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Tech Companies That Won't Survive 2009

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the in-a-blaze-of-glory dept.

buzzardsbay writes "Fresh off their annual market survey, eWEEK channel folks have compiled the list of tech vendors their readers think will fail, falter, or be sold off in 2009. It's important to note that these aren't the opinions of the magazine or its editors. The list comes from folks who work in IT, mostly technology resellers, who are out in the field selling, installing and maintaining this stuff. If there were ever canaries in the tech coal mine, they'd be these service and solution providers who live and die by the slightest shift in the markets. Some of the companies on this list, like Sun and AMD, are shocking because of their size. Others, like CA and Symantec, not so surprising." What other companies are headed for implosion, or should be if all were right with the universe?

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  1. Re:Virtualization by anomalous+cohort · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd like to see /.'s predictions on that, especially with regards to VMWare. In my own ad hoc findings, it is true that Microsoft shops are leaning towards HyperV but isn't that to be expected? I find non Microsoft shops to be leaning towards VMWare. What are you finding?

  2. Re:Virtualization by Amouth · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Vmware isn't going any place.. to have them on the list just shows how much of a joke this is

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  3. if AMD went under by wjh31 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    would they take ati with them, or would ati be sold off. And if AMD went under what would that mean for intel in terms of monopoly rules, and to nvidia if ati went with them

  4. Re:Can I be the first to ask by Thelasko · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why the fuck is this presented in Flash? It has NO added value and makes the material harder to digest.

    Now there is a company I would like to see go out of business. Unfortunately, Adobe appears to be doing just fine.

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  5. Re:The list by nine-times · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't know... I guess it's somewhat interesting that lots of people believe these companies will fail. If nothing else, it says something about their PR challenges. People aren't as likely to purchase products from companies they feel have an uncertain future.

  6. Re:The list by fermion · · Score: 3, Interesting
    What is interesting is the numbers, which indicate most people can't decide on who is actually in trouble. About 1 out of 4 respondents think Novell is in trouble, which they have been since MS Windows 3.11 for networks made their extremely convoluted product a absolute non player in the SOHO market. How many years ago was that? Almost before we SOHO became everyday market speak. Somehow they survive. Maybe in SCOX is allowed to spend all of Novells money on litigation, they may not be able to recover from that. In other words, 75% of the people thing they will be ok.

    The we get to AMD, Sun, Citrix, Symantec, where about 1 out of every 6 people think these companies will fail. Certainly these companies have problems, but each has products that could keep or gain marketshare. Some mght be in trouble, again, those that align themselves with MS, such as AMD and Symantec, are at the whim of MS, which can be dangerous, but, OTOH, about 85% of the respondents believe that these companies will be ok.

    Then there is VMWare, in which a whopping 89% predict stability. They might be in trouble if a traditional OS continues to be utilized as a base OS, rather than relegated to guest status. On wonder why one would want MS Windows eating up resources with IE and Media Player and all the other stuff that gets loaded in, when one could run a custom version of *nix and VMWare, and then run MS Windows as a guest OS only when needed. I am sure for many with enterprise licenses to MS Windows, running it might virtual windows might make sense, but 90% of the respondants indicate that VMware has the better idea.

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  7. Re:The list by Ngarrang · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here's the list for those who are too lazy to read TFA or allow Flash:

    Cool. Thank for saving the click.

    1) Novell

    Odd. SUSE Linux is a popular product with many tie-in deals. They will be fine.

    2) NetApp

    Overpriced products easily duplicated with FreeNAS or any number of products at a fraction of the cost.

    3) Checkpoint

    Too many corporate support deals to go away quickly.

    4) McAfee (let's hope so!)

    Horrible products for years. Illicit money has been propping this company up for years.

    5) Salesforce.com

    Won't go away, but may have to scale back the development staff. Their product is too close to helping SaaS succeed.

    6) Juniper, CA, and AMD are tied for sixth place.

    AMD is stable. Juniper I could see going away.

    7) Sun, no surprise there

    Sun is a good company. Why do people harp on them?

    8) Citrix

    Their product is licenses by MS and integrated into Windows Server. I just don't see them going away.

    9) Symantec (again, let's hope so!)

    This is wishful thinking. Despite many years of bad product, their tie-ins with OEMs keep them afloat.

    10) VMware

    Now this is just crazy talk. VMware is a good product with a strong user base and good support. The free solutions simply don't compare in scope and flexibility.

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