Considering that this is a new and initially niche technology, this indicates a huge amount of developer interest.
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"We're a niche technology -- we're not looking to take away the market for fiber, " says Teledesic president Russell Daggatt.
Aston stayed invested in Symbol Technologies despite its bad management team, Zerhusen says, because of its niche bar code technology.
So for sure, even while strapped for cash and last year fighting for its life as Sprint did everything it could to put it down for the count, Clearwire was busy trying to move forward to develop its technology niche.
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Gurus also bought into a technology niche in videogames, more than doubling their holdings of Logitech, the Swiss maker of peripherals popular with gamers, such as interactive gaming controllers, multimedia speakers, Webcams, and headsets for the PC and gaming consoles.
Gurus also bought into a technology niche in videogames, more than doubling their holdings of Logitech (nasdaq: LOGI - news - people ), the Swiss maker of peripherals popular with gamers, such as interactive gaming controllers, multimedia speakers, Webcams, and headsets for the PC and gaming consoles.
The skills, talents and internal culture that made it the greatest exploiter of one particular technology or niche are rarely transferrable over to another one.
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Meanwhile, its biggest competitors, which include networking behemoth Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks and other niche players like Brocade Communications and Riverbed Technology, are trying to force their way into the niche that F5 has created in the market.
The changes from mass creation and consumption to niche creation and consumption is being driven by technology, creative passion, and changing consumer culture.
He spotted ADT during his operational review and was immediately intrigued by its business model, which he saw as a unique combination of technology and services in a critical niche: keeping people safe at home.
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That "greater good" is to give electric vehicle technology a chance to crack through its niche status, reducing the continued reliance on fossil fuels from unstable nations.
Turbocharging is rapidly growing, from a niche feature designed to make cars go fast, to a mainstream technology for saving fuel.
Its Swatch Access contactless technology, launched way back in 1996, has since found several niche applications, including use as an electronic ski pass at hundreds of resorts.
In recent memory, angels (much like venture capitalists) have been attracted to hot start-ups in fields such as technology or life sciences, although increasingly angels are branching out into other sectors and in niche, mission-based areas.
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