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Demand for Windows 7, Xbox lifts Microsoft earnings; more losses online

Microsoft said on Friday that strong demand for the just-released Windows 7 operating system and its popular Xbox gaming console lifted the company's financial results this quarter, beating expectations. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows 7, Game Players, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-23

EMC: Customers have 'more comfort' about IT budgets

EMC CEO Joe Tucci said that customers are "signaling more comfort spending their IT budgets." The company reported better-than-expected third quarter results. The storage giant reported third quarter earnings of $298.2 million, or 14 cents a share, on revenue of $3.52 billion, down 5 percent from a...

Tags: IT Budget, Joe Tucci, Information Technology, non-GAAP, Earnings, EMC Corp., Non-GAAP Earning, GAAP, Storage, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Earnings flash (memory): SanDisk delivers big quarter

SanDisk CEO Eli Harari said he was encouraged by "improved industry fundamentals." And there's a good reason for that. The company crushed third quarter estimates with a blowout quarter. The flash memory card maker reported net income of $231 million, or 99 cents a share, on revenue...

Tags: SanDisk Corp., Memory, Earnings, Flash Memory, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Apple Q4 '09 earnings result - Most profitable quarter ever

Today Apple released earnings result for Q4 '09 - and it's a downturn-defying quarter! Not only is it Apple's most profitable quarter, the company also saw record Mac and iPhone sales. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple Inc., Earnings, Financial Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Oracle's Q1: "We grew faster than SAP"

Oracle Corp., which is facing a delay of its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, today reported first quarter non-GAAP earnings of $1.5 billion, or 30 cents per share, a three-percent increase over the year-ago quarter. Revenue for the quarter was $5.1 billion, a 7 percent drop from last year. Wall Street...

Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., SAP AG, Earnings, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, GAAP, Corporate Law, Databases, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Best Buy earnings miss targets

Best Buy on Tuesday reported earnings of $158 million, or 37 cents a share, down 22 percent from a year ago. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 42 cents a share. Revenue was up 12 percent to $11 billion, which was ahead of Wall Street estimates calling for sales of...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Wall Street, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Dell continues to bet on 2010 refresh cycle; Earnings show stabilization

No refresh hereI don't know who they're talking to. My company sure as hell isn't interested in a "refresh cycle" in 2010. They are not interested in spending any money right now period, much less buying everyone new computers and a pricey new OS so they can continue to do...

Tags: Financial accounting, earnings, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

Salesforce delivers strong second quarter, ups outlook

Salesforce.com delivered strong second quarter results and upped its financial targets for fiscal 2010. The company on Thursday reported net income of $21.2 million, or 17 cents a share, on revenue of $316 million, up 20 percent from a year ago. Wall Street was expecting earnings of...

Tags: Revenue, Salesforce.com Inc., Earnings, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Berendsen Increases Earnings by 2% and Reduces Auditing Costs Through Automation and Expanded Visibility

A/S rents, launders, and supplies textiles and hygiene solutions to customers in the private and public sectors. Dynamic and flexible pricing is vital in this competitive market, where Berendsen serves more than 50,000 customers in Denmark. It needed to deploy an application infrastructure built on modern technology to ease growing...

Tags: Oracle Corp., DOS, Auditing, Earnings, Automation, Pricing, Marketing

Case studies 2009-08-01

EMC's second quarter better than expected; Says IT budgets stabilize

EMC reported better-than-expected second quarter results and upped its outlook for the remainder of the year. The company said that IT budgets have stabilized and customers are more confident about their visibility. The storage giant on Thursday reported net income of $205.2 million, or 10 cents a...

Tags: Revenue, IT Budget, Information Technology, Earnings, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-23

News to know: Amazon-Zappos; eBay earnings; Windows server; AMD; Plastic Logic Reader; Apple-AT&T

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Don't Forget to Turn Out the Lights,...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Plastic Logic, Microsoft Windows Server, Server, Matthew Miller, Earnings, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Team Management, E-books, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Management, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-23

VMware: 'Somewhat better visibility' ahead

VMware delivered a better-than-expected second quarter and outlook for the three months ahead. The virtualization software company reported second quarter earnings of $33 million, or 8 cents a share, down from $52 million, or 13 cents a share a year ago. The company reported non-GAAP earnings of...

Tags: Revenue, VMware Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Apple - Best non-holiday revenue and earnings ... but iPod sales flagging

Apple once again defies the global economic slowdown and posts its best ever non-holiday revenue and earnings. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Sales, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Ahead of the tape: Apple Q309 earnings preview

Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its third fiscal quarter tomorrow,  Tuesday, 21 July 21 2009 at 2:00 p.m. PT, 5:00 p.m. ET. The conference call will be streamed via Quicktime natch from the company's Investor Relations Web site. CNet new...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Earnings, iPhone 3GS Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Intel shines: Earnings, revenue, margins well above estimates; Outlook better

Intel on Tuesday delivered an impressive second quarter relative to Wall Street estimates and didn't disappoint on its outlook either. The company, which predicted a bottom in its first quarter results, delivered strong results across the board. Intel reported net income of $1 billion, or 18 cents...

Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Outlook, Quarter, Earnings, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Sun: Our quarter stunk; Oracle: We'll get our accretive earnings anyway

Sun Microsystems says its June quarter was horrible. Oracle contends that the Sun acquisition will be accretive to its operating profit---excluding all the bad stuff---in the first year after the deal closes. And Oracle's purchase of Sun closes soon. Something has got to give. And that something is...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Earnings, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Renegotiated MySpace deal to give Google an earnings boost next year

Google reports its second quarter earnings on Thursday, but a few analysts are already looking ahead to the back-half of 2010 and a renegotiated deal with MySpace. Google inked an obscene $900 million guaranteed ad deal with MySpace in 2006. At the time, MySpace was the social...

Tags: Google Inc., Earnings, MySpace, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

The month ahead: How the iPhone 3GS is faring

With earnings season looming, ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz look ahead at July and discuss what's on deck for the big four: Apple, Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft. We all know ad spending has tapered, but what does that mean for Google? And will Windows...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Earnings, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Steve Jobs, iPhone, Carol Bartz, Search, Android, Windows 7

Videos 2009-07-02

RIM: We "don't fret" new competition; reports solid Q1, outlook

updated: Research in Motion reported better than expected first quarter earnings Thursday, but revenue fell just short of expectations. Meanwhile, the company delivered a solid outlook for the next three months. The BlackBerry maker reported first quarter earnings of $643 million, or $1.12 a share, up from...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Handhelds, Smart Phones, Finance, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Adobe's quarter, outlook on target

Adobe's fiscal second quarter results were in line with expectations, but earnings and sales were down from a year ago. The company reported second quarter earnings of $126.1 million, or 24 cents a share, down from $214.9 million, or 40 cents a share a year ago statement....

Tags: Revenue, Adobe Systems Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-16