manage time, maintenance credits, as well as equipment deployment, tracking and decommissioning.

Founded in 1980, LaSalle Solutions is an independently operated company and a subsidiary of MB Financial, a publicly traded Chicago-based bank holding company. MB Financial is traded on the NASDAQ as "MBFI."

Learn more by visiting www.elasalle.com and www.YouTube.com/LaSalleSolutions.

LaSalle Solutions and LAMP are registered trademarks of LaSalle Solutions in the U.S. and other countries.

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General Dynamics Canada Awarded Contract on NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Program

General Dynamics Canada Awarded Contract on NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Program

Canadian technology to enable communications with unmanned systems and at operating centers

OTTAWA, Ontario, Jan. 4, 2013 /CNW/ - General Dynamics Canada has been awarded a CA$32 million contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation for key communications network technology for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program.

Under this contract, General Dynamics Canada will provide the software that will control the AGS Communications Ground Control System (CGCS). The CGCS will manage radio and satellite communications between Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the main operating base in Sigonella, Italy. General Dynamics Canada will also deliver ruggedized computer workstations and the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) intercom systems that will enable communications between operators at the operating base and with mobile command centers. In addition, the company will provide engineering support for the integration of its software and systems at Northrop Grumman's facilities in the United States, and at the main operating base in Italy.

"This contract highlights the capabilities of the world-leading communication solutions we have developed through many years of innovation in airborne ISR systems," said David Ibbetson, general manager for General DynamicsCanada. "It showcases Canadian technology that we have successfully deployed on the CP-140 Aurora as part of the Aurora Incremental Modernization Project, and on the CH148 Cyclone as part of the Maritime Helicopter Program. At the same time, it provides us with the opportunity to leverage the experience and expertise of the highly skilled employees at our facilities across Canada. As important, the key technologies being provided by General DynamicsCanada will be available for future UAV-based programs in Canada, such as the Joint Unmanned Surveillance Target Acquisition System and the Mercury Global Wideband Global Satellite communications system."

"This is another example of how Northrop Grumman is leveraging national investments already made in the NATO AGS program to benefit the entire alliance," said Dan Chang, Northrop Grumman vice president and program manager of the NATO AGS program. "We look forward to working with General Dynamics Canada on this program to deliver this critical capability to NATO."

The NATO AGS program, led by Northrop Grumman, is a major international procurement initiative to establish an airborne ground surveillance system, which can provide NATO commanders with a comprehensive picture of activity on the ground. It includes five Northrop Grumman high-altitude, long endurance Global Hawk UAVs, missionized to NATO requirements; Mobile Ground Command and Control Vehicles; as well as associated command and control base stations. Once deployed, the AGS system will enable NATO and its coalition partners to gather intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information to support military and humanitarian operations.

With its main operating base at Sigonella, NATO AGS will be co-located with the U.S. Air Force Global Hawks and the U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton (BAMS) Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aircraft systems, further advancing synergies across the three programs in operational capability, lifecycle logistics and sustainment.

Development and production of the AGS program is expected to take place over the next three years, with initial operation scheduled for November 2016. General Dynamics Canada will continue to provide in-service support for the system beyond 2016.

General Dynamics Canada is part of General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). For information about General Dynamics Canada please go to www.gdcanada.com.

SOURCE: General Dynamics Canada

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Media, Tara Meinhardt, General Dynamics Canada, +1-403-295-5025, or Investors, Amy Gilliland, General Dynamics, +1-703-876-3748

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Lenovo and EMC create LenovoEMC JV to bring Network Attached Storage to SMBs and distributed enterprise sites

Lenovo and EMC create LenovoEMC JV to bring Network Attached Storage to SMBs and distributed enterprise sites

 
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – January 3rd  2013 – Lenovo (HKSE:992)(ADR:LNVGY) and EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) announced today that they have completed the formation of  LenovoEMC Ltd, the joint venture previously announced  in August 2012 along with a wider strategic partnership in industry standard servers and networked storage solutions.   Incorporating the core assets of EMC’s Iomega business, the new JV will bring co-branded network attached storage (NAS) solutions to distributed enterprise, remote branches, and small and medium businesses.

“Lenovo's record as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world and Iomega's heritage as a leader in network storage solutions enables the joint venture to pursue growth opportunities and drive innovation in the SMB NAS market,” said Eric Arcese, President and General Manager, LenovoEMC Ltd. “With the joint venture now underway, there’s a real sense of opportunity and excitement as we work with our partners and customers to firmly establish LenovoEMC Ltd as a leader in the fast-growing global SMB storage market.”

The Iomega networked storage portfolio includes desktop, tower and rackmount array products ranging in capacity from diskless versions (0TB) up to 48TB.  Iomega NAS solutions include the award-winning EMC® LifeLine™ operating system, which combines industry-leading   features and benefits with an ease-of-use tailored to small business users, remote enterprise offices, departmental data centers  and others.  These capabilities provide ideal storage expansion to Lenovo’s award winning ThinkServer and ThinkStation server and workstation offerings.

In addition to the JV, the global strategic partnership between Lenovo and EMC Corporation also encompasses an x86 server technology development program, as well as an OEM and reseller relationship for EMC’s storage solutions.

Both EMC and Lenovo are shareholders of LenovoEMC Ltd, with Lenovo holding the majority interest.  The partnership described here is not considered material to either company’s fiscal year earnings.
 
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About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a $US30 billion personal technology company – and one of the top two PC makers globally, serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the IBM Personal Computing Division, the Company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina.  For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

About EMC
EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.
 
EMC is a registered trademark or trademark of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. 

Google Agrees to Change Its Business Practices to Resolve FTC Competition Concerns In the Markets for Devices Like Smart Phones, Games and Tablets, and in Online Search

For Release: 1/03/2013

Google Agrees to Change Its Business Practices to Resolve FTC Competition Concerns In the Markets for Devices Like Smart Phones, Games and Tablets, and in Online Search

Landmark Agreements Will Give Competitors Access to Standard-Essential Patents; Advertisers Will Get More Flexibility to Use Rival Search Engines

Google Inc. has agreed to change some of its business practices to resolve Federal Trade Commission concerns that those practices could stifle competition in the markets for popular devices such as smart phones, tablets and gaming consoles, as well as the market for online search advertising.

Under a settlement reached with the FTC, Google will meet its prior commitments to allow competitors access – on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms – to patents on critical standardized technologies needed to make popular devices such as smart phones, laptop and tablet computers, and gaming consoles. In a separate letter of commitment to the Commission, Google has agreed to give online advertisers more flexibility to simultaneously manage ad campaigns on Google’s AdWords platform and on rival ad platforms; and to refrain from misappropriating online content from so-called “vertical” websites that focus on specific categories such as shopping or travel for use in its own vertical offerings.

“The changes Google has agreed to make will ensure that consumers continue to reap the benefits of competition in the online marketplace and in the market for innovative wireless devices they enjoy,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. “This was an incredibly thorough and careful investigation by the Commission, and the outcome is a strong and enforceable set of agreements.”

“We are especially glad to see that Google will live up to its commitments to license its standard-essential patents, which will ensure that companies willing to license these patents can compete in the market for wireless devices,” Leibowitz added. “This decision strengthens the standard-setting process that is at the heart of innovation in today’s technology markets.”

Google is a global technology company with more than 32,000 employees and annual revenues of nearly $38 billion. The FTC also conducted an extensive investigation into allegations that Google biased its search results to disadvantage certain vertical websites; and that Google entered into anticompetitive exclusive agreements for the distribution of Google Search on both desktop and in the mobile arena. The agency decided not to take action in connection with these allegations.

“The evidence the FTC uncovered through this intensive investigation prompted us to require significant changes in Google’s business practices. However, regarding the specific allegations that the company biased its search results to hurt competition, the evidence collected to date did not justify legal action by the Commission,” said Beth Wilkinson, outside counsel to the Commission. “Undoubtedly, Google took aggressive actions to gain advantage over rival search providers. However, the FTC’s mission is to protect competition, and not individual competitors. The evidence did not demonstrate that Google’s actions in this area stifled competition in violation of U.S. law.”

In response to the agency’s concerns about several of its business practices, Google has agreed to take the following steps:

Google will not seek injunctions to block rivals from using patents essential to key technologies

In 2012, Google paid about $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility (MMI), including MMI’s patent portfolio of over 24,000 patents and patent applications. These patents have been a significant source of revenue for at least a decade, and hundreds of MMI’s patents are essential to industry standards used to provide wireless connectivity and for internet-related technologies. These standards are essential for smartphones, tablets, gaming systems, operating systems, and the increasing number of devices offering wireless connectivity or high definition video.

Development and use of these types of standards is a cornerstone for many high-tech markets, and encourages innovation and investment in high-tech products, according to the FTC’s complaint. By agreeing to standards, companies can ensure that the numerous components of a device or a technology network can work together seamlessly, often called “interoperability.”

Setting a standard, however, can have the effect of giving market power to the owner of a patent that is deemed essential to the standard, according to the agency. That patent – even if it is only on a small component of a much larger and more complex device – can be used to “hold up” a licensee for an excessive royalty. To avoid this problem, technology companies involved in setting a standard commit to license standard-essential patents on “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” terms – known as FRAND terms.

The Commission’s complaint alleges that Google reneged on its FRAND commitments and pursued – or threatened to pursue – injunctions against companies that need to use MMI’s standard-essential patents in their devices and were willing to license them on FRAND terms. Specifically the company pursued injunctions in federal district court and at the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) to block competing technology companies from using MMI standard-essential patents.

The FTC alleged that this type of patent hold-up is what the standard setting organizations sought to prevent by instituting FRAND licensing requirements. According to the FTC, if left unchecked, this type of patent hold-up can lead to higher prices, as companies may pay higher royalties for the use of Google’s patents because of the threat of an injunction, and then pass those higher prices on to consumers. This may cause companies in technology industries to abandon the standard-setting process and limit or forgo investment in new technologies, according to the agency.

To remedy this concern, Google has agreed to a Consent Order that prohibits it from seeking injunctions against a willing licensee, either in federal court or at the ITC, to block the use of any standard-essential patents that the company has previously committed to license on FRAND terms.

Google will remove restrictions hampering advertisers’ management of their ad campaigns across competing ad platforms

Under a separate commitment, Google has agreed to remove restrictions on the use of its online search advertising platform, AdWords, that may make it more difficult for advertisers to coordinate online advertising campaigns across multiple platforms.

Advertisers who wish to use a search advertising platform spend considerable time, effort, and resources preparing extensive bids, including keywords, price information, and targeting information. Once an advertiser has entered the information necessary to create a search advertising campaign, the advertising platform sends critical data back to the advertisers that they need to evaluate the effectiveness of, and to further manage, their campaign. Advertising platforms use application programming interfaces, known as APIs, to give advertisers direct access to these advertising platforms so they can develop their own software programs to automatically manage and optimize their advertising campaigns.

Some FTC Commissioners were concerned that Google’s contractual conditions governing the use of its API made it more difficult for an advertiser to simultaneously manage a campaign on AdWords and on competing ad platforms, and that these restrictions might impair competition in search advertising.

Google will give websites the ability to “opt out” of display on Google vertical properties

Under the same commitment, Google also has promised to provide all websites the option to keep their content out of Google’s vertical search offerings, while still having them appear in Google’s general, or “organic,” web search results. The FTC investigated allegations that Google misappropriated content, such as user reviews and star ratings, from competing websites in order to improve its own vertical offerings, such as Google Local and Google Shopping. Some FTC Commissioners were concerned that this conduct might chill firms’ incentives to innovate on the Internet.

FTC’s investigation into allegations of search bias

The FTC conducted an extensive investigation into allegations that Google had manipulated its search algorithms to harm vertical websites and unfairly promote its own competing vertical properties, a practice commonly known as “search bias.” In particular, the FTC evaluated Google’s introduction of “Universal Search” – a product that prominently displays targeted Google properties in response to specific categories of searches, such as shopping and local – to determine whether Google used that product to reduce or eliminate a nascent competitive threat. Similarly, the investigation focused on the allegation that Google altered its search algorithms to demote certain vertical websites in an effort to reduce or eliminate a nascent competitive threat. According to the Commission statement, however, the FTC concluded that the introduction of Universal Search, as well as additional changes made to Google’s search algorithms – even those that may have had the effect of harming individual competitors – could be plausibly justified as innovations that improved Google’s product and the experience of its users. It therefore has chosen to close the investigation.

The Commission would like to acknowledge the close cooperation in this matter with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition, and with the state Attorneys General of Texas, New York, Ohio, California, and Oklahoma.

The Commission vote to accept the consent agreement package containing the proposed consent order relating to standard-essential patents (SEPs) for public comment was 4-1, with Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen voting no. The vote to issue the Commission statement in the SEP matter was 3-0-2, with Commissioners Rosch and Ohlhausen abstaining. Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch issued a separate statement regarding the SEP matterCommissioner Ohlhausen issued a dissenting statement regarding the SEP matter. The Commission vote to close the investigation related to Google’s search-related practices was 5-0. The vote to issue the Commission statement relating to the search investigation was 4-0-1, with Commissioner Rosch abstaining. Commissioner Rosch issued a statement concurring and dissenting with regard to the search investigation; and Commissioner Ohlhausen issued a concurring statement regarding the search investigation.

The FTC will publish a description of the consent agreement package in the Federal Register shortly. The agreement will be subject to public comment for 30 days, beginning today and continuing through February 4, 2013, after which the Commission will decide whether to make the proposed consent order final. Interested parties can submit written comments electronically or in paper form by following the instructions in the “Invitation To Comment” part of the “Supplementary Information” section. Comments in electronic form should be submitted using the following Web link: https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/motorolagoogleconsent and following the instructions on the web-based form. Comments in paper form should be mailed or delivered to: Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H-113 (Annex D), 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. The FTC is requesting that any comment filed in paper form near the end of the public comment period be sent by courier or overnight service, if possible, because U.S. postal mail in the Washington area and at the Commission is subject to delay due to heightened security precautions.

NOTE: The Commission issues an administrative complaint when it has “reason to believe” that the law has been or is being violated, and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The complaint is not a finding or ruling that the respondent has actually violated the law. A consent order is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the respondent that the law has been violated. When the Commission issues a consent order on a final basis, it carries the force of law with respect to future actions. Each violation of such an order may result in a civil penalty of up to $16,000.

The FTC’s Bureau of Competition works with the Bureau of Economics to investigate alleged anticompetitive business practices and, when appropriate, recommends that the Commission take law enforcement action. To inform the Bureau about particular business practices, call 202-326-3300, send an e-mail to antitrust{at}ftc{dot}gov, or write to the Office of Policy and Coordination, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, 601 New Jersey Ave., Room 7117, Washington, DC 20580. To learn more about the Bureau of Competition, read Competition Counts. Like the FTC on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and subscribe to press releases for the latest FTC news and resources.

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Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Forecast to Reach $3.7 Trillion in 2013

Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Forecast to Reach $3.7 Trillion in 2013

Analysts to Discuss Latest IT Spending Outlook During Complimentary Gartner Webinar

STAMFORD, Conn., January 3, 2013—                Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 4.2 percent increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. The 2013 outlook for IT spending growth in U.S. dollars has been revised upward from 3.8 percent in the 3Q12 forecast.

Gartner analysts said much of this spending increase is the result from projected gains in the value of foreign currencies versus the dollar. When measured in constant dollars, 2013 spending growth is forecast to be 3.9 percent.

The Gartner Worldwide IT Spending Forecast is the leading indicator of major technology trends across the hardware, software, IT services and telecom markets. For more than a decade, global IT and business executives have been using these highly anticipated quarterly reports to recognize market opportunities and challenges, and base their critical business decisions on proven methodologies rather than guesswork. 

"Uncertainties surrounding prospects for an upturn in global economic growth are the major retardants to IT growth," said Richard Gordon, managing vice president at Gartner. "This uncertainty has caused the pessimistic business and consumer sentiment throughout the world. However, much of this uncertainty is nearing resolution, and as it does, we look for accelerated spending growth in 2013 compared to 2012." 

Worldwide devices spending which includes PCs, tablets, mobile phones and printers, is forecast to reach $666 billion in 2013, up 6.3 percent from 2012 (see Table 1). However, this is a significant reduction in the outlook for 2013 compared with Gartner's previous forecast of $706 billion in worldwide devices and 7.9 percent growth. The long-term forecast for worldwide spending on devices has been reduced as well, with growth from 2012 through 2016 now expected to average 4.5 percent annually in current U.S. dollars (down from 6.4 percent) and 5.1 percent annually in constant dollars (down from 7.4 percent). These reductions reflect a sharp reduction in the forecast growth in spending on PCs and tablets that is only partially offset by marginal increases in forecast growth in spending on mobile phones and printers. 

"The tablet market has seen greater price competition from android devices as well as smaller, low-priced devices in emerging markets," Mr. Gordon said. "It is ultimately this shift toward relatively lower-priced tablets that lowers our average selling prices forecast for 2012 through 2016, which in turn is responsible for slowing device spending growth in general, and PC and tablet spending growth in particular." 

Table 1. Worldwide IT Spending Forecast (Billions of U.S. Dollars)

 

2012

Spending

2012

Growth

2013

Spending

2013

Growth

2014

Spending

2014

Growth

Devices

627

2.9%

666

6.3%

694

4.2%

Data Center Systems

141

2.3%

147

4.5%

154

4.2%

Enterprise Software

278

3.3%

296

6.4%

316

6.8%

IT Services

881

1.8%

927

5.2%

974

5.1%

Telecom Services

1,661

-0.1%

1,701

2.4%

1,742

2.4%

Overall IT

3,588

1.2%

3,737

4.2%

3,881

3.8%

Source: Gartner (January 2013) 

Worldwide enterprise software spending is forecast to total $296 billion in 2013, a 6.4 percent increase from 2012. This segment will be driven by key markets such as security, storage management and customer relationship management; however, beginning in 2014, markets aligned to big data and other information management initiatives, such as enterprise content management, data integration tools, and data quality tools will begin to see increased levels of investment. 

The global telecom services market continues to be the largest IT spending market. Gartner analysts predict that growth will be predominately flat over the next several years as revenue from mobile data services compensates for the declines in total spending for both the fixed and mobile voice services markets. By 2016, Gartner forecasts that mobile data will represent 33 percent of the total telecom services market, up from 22 percent in 2012. 

More-detailed analysis on the outlook for the IT industry will be presented in the webinar "Gartner Worldwide IT Spending Forecast, 4Q12 Update — 2013 The Year Ahead." The complimentary webinar will be hosted by Gartner on January 8 at 1 p.m. EST. During the webinar, Gartner analysts will outline IT spending expectations for 2013. To register for the webinar, please visit http://my.gartner.com/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=202&mode=2&PageID=5553&resId=2273821&ref=Webinar-Calendar

Gartner's IT spending forecast methodology relies heavily on rigorous analysis of the sales by thousands of vendors across the entire range of IT product and services. Gartner uses primary research techniques, complemented by secondary research sources, to build a comprehensive database of market size data upon which to base its forecast. The Gartner quarterly IT spending forecast delivers a unique perspective on IT spending across hardware, software, IT services and telecommunications segments. These reports help Gartner clients understand market opportunities and challenges. The most recent IT spending forecast research is available at http://www.gartner.com/technology/research/it-spending-forecast/. This Quarterly IT Spending Forecast section includes links to the latest IT spending reports, webinars, blog posts and press releases.

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Kia Motors Announces Google Maps Integration to Enhance In-Car Connectivity

Kia Motors Announces Google Maps Integration to Enhance In-Car Connectivity

UVO Advances Kia's Infotainment and Telematics with the Utilization of Google Solutions

- UVO eServices with Google functionality will debut in the new 2014 Kia Sorento, expected to go on sale during Q1 of 2013

- Map and POI destinations to be sent to the navigation system through Web and mobile

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced it will work with Google to provide content and search-based solutions enabled by Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for the second-generation of the automaker's innovative UVO eServices telematics system.  These new solutions will initially be introduced on the new 2014 Sorento CUV. The immediate integration of Google solutions will utilize Google Maps and Google Places to acquire driving directions and locate Points of Interest (POIs) in a seamless and organic manner. KMA and Google look forward to continuing to work together to bring innovative navigation solutions to enhance the connected car experience.

Available with the 2014 Sorento CUV, the new Google-powered UVO system will serve Kia owners whether they are in their cars or away from them. Enabled by the Send2Car feature, Kia owners can send a POI or destination to their car directly from the Google Maps via their Smartphone1 UVO app. From within the car, Kia owners will benefit from Google Places, which will provide POI and destination resources such as a dealership location, and Google Maps, which will provide directions to virtually anywhere and everywhere a car can travel.

"The newest iteration of the UVO platform is a breakthrough as one of the industry's first mobile pure app-based telematics systems, and now with the Google solutions and APIs, we take the platform to yet another level of enhancement for the Kia customer," said Henry Bzeih , head of the connected car program and chief technology strategist, KMA. "Due to the popularity and ease-of-use of Google Maps, owners can remain confident in the technology and information being delivered to them."

UVO continues to offer drivers hands-free mobile phone management capabilities and hands-free control of music from a variety of media sources, including CD, radio, USB, media player, and the Digital Jukebox.  With UVO eServices, users will now be able to control the 2014 Sorento's on-board navigation system through voice commands when the vehicle is outfitted with the UVO eServices/navigation package.  Also new with UVO eServices is an enhanced telematics suite that offers a number of maintenance and infotainment functions, including 911 Connect, enhanced Roadside Assist2, Automatic Diagnostics, Manual Diagnostics, Scheduled Diagnostics, vehicle maintenance, and eServices Guide, many of which are run through the owner's Smartphone equipped with the UVO eServices app available at no charge3.

Advanced Voice Recognition makes it simple to operate many of UVO eServices functions, including the Sorento's voice activated navigation system. USB connectivity allows users to download music files from a memory stick into the Digital Jukebox. The large eight-inch touch screen is easy to operate and incorporates Sorento's rear camera display4, Infinity®5 Premium Sound System and My POIs (personal Points of Interest via online maps), a feature that makes it easy to customize the owner's most visited locations. UVO eServices is compatible with iPhone®6 at launch and Android® phones are expected to be compatible in the second quarter of 2013.

Key Features of UVO eServices:

  • Google Integration: Utilization of Google Maps and Google Places to provide direction and location information.
  • eServices Guide:  Accessed via the touch-screen or voice command, eServices Guide places a phone call via Bluetooth® hands free connectivity7 to a voice response system that explains UVO eServices to the driver in an interactive manner.
  • Car Care Web:  Through the UVO eServices owner's portal, known as "Car Care Web," owners can check vehicle diagnostics, vehicle status, maintenance schedules, driving behavior, and schedule appointments with their preferred or nearby dealer via their home computer or mobile device. Owners also can earn awards for safe and eco-friendly driving viewable on Car Care Web should they rank high enough among their fellow UVO eServices owners.                                                                                                                                      
  • My POI:  Also available to UVO eServices owners is My POI, a feature that allows owners to send a destination from Google Maps through their Smartphone to their UVO eServices vehicle.  In the convenience of their home or office, the customer selects a destination from the Web via Google Maps, once the customer's Smartphone receives the destination it will send the destination to the vehicle's navigation system the next time the Smartphone is paired via Bluetooth® wireless technology. In addition, all destinations sent from Google Maps will be copied to the owner's Car Care Web. (My POI is only available with UVO eServices vehicles equipped with navigation).
  • Vehicle Diagnostics:  If UVO's eServices identifies a problem by way of the Automatic Diagnostics function, it will communicate the vehicle's issue(s) and its location to Kia's 24/7 call center or will schedule an appointment online with the nearest Kia dealership upon user request.  With Manual Diagnostics, at the owner's preference, UVO eServices can connect the user with Kia's 24/7 call center or schedule an appointment online with the nearest Kia dealership, should an issue be found.  Additionally, the user can take advantage of Scheduled Diagnostics from their Smartphone, setting a monthly diagnostic check of the vehicle.  Upon completion, any issues found are automatically forwarded to Car Care Web.
  • 911 Connect8: In case of an airbag deployment, the Crash Notification Assist function will alert emergency services.  During a 10-second window, the driver has the option to cancel the call, otherwise UVO eServices will dial 9-1-1, read the vehicle's location out loud to the emergency services operator and allow the operator to speak with the vehicle occupants.
  • Parking Minder: If the driver happens to forget where they parked the car, the Parking Minder function helps find it by sending the location of the vehicle to the driver's phone.  If preferred, the owner also can take pictures of the surrounding area for reference, write a reminder note, email his or her location and set an alarm if the car is parked at a meter.  To guide the owner back, the UVO eServices Smartphone app will display the owner and the vehicle's locations on a map. 

Following the introduction of UVO eServices in the Sorento, the system will be offered in other models in the Kia lineup, including the all-new 2014 Forte sedan.

About Kia Motors America
Kia Motors America is the marketing and distribution arm of Kia Motors Corporation based in Seoul, South Korea. KMA offers a complete line of vehicles through more than 765 dealers throughout the United States and serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and LPGA. In 2012, KMA recorded its best-ever annual sales total and gained U.S. market share for the 18th consecutive year.  Kia is poised to continue its momentum and will continue to build the brand through design innovation, quality, value, advanced safety features and new technologies.

Information about Kia Motors America and its full vehicle line-up is available at its website – www.kia.com. For media information, including photography, visit www.kiamedia.com 

1 At launch, the Apple iPhone® will be the only UVO eServices compatible device. iPhone® is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Apple iOS6 compatibility expected early 2013. Additional compatible devices expected late 2013.

2 24-hour Roadside Assistance is a service plan provided by Kia Motors America, Inc. Certain limitations apply. A connected mobile phone via Bluetooth within the cellular service coverage area is required.

3 App requires UVO eServices equipped vehicle and runs on your smartphone cellular data service. Normal data rates will apply.

4 The rear-camera display is not a substitute for proper and safe backing-up procedures. Always drive safely and use caution when backing up. The Rear-Camera Display may not display every object behind the vehicle."

5 Infinity is a registered trademark of Harman International Industries, Incorporated.

6 iPhone® is a registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

7 The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Kia is under license. Other trademarks and tradenames are those of their respective owners. A compatible Bluetooth® wireless technology enabled cell phone is required to use Bluetooth® wireless technology.

8 Communications occur via connected Bluetooth® device.  

SOURCE Kia Motors America



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