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- Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"
- RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?
- I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Windows and Office cash cows take a hit in Microsoft's first quarter
- BURN BABY BURNNice to see Microsoft start the downward spiral.Don't get too happy...Every company has a blip in its future - just wait until the next quarter.When you're on top the only way is down.Happened to all those on top at some point....IBMNovellGMLotusLike so many other companies?But then again, the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant
- Persona Non GartnerOver the years, I've watched, participated in researching and experienced the results of the positing of Gartner's disclosures. My analysis is as follows:On any given subject at any given time, there is a .90 probability that the opinions expressed by Gartner will be either flat out wrong or...
- Tags: Gartner Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales
- Over-reaction of marketThis Apple news will be diluted once Windows7 ships this week. Plus, with the new Zune HD and Windows Mobile 6.5, Apple's days are definitely numbered. Microsoft is poised to take control of all markets once and for all. I would sell AAPL if I were a shareholder...
- Tags: Investment, Digital music, Digital media, Financial accounting, Personal finance, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPhone, sales, Apple stock price, Windows Mobile 6.5, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., market capitalization, stock
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales
- updated: Apple said today that Mac computers and iPhones saw strong year-over-year sales jumps in the fourth quarter, allowing the company to once again beat Wall Street's expectations for the quarter and sending the stock surging in after-hours trading. Apple today reported fourth quarter earnings of $1.67...
- Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Smart Phones, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Microsoft hints at second low-cost Office option
- Looks like they figured out that the price people are willing to pay for MSOffice is going to be falling like a rock. Can you say "pennies on the dollar"??$0 is about rightfor all the headaches MS has caused the world.M$ still has to drop the price a lotin order...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- iClock Pro 1.0rc4 (Mac)
- iClock Pro is a menu bar replacement clock for Apple's default clock. iClock Pro is an update, total rewrite and improvement to the popular iClock. Have the day, date and time in different fonts and colors in the menubar. iClock is also a kind of centrally located time hub from...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Menu Bar, Stock, Time Zone, Script Software, iClock Pro, iClock Calendar, Investment, Desktops, Finance, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-08
- Gauging our future
- As long as there has been digital tech, it's GIGO. Without data or faulty data, well, you get what you start with. Digital tech does not take cow manure and return tasty tomatoes. So even if your grandchildren are still powering this planet with coal...
- Tags: Grid, Teridian, Manufacturing, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Is NVIDIA dead?
- RE: Is NVIDIA dead?Give me a break!Don't forget IntelThere have been rumors for some time that Intel was going to enter the discrete graphics card market, with cards designed to work with their processors and MB chipsets. Perhaps nVidia felt like the market is getting squeezed too much to...
- Tags: Games, Video cards, NVidia Corp., game, graphics, Intel Corp., mid range
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- The troubling thoughts re: outsourcing
- Some facts and inferences should be updatedAccenture's Consulting revenue dropped 12% and Outsourcing grew by 1%http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Accentures-Future-Remains-Bright-ACN-IBM-HPQ1005.aspxSome of the issues you highlighted around process innovation, dated technology, etc will continue to remain. However, the nimbler players will also adopt the benefits of innovations like SaaS and Cloud platform.Underlying platform is an...
- Tags: Managed hosting, Business process outsourcing (BPO), Programming languages, outsourcing, BPO, COBOL, outsourcing company
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Now the fun starts on health reform
- Tyranny wrapped up in compassionand you're a willing advocate. News flash for you. You won't get to be one of the rulers. Your life will wind up sucking just as badly as everyone else under the new system.A move to Canada is looking better and better every day. nt:-(Health Care...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, province, federal government, insurance
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- InventoriX Demo 1.0 (Mobile)
- Mobile Asset Management System The InventoriX asset management system is based on the MobiAccess tm framework. Managing inventories of goods, products, equipment, and becomes simple, agile and transparent by virtue of the mobile data capture technology. Enterprise inventory control, item identification and linking can be performed in an error-free, secure...
- Tags: Asset, Mobile, Data Capture, InfomatiX Kft, InventoriX, Asset Management, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-09-30
- SOA, event driven architecture will be in smart systems everywhere
- In recent years, we've been hearing a lot about the rise of event-driven architecture EDA, and how this will factor into SOA efforts. This combination may form the foundation of emerging "smart systems." CalTech's Dr. K. Mani Chandy, one of the pioneers of EDA, and author of...
- Tags: SOA, EDA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), EAI, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- The coming "big crunch" - IT systems will start failing on a large scale
- ScaremongeringAll that was missing - the placard reading 'The End of the World is Nigh'.So my critical, clustered systems are going to start failing are they? Why did I cluster them then?My RAID arrays are going to start failing are they? Why did I go RAID then? And have I...
- Tags: RAID, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT System, power supply, information technology, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Xerox buys ACS; Makes its big services bet
- Updated: Xerox said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.4 billion. The move is a big bet to transform Xerox into a services company that does everything from collecting tolls and installing government systems to retooling business processes and information technology...
- Tags: Xerox Corp., ACS, Chances, Document Management, Operational Planning, Managerial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Managed Hosting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Fads vs Business Value: Knowledge Management & Enterprise 2.0
- Anyone with a computer and access to stock photos can put together a slide presentation and upload it to sites such as slideshare, and sometimes it seems like everyone and his brother is doing just that on social media, enterprise 2.0 and other 2.0-ish subjects. ...
- Tags: Knowledge, Training, Originality, Knowledge Management, Harassment, Strategy, Training And Certification, Business Intelligence, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Management, Data Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-27
- HP: We'll outpace the market in 2010
- What he really means?People who have worked for HP have learned when Mark Hurd says he "... plans to improve margins, by leveraging a leaner cost structure, while continuing to invest for growth." he really means he's going to axe more jobs and the only growth that's going to occur...
- Tags: Investment, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- On the record with BlackBerry & iPhone: Both will win
- I'm nobody's fan boy. IÂ don't love any particular brand. Never have. Never will. It's not in my DNA. I love my family, I love food and wine and dinner conversation, I love making music with the band, and I love to ride my bike on Metro West roads with a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, Matter, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
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