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Ellacoya is the 2007 recipient of the prestigious inaugural Red Herring Global 100 award, only given to the best startups in the World! Past winners include such well-known names as Google, Yahoo, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube. Red Herring (www.redherring.com) is the premier analyst and media corporation covering entrepreneurial activities and new technologies. Ellacoya has been selected as one of the best startups in the world. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration.
According to a quarterly study by broadband analyst Point Topic, residential broadband speeds are increasing in nearly all regions. The biggest increases were seen in the Asia-Pacific where operators China Tietong and NTT introduced services with downstream speeds as high as 100 Mbps. In Western Europe average downstream bandwidth increased by a more conservative 6.2% to 5.5 Mbps. Only in North America and the Middle East & Africa have average residential downstream speeds remained relatively unchanged.
A new study from Parks Associates predicts that IPTV subscriptions in Europe will grow five-fold to more than 25 million by 2011. However, the analyst warns that operators will face major ARPU challenges because of growing competition from cable, satellite and digital terrestrial services and other telcos. To differentiate their services and add real value, service providers need to strike a balance between competitive pricing and value-added features.
European businesses are increasingly committed to Web-enabled applications as a cost effective way of delivering critical business applications, according to new research from analysts Quocirca. It found that 42% of the organisations it surveyed had deployed Web-based applications. Businesses have extremely high demands for the performance and availability of Web applications: 58% of respondents expect response time to be within 3 seconds and 90% expect a response within 5 seconds. In addition, 84% expect Internet availability of more than 99%.
According to a quarterly study by broadband analyst Point Topic, residential broadband speeds are increasing in nearly all regions. The biggest increases were seen in the Asia-Pacific where operators China Tietong and NTT introduced services with downstream speeds as high as 100 Mbps. In Western Europe average downstream bandwidth increased by a more conservative 6.2% to 5.5 Mbps. Only in North America and the Middle East & Africa have average residential downstream speeds remained relatively unchanged.
A new study from Parks Associates predicts that IPTV subscriptions in Europe will grow five-fold to more than 25 million by 2011. However, the analyst warns that operators will face major ARPU challenges because of growing competition from cable, satellite and digital terrestrial services and other telcos. To differentiate their services and add real value, service providers need to strike a balance between competitive pricing and value-added features.
European businesses are increasingly committed to Web-enabled applications as a cost effective way of delivering critical business applications, according to new research from analysts Quocirca. It found that 42% of the organisations it surveyed had deployed Web-based applications. Businesses have extremely high demands for the performance and availability of Web applications: 58% of respondents expect response time to be within 3 seconds and 90% expect a response within 5 seconds. In addition, 84% expect Internet availability of more than 99%.