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== Market Insights from the Strategy & Insights Team (Kev) == | == Market Insights from the Strategy & Insights Team (Kev) == | ||
''Note: Kev will be on PTO July 28 through Aug 8, so will miss the Jul 29 and Aug 5th calls. No one will be taking his place. He apologizes for this, and his use of the third person.'' | ''Note: Kev will be on PTO July 28 through Aug 8, so will miss the Jul 29 and Aug 5th calls. No one will be taking his place. He apologizes for this, and his use of the third person.'' | ||
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* Continuing on last week's theme, [http://www.techtimes.com/articles/10932/20140721/chrome-embraced-by-schools-not-so-much-by-enterprise.htm 1M new Chromebooks were sold] into schools in Q2. The service and support offering is a good way to make them more attractive, and while the article says it's tougher sledding into Enterprise, the continued adoption of Apps by developers and companies, and [http://www.androidcentral.com/google-gives-few-details-enterprise-management-tools-coming-android-l anticipated new features for Android] and Chrome OS, will continue to make the Chromebook an attractive platform. | * Continuing on last week's theme, [http://www.techtimes.com/articles/10932/20140721/chrome-embraced-by-schools-not-so-much-by-enterprise.htm 1M new Chromebooks were sold] into schools in Q2. The service and support offering is a good way to make them more attractive, and while the article says it's tougher sledding into Enterprise, the continued adoption of Apps by developers and companies, and [http://www.androidcentral.com/google-gives-few-details-enterprise-management-tools-coming-android-l anticipated new features for Android] and Chrome OS, will continue to make the Chromebook an attractive platform. | ||
* As part of Microsoft's refocusing on its core product offerings, [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/microsoft-killing-nokia-x-android-smartphones the handsets in the Nokia X line will be discontinued or repurposed as Windows Phone devices]. Nokia's feature phone business is also [http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-discontinue-nokia-asha-and-s40-feature-phones-7000031731/ being killed off], and approximately [http://bgr.com/2014/07/17/microsoft-layoffs-18000-employees/ half of Nokia's workforce] will be laid off. It's possible we'll see an exit entirely from handset manufacturing, but that will rely heavily on Windows Phone performance in the coming year. | * As part of Microsoft's refocusing on its core product offerings, [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/microsoft-killing-nokia-x-android-smartphones the handsets in the Nokia X line will be discontinued or repurposed as Windows Phone devices]. Nokia's feature phone business is also [http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-discontinue-nokia-asha-and-s40-feature-phones-7000031731/ being killed off], and approximately [http://bgr.com/2014/07/17/microsoft-layoffs-18000-employees/ half of Nokia's workforce] will be laid off. It's possible we'll see an exit entirely from handset manufacturing, but that will rely heavily on Windows Phone performance in the coming year. | ||
===Notes=== | ===Notes=== | ||