As the technology industry shifts from a hardware-based model to a software-based model, New York is positioned well with access to clients and a pool of potential employees who understand marketing, consumers, media and communications, Mr. Pinsky said.
One customer, Kerstin Schilling, chief executive of Bestsidestory GmbH, an online marketing provider based in Leipzig, Germany, hesitated a year before committing to Web-based software from SAP, in part because the firm evoked fears of long project installations and high costs.
Industry insiders say Google is about to release Linux-based software that will bind mobile phones to Google's online services, a move likely to exacerbate the growing conflict between Google and Microsoft over the future of the mobile-phone market.
Industry insiders say Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) is about to release Linux-based software that will bind mobile phones to Google's online services, a move likely to exacerbate the growing conflict between Google and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) over the future of the mobile-phone market.
The idea is to introduce air travel on demand, using Web-based software to route small aircraft as needed.
Replacing on-premises BI or analytic systems may be difficult and counterproductive, but the trend is clearly toward turning to cloud-based solutions to augment this software.
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Cisco recognizes that companies will look to migrate towards software-based network solutions.
Microsoft has already lined up Nokia to use its software, and HTC continues to sell Microsoft-based phones.
DealerTrack also sells subscription-based software to help proprietors manage their dealership and its associated inventory.
And the engine will come on when it needs to based on the software we have running.
Many corporations now prefer cloud-based software to traditional software, thanks to its ease of deployment, cost effectiveness and flexibility in scaling.
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Pioneering the shift from cloud-based software to BigData applications .
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Additionally, cloud alternatives like Zoho, Google Docs, LotusLive Symphony and Acrobat.com are challenging the very notion of requiring desktop-based software to be productive in creating text, spreadsheet and presentation documents.
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The new wave of more-convenient-to-own cloud-based business software, which began last decade with Salesforce, Netsuite and Workday, has swelled to dozens of startups now hitting the enterprise market with flexible pricing, mobile access and tools that make doing business as easy as using Facebook.
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However now, thanks to Google Docs and its success with cloud based software, Microsoft recently announced that it was moving Office to the cloud.
Samsung has suffered a setback in its effort to win an iPhone ban based on a function making its software accessible to blind people.
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As early as February 2008, the Army is planning to introduce software, developed by Arlington, Texas-based Thursby Software, that will also enable Mac desktops and laptops to use CAC systems--a change that should make it easier to get Macs into the service.
It also implemented a design approach to enterprise infrastructure solutions, which consisted of creating open standards-based discrete software products that are easy to implement without dependence on proprietary software.
To date most ecosystems have been software based but clearly there is an appetite t create hardware ecosystems too.
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Unilever, for instance, is using agent-based modeling software to analyze the purchasing and social patterns of 150, 000 customers who use Swiss online grocer LeShop.ch.
In the latest competition organisers asked applicants for software-based solutions to support entrepreneurs wanting to make the most of business opportunities and create jobs.
Google also developed a new operating system called Chrome OS that is derived from its browser technology and designed to run only Web-based software.
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Hollywood Entertainment, which rents tapes, was interested in Reel.com for its software that sold videos to folks based on a history of their tastes and purchases.
In addition, the company transferred its Symbian software activities as well as about 2, 300 employees to Accenture, which will provide Symbian-based software development and support services for Nokia smartphones.
Digital identity uses software-based features to let people access a network, visit any Web site and be greeted personally and individually, without ever having to fill out a registration form or otherwise introduce themselves.
The story that needed to be told was that the company, historically a seeming No. 2 to Cisco, is now software-based and boasts interoperability with partners, such as H-P and IBM the technical term is open standards-based unified communications and visual collaboration.
Wind River FAST is an automated software testing solution that is able to rapidly test any Android or GENIVI-based implementation for software quality, performance and compliance with the Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS).
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With an explicit commitment to simplicity and agility, Microsoft designs software and cloud-based services that can help businesses be truly dynamic and inspire people to a higher level of commitment, innovation, and leadership and, in turn, help businesses and people realize their full potential.
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This setup solves many problems and is attractive to those companies who need a cloud based solution, yet still want to own their software.
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