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- Palm hopes high with Rubinstein at the helm
- Palm's move to name Jon Rubinstein CEO may solidify the company's prospects and may foreshadow a series of design hits, according to analysts. On Wednesday, Palm named Rubinstein CEO as Ed Colligan stepped down. The leadership handoff is expected to be seamless. Colligan will join Elevation Partners,...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Analyst, Jon Rubinstein, Leadership Handoff, Smart Phones, Leadership, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Analysts deem Palm launch a success; Pre inventory replenishment eyed
- Updated: Analysts called the Palm Pre launch a success, but supplies were tight. Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Walkley deemed the initial Pre sales "solid." And J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster reckoned that most Sprint stores he called were sold out. Some reps claimed that the Pre was sold...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Analyst, Sprint Communications, CNet News, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Apple to introduce $99 or $149 iPhone on Monday, analysts say
- Apple plans to introduce a cheaper version of its popular iPhone on Monday, possibly helping the company increase its share of the smartphone market, according to a Financial Times report. Analysts said in the article that Apple wants to show off either a $149 phone or a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phone, Analyst, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Collaborative Analytics: Sharing and Harvesting Analytic Insights Across the Business
- The architectural model described provides the basis for a new cooperative approach between the edge-based business analysts and the center-focused IT department. Their long experience and personal understanding of how analysts actually work suggests that the IT department change their approach. Criticizing spreadsheet usage is not enough. IT must provide...
- Tags: Analytics, Information Technology, Analyst, Consulting, Spreadsheet, Productivity, Strategy, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Poll: Analyst Org. You Trust in Enterprise Software - Traditional & Social
- This is a poll that can start settling some issues that seem to be of interest to many. Some crowdsourcing is in order to find out in the world of technology, who are the analyst organizations or categories that you trust the most when it comes to a good, clean...
- Tags: Analyst, Poll, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Report: RIM has Wall Street smiling
- Is Research in Motion, the maker of the Blackberry, giving Wall Street that "warm and fuzzy feeling?" That's the word that comes from a blog post on Barron's Tech Trader Daily today. The post notes that at a recent analyst's day, the company offered no updates on...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Analyst, RIM BlackBerry, Blogger Eric Savitz, Savitz, Handhelds, Investment, Hardware, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Yahoo analysts play deal or no deal on Microsoft search pact
- Yahoo's first quarter earnings conference call was a humdinger---and possibly designed that way. Everyone knew Yahoo's quarter would be so-so at best Techmeme. And everyone knew attention would be focused on potentially outsourcing search to Microsoft. Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz did quite a dance. She hinted that...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Open Source and Cloud: A Curse or Blessing During Recession? BriefingsDirect Analysts Weigh In.
- It's time again, then, to look at the pluses and minuses of open source software models in the context of tight IT budgets and the advent of cloud-based services for enterprises. Our latest BriefingsDirect Analyst Insights roundtable discussion, vol. 39, therefore examines open source in the context of economics, complexity,...
- Tags: Recession, Analyst, Context, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- Software engineer, systems analyst 'least stressful' jobs in America
- If you're a software engineer or computer systems analyst, relax -- you have one of the least stressful jobs in America. But you were already relaxed, weren't you? Job search portal CareerCast today announced its list of the most and least stressful jobs in...
- Tags: Software, Job, Actuary, Analyst, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- Analyst: Declines in Mac, iPod sales isn't so bad
- When is negative growth a positive thing? In this economy, any growth that stays in-line with Wall Street expectations can be viewed as a good thing - though it's still too early to call. And that's how one analyst is looking at Apple's current quarter. In a...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Analyst, Wall Street, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Desktops, Digital Music, Sales Force Management, Digital Media, Sales, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Netflix bucks trends, beats for Q4
- Netflix, considered by some on Wall Street to be recession proof, beat analysts estimates for its fourth quarter, reporting an adjusted net income of $22.7 million, or 38 cents per share, on revenue of $359.6 million. Analysts had been expecting income of 34 cents on revenue of $354 million. Revenue...
- Tags: Revenue, NetFlix Inc., Recession, Net Income, Analyst, Vudu, GAAP, Operational Accounting, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Financial Accounting, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- Apple beats for Q1; iPod sales strong
- updated: Apple, which has grabbed headlines recently over the health of CEO Steve Jobs and its withdrawl from the annual Macworld conference, today reported a first quarter profit of $1.61 billion, or $1.78 per share, on revenue of $10.17 billion, beating Wall Street's estimates of $1.39 per share on sales...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Analyst, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Desktops, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Wall Street waits for layoffs at Microsoft
- Microsoft will likely miss its own earnings target and announce thousands of job cuts this week, according to a Reuters report. The company is scheduled to announce its quarterly results tomorrow. Microsoft is a big player in a number of struggling sectors - personal computers, business software and even video...
- Tags: Layoff, Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Oracle's second quarter: A mixed bag, cost cuts likely
- Oracle reports its fiscal second quarter results Thursday and analysts are expecting weaker-than-expected license revenue, healthy maintenance subscriptions, a potential earnings miss and some belt tightening on deck. In other words, expect a mixed bag. Wall Street is expecting earnings of 34 cents a share excluding items...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Analyst, Reback, Brendan Barnicle, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-15
- Google feeling the pinch? [video]
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with senior editor Sam Diaz about Google's financial future according to one analyst. Diaz also discusses what the outlook may mean for the company's employees and its competitors. [video=253570] Also see: Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict...
- Tags: Google Inc., Financial, Analyst, Video, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- An open source fundraiser for the ages
- I have heard of telecoms doing fundraisers for music before, but have you ever heard of it going the other way? by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn, Analyst, Richard Stallman, Music, Strategy, Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- BriefingsDirect Analysts take Microsoft's pulse: Will the software giant peak in next few years?
- What’s driven Microsoft from day one, and continues to do so, is that Microsoft is the software company for Joe the Plumber. That’s their constituency, not necessarily Joe the Developer. They cater to Joe the Developer, Joe the CIO, and Joe the Analyst certainly likes to check in on what...
- Tags: Software, Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Joe, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Gardner, Desktop, SOA, Apple Macs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Virtualization, Web Services, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Pricing, Middleware, Storage Management, Hardware, Marketing, Storage
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Pro Analyst 5.4 (Mac)
- Pro Analyst brings each market to life with an easy-to-read quote monitor, personal ticker tape, headline news, and easy-to-follow graphics. Custom layouts 'remember' every aspect of your personal design. With unlimited charts per layout and dozens of indicators per chart, the combinations are endless. Shift from one layout to another...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Trader, Analyst, Layout, Trendsetter Software, B2C, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
- Software downloads 2008-10-31
- E-commerce's looming question: Will consumers show up?
- The fourth quarter for e-commerce will be very telling. Will online sales continue to grow even if the consumer is strapped? Or will e-commerce increasingly look like the rest of the retail sector? To wit: Amazon's fourth quarter outlook, which had a range so...
- Tags: Consumer, GSI Commerce Inc., Analyst, Amazon.com Inc., E-business, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Marketing 101 for Tech Vendors
- Satire For those of you who work for a technology firm, particularly you Marketing types, you will no doubt want to hold an “Analyst Day” to wow, dazzle and impress some influential types - like IT Research Analysts and the Enterprise Irregulars (disclosure - I'm an EI...
- Tags: Analyst, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Marketing, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-23

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