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Confrence Apple: waitings due

Technology – Malgr the plthore dannonces made yesterday, Apple Na not surprised its world. One thought of hearing about shelf Internet and larrive about Beatles on iTunes… About the advertisements which could intervene lanne next.

L `euphoria causes by the prsence of Steve Jobs at the time of
keynote of Wednesday evening N `will have hard that the time of the confrence. Although provided in advertisements,
the Apple large-mass has alluvium on their hunger the majority of the observers which
awaited « heavy » .

a large rumour circulated matter of arrives of
Beatles on the iTunes. Vritable,
this project took again strength with the exit Wednesday 9 of the play The
Beatles: Rock Band including/understanding 45 pieces, in Mrs. time that the rdition
discography remasterise of the group, the day chosen by Apple for sound
keynote.

Patience jusqu `with THESE of 2010?

All obstacles N `thus do not have T levs. However, it resulting from
confrence, Steve Jobs has confi a journalist of USA Today that it
project always conceals D `actualit: « we would adore to have Beatles on
iTunes. I think that will be for the nearest Anne » , dclare Steve Jobs.
He adds: « I am optimistic. Beatles and EMI have points rgler
but, once that will be done, iTunes is the first place O they want
that their work is available, and they there open arms &amp will be accomodated; #187; .
Imagine…

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Other makes an attempt due, the prsentation of shelf Internet.
For much D `observant, it is not almost any doubt qu `Apple has one well
product in its.
However, not least small allusion yesterday. It is said that Steve Jobs would control
him-Mrs. the project to which it gives all its attention since its return.
Several prototypes would have T retoqus.

the owner D `Apple could it
carrment to bury doesn’t the project S `it consider it satisfactory? Apple can
aujourd `today almost all to allow itself. Certain sources speak now
D `an advertisement at the time it last quarters to see Mrs. at the time of THESE of Las Vegas in
next January. To thus follow… (Eureka Press)

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MIT dvoile a man-machine interface of the future

Baptis Sixth Judicious (sixime direction), this project D `dvelopp with prestigious MIT (Massachussets Institute off Technology) by Pranav Minstry combines gestural, webcam, and mobile connect Internet.
# Still the tat of prototype, Sixth Sense proposes D `to use gestures to carry out actions. The extrmits several fingers are thus provided with pieces of Scotch tape of colors to allow the capture by a webcam.
# projector LED connect with the mobile tlphone makes it possible to project images on various surfaces, such as for example the notch D `an application. The gestures of the user are then capts by the webcam to allow the interaction with the software. The matriel utilis is him standard and dj available on the march.
# In a dmonstration, one can thus see Pranav Minstry projecting on its hand the keys numrotes D `a portable tlphone. This last can then seize a numro tlphone and initiate a call.
# a vido put on line on Internet makes it possible to be made a ide more prcise diffrentes possible actions with this type D `man-machine interface, which for the moment N `appeared that in science fiction films like. The project is what qu `it is sufficiently srieux so that companies such as and Google S `intressent there.

RTE entrusts Atos Origin and Euriware linfogrance of its data processing

RTE, the oprator of the rseau of transport D `lectricit franais, has just renewed its contracts D `work stations and applications, preserve two software firms franaises: Atos Origin and Euriware (subsidiary company dtenue 100% by Areva).
# the amount of contracts N `does not have T communiqu. The mission D `will consist to ensure the exploitation and management D `approximately 10.000 work stations and of prs of 100 applications, of which in particular office automation.

L `administration of 10.000 work stations externalise

the primtre of the software firm galement includes/understands the administration of 800 waiters and hbergement D `a platform D `exchanges between RTE, its customers and its partners.

In, Atos prcise that 170 people will be mobilize for this mission D `infogrance and of consolidation of the exploitation of the systme D `information of RTE.
# As Euriware, it hrite of « the infogrance applicative of the field March and Interconnexions, is approximately 100 waiters and 70 applications. » This field D `activit of RTE is subjected strong constraints of qualit of service.

Its externalisation auprs D `a person receiving benefits must thus result in theory in guarantees into terms of continuit D `activit, but also allow the best.

HP estimates that the crisis is derrire him

Business – Malgr of the quarterly rsultats in significant fold, the data-processing glove does better than prvu and estimates that the conomy S `east stabilizes.

HP has rassur the marchs. The numro world of the PC made tat for its troisime tax quarter 2009 of performances in fall but suprieures with waitings. Especially, the glove amricain foresees signs of recovery.

On the priode, the group posts a bnfice Net D `1,6 billion dollar, 67 hundreds
by action against 2,03 billion,
80 hundreds per action, one year before. Except lments exceptional, HP has annonc a bnfice of 91 hundreds per title against a consensus 90 hundreds.

Jump of the services

the figure D `businesses folds up of 2% 27,5 billion dollars whereas the analysts counted on 27,2 billion dollars. All the activits are in the red except the services which leap of 93% (thank you EDS): (- 18%), printers (- 20%), waiters (between -14% and -30%), (- 21%).

According to the director financire Cathie Lesjak, these figures tmoignent D `a stabilization of the conomy. For, chairman, the crisis are derrire the group and the activit could redmarrer in the 4th quarter.

the firm prvoit one
bnfice and a figure D `business annual in the middle of the fork
give at the time of its dernires prvisions. In May, HP had prdit one
bpa ranging between 3,76 and 3,88 dollars.

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Book lectronic: Sony passes to the open format ePub

Technology – the Japanese glove has annonc Thursday quil adopted the format of file ePub for its book lectronic and its virtual bookshop. Will LePub be the MP3 of the book?

Sony seems to have a got prononc for the battles of
standards. Aprs lost that of Betamax but rcemment gagn that of
Blu-ray vis-a-vis the HD-DVD, the Japanese glove tries D `to impose its views on the march
book lectronic.

It comes D `to announce to adopt the format ePub for its book
lectronic, the Reader, as for numric pounds qu `it sells on its
platform. This way, the books will not be exclusively lily in Sony
Reader and this one will be able to read contents in source D `other sources.

MP3 of the book

the ePub is an open format recognized by International the DIGITAL Publishing Forum
and of the diteurs. C `is a little the MP3 of the book, C `is in any case what Sony
try to cause. The ide is to take the advantage on competition and in
Amazon private individual who has bti an exclusive technical modle his Kindle.

Sony has also annonc qu `it gave up its systme DRM with the profit D `one
solution dveloppe by Adobe. Two must arrive the 25 aot including one 199 dollars. Remain that much
glances turn to Apple which could announce its returns and to make a e-book of it more
tendency. (Eureka Press)

less strong Fall of the sales of PC to the deuxime quarter

Business – institutes Gartner and IDC have publi their figures which saccordent on a fall of the sales of PC of 3% 5% with the deuxime quarter. Figures less bad than prvu.

the world sales of PC have dclin a rate/rhythm less important than prvu during the deuximes quarter. The Gartner institute then announces a fall of 5% in volume qu `it counted on 10%. As IDC, it been worth the retreat 3% against 6% initially prvus. It pageantry that they are the products low cost, in particular the netbooks, which supported this world growth.

But in the dtail, there exist disparits between the rgions of the sphere. Thus, the sales have augment in Asia and in the United States but are remainders weak in zone EMEA (Europe, Moyen the East, Africa).

HP always numro 1

In the manufacturers, HP is maintained in tte with 20% of shares of march, followed (14%) dsormais heel par. Lenovo and Toshiba occupies 4th and 5th positions.

Dell has rcupr its place of leader on the march amricain qu `it had lost face HP at the time of the first quarter. But Gartner and IDC point out both that these « good » performances of the deuxime quarter were made grce with the sales of netbooks in a fork of budget of 600 700 dollars.

The growth in value N `is thus not quivalente with volumes of sale and the manufacturers will see their margins dropping. (Eureka Press)

the solutions of CRM weighed 9,1 billion dollars in 2008

The march of the management of the client relationship is rest dynamic in 2008 according to the indicators of the Gartner cabinet, with a figure D `increasing businesses of 12,5% over one year.
# the salesmen D `applications of CRM less have encaiss in 2008 pas than 9,15 billion dollars, that is to say 12,5% of more than the Anne prcdente. However, all diteurs N `did not know a succs quivalent.
# If remains leader in terms of share of march (22,5% compared with 25,5% in 2007), its figure D `businesses has stagn, drop by 0,1% over one year 2055 million dollars. Still a weight lger of the sector, Microsoft has on the other hand enregistr a growth record of its sales, +75%, propelling it the 4th place with 585 million dollars. Dynamics CRM would have crossed the course of the million D `users according to the ditor.
# Microsoft arrives thus derrire, troisime, and Oracle, second with a share of march of 16,1%. The spcialist of the CRM in hberg mode, Salesforce, has D `elsewhere boucl a good Anne 2008 with sales in rise of 45% according to Gartner. Its SaaS services allowed him D `to garner 965 million dollars of figures D `businesses. SaaS account dsormais for 20% of the sales in the CRM, against 15% in 2007.

P-Box: Microsoft and Prodware sunissent dune SaaS solution around for SME

Technology – Available returns it, the P-Box is a coproduction of the two companies which will propose to the professionals an offer Cloud Cl in hand, including/understanding services and software with a month’s subscription.

Microsoft and Prodware will propose ds returns it a homogne offer and simple to encourage SME to cross the step of Cloud computing.

It S `acts of the P-Box, a case Internet scuris which contains a srie software ERP, CRM thus qu `Office and Exchange. This P-Box will be proposes in monthly hiring to start from 990 euros for 5 accounts users. The offer targets 4 sectors D `activit in priorit (L `industry, trade, services and construction) with for each one a paramtrage spcific.

Prodware, which will take care of the marketing of the P-Box will lean to with it its services D `hbergement and of safeguard thus qu `an antivirus and a E-fax. Are also included in the tariff of the services for the installation, the formation, maintenance and the setting day of the P-Box.

Microsoft and Prodware intends to touch some 2.000 companies and 15.000 users. (Eureka Press)