Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Launches, Revolutionizing FPS with Contemporary Setting
Infinity Ward released Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on November 5, 2007 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC revolutionizing…
Virtualization Technology Transforms Enterprise Data Center Operations
Virtualization technology adoption accelerated through enterprise data centers in late 2007 as VMware dominated server virtualization enabling dramatic consolidation ratios that reduced…
Green Technology Innovation Advances Environmental Sustainability Solutions
Green technology innovation accelerated through late 2007 as solar panel efficiency improved, LED lighting gained market acceptance, and hybrid vehicle adoption expanded…
Smartphone Operating System Competition Establishes Mobile Platform Wars
Smartphone operating system competition intensified through late 2007 as Symbian dominated global market share, Windows Mobile targeted business users, and BlackBerry OS…
Blu-ray Player Market Expansion Strengthens Format War Position
Blu-ray player market expansion accelerated in fall 2007 as manufacturers introduced more affordable standalone players and PlayStation 3’s continued success distributed Blu-ray…
Valve Releases Orange Box: Portal and Team Fortress 2 Redefine Puzzle, Multiplayer Gaming
Valve Corporation released The Orange Box compilation on October 10, 2007 bundling Half-Life 2, Episodes One and Two, Portal, and Team Fortress…
Voice over IP Technology Maturation Challenges Traditional Telephony
Voice over IP technology maturation enabled Skype and competing services to challenge traditional telephony through fall 2007 as broadband penetration, codec improvements,…
Digital Music Distribution Transformation Accelerates Industry Disruption
Digital music distribution transformation accelerated through fall 2007 as iTunes Store dominance expanded, DRM-free music gained momentum following EMI’s announcement, and streaming…
Airbus A380 Uses Digital Mock-Up to Redefine Aircraft Development
The A380 delivery in 2007 shows how full digital mock-up and composite design turn a massive industrial program into a tech strategy…
Open-Source Software Enterprise Adoption Challenges Proprietary Dominance
Open-source software adoption accelerated through enterprise markets in fall 2007 as Linux gained server market share, MySQL and PostgreSQL challenged commercial databases,…
Halo 3 Launches on Xbox 360, Record-Breaking $170M Opening Day Establishes Gaming Scale
Microsoft released Halo 3 on September 25, 2007 exclusively for Xbox 360 concluding Master Chief’s fight finishing trilogy begun with Combat Evolved…
Halo 3: The Launch That Out-Grossed Hollywood
Halo 3 launched September 25, 2007 and pulled roughly $170 million in 24 hours, out-grossing Hollywood and cementing Xbox Live as the…
Social Media Platform Competition Reshapes Online Communication
Social media platforms competed intensely through fall 2007 as Facebook expanded beyond college students, Twitter grew through celebrity adoption, and established networks…
High-Definition Television Adoption Reaches Mainstream Market Tipping Point
High-definition television adoption accelerated through fall 2007 as 1080p displays became affordable, Blu-ray players gained market traction following format war momentum shifts,…
Cloud Computing Infrastructure Development Transforms Enterprise IT Strategy
Cloud computing infrastructure development accelerated in fall 2007 as Amazon Web Services expanded beyond S3 storage to introduce EC2 elastic computing instances,…