Forrester comments on the Omniture deal

Once upon a time there were competition between major vendors of web analytics. Then came Google and changed the markets. Now, the number of solutions is decreasing and furthermore they are becoming integrated into other main products.

Forrester comments on the latest move from Adobe – a clever move indeed, though expensive. Makes me wonder will MS keep its hands off WebTrends or will it focus on helping Yahoo Analytics (ex-Index Tools) to fly. I think we will see even more consolidation happen soon. I think also some BI vendor will move soon in this.

What do you think?

Finland ranks very high in IT competitiveness

Quite a ranking for Finland, must say. I deeply we can turn this into new success beyond the Nokia cluster, too. Full ranking of the nations and their ICT competitivness can be dowloaded from here.

Latest stats of global broadband

Broadband keeps on changing the way we use the internet. I think the most interesting part of these new stats is the great pace of growth in emerging markets. This should open up interesting opportunities for many western European online companies, especially in Eastern Europe. But only, if they can adapt to local market conditions.

Welcome to my personal journal/blog!

This blog is dedicated for my English language blogging. At the moment, I have been too busy with my client projects to put sufficient effort to blog here frequently enough. Yet, hope to start more actively in the near future.Meanwhile, my Finnish readers, please tune into Digitaalinen Ihmemaailma, Vierityspalkki, Jaiku and Facebook commentary.Moreover, you will find my CV and links to my profile on these pages. Here below you can also find a collection of some articles that I have written during my career in English.Welcome!  

Digital home markets are changing

Originally by Tommi Pelkonen to Satama Research Blog

Markets are emerging

During the last six months digital landscape has mushroomed on products and services for “digital homes” i.e. homes networked with broadband and wireless connections. Forrester Research defines the digital home as “A single networking environment that allows a household to control and share entertainment, communications, and applications. They state that currently ~ 1 % of European (2 million) and 2% of US households (2,1 million) have the digital home equipment at place and using them. In addition, they forecast (A Manifesto For The Digital Home, March 2004) that the market for digital home equipment to be one of key areas for growth in digital consumption.