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Tech Companies That Won't Survive 2009
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?
Vmware isn't going any place.. to have them on the list just shows how much of a joke this is
'...if only "Jumping to a Conclusion" was an event in the Olympics.'
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.
One of our competitors trademarked the term "hypothesis". From now on, we will call them "boneheaded ideas".
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.
Here's the list for those who are too lazy to read TFA or allow Flash:
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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.
Bearded Dragon