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Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...

Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...In the US only.NTA year ago I would have saidso what? But, now that Dear Leader has given us 10% unemployment just like Europe, and a negative GDP, I'd say you have a point.

Tags: Handhelds, Smart phones, Cellular phones, enterprise subsidy, BlackBerry iPhone, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., RIM BlackBerry, smart phone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Goldman Sachs: BlackBerry, iPhone own smartphones, but if Apple ever gets an enterprise subsidy...

Goldman Sachs is increasing its smartphone forecast based on a consumer survey that reveals Research in Motion and Apple are the runaway winners in the field, but for vastly different reasons. RIM enjoys enterprise sponsorship, but iPhone's stealth business use campaign is working. The survey in many...

Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-03

The one risk that bit Goldman Sachs: The internal data theft

The one risk that bit Goldman Sachs: The internal data theftImportant point missedThe story states "Aleynikov?s alleged theft poses a risk to U.S. markets." This is very true. A program such as this controls microsecond level program trades. However this also begs the conclusion that Goldman Sachs have themselves used...

Tags: Strategy, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., risk, data theft

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

The one risk that bit Goldman Sachs: The internal data theft

Goldman Sachs is a master at gauging risk. It managed to get out of toxic mortgages before they unraveled and shorted them on the way down. We detailed in a lengthy case study the approach to managing risk and the systems and processes behind Goldman. The one risk Goldman didn't...

Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Sergey Aleynikov, Mortgages, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Security, Finance, Capital Structures, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Don’t Bet On The Calculator. Bet On The Thinker.

Sure, Goldman Sachs thinks it knows best or it wouldn’t have created its own digital system for analyzing financial risks it faces, aka its SecDB database and security pricing system. But that is not what has protected it from making the kind...

Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Management, Marketing, Pricing, Strategy, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Live Webcast: Calculated Risk: Inside the Billion-Dollar 'Gut' of Goldman Sachs

While competitors were still betting big on mortgage-backed securities, Goldman Sachs began betting against such derivatives at the start of 2007, even though this was still the fastest-growing business on Wall Street. While it didn't escape the credit crisis without recording a loss in the last quarter of 2008 and...

Tags: Business Structures, Charles Ellis, Ellis, Finance, Financial, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Management, Personal Finance, Robert Arvanitis, Strategy, Webcast

Webcasts 2009-02-11

Uncalculated Risk: The Fall Of Housing Prices. What Goldman Saw.

This is the U.S. Census Bureau's graphing of housing values from 1940-2000. Nationally, housing prices march upward for six uninterrupted decades. This kept up for another six years. But as the S&P/Case-Shiller Index, below, shows housing prices --...

Tags: Finance, Financial Accounting, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Security, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-02-10

Calculating Risk: Panning for gold in Goldman's 'gut'

All five investment banks that existed a year ago are gone. These are firms which put their own capital and the capital of big institutional and individual investors at risk, to merge or acquire companies. And were supposed to be experts at...

Tags: Capital Structures, Finance, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Management, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Mortgages, Strategy, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-02-09

ZDNet Undercover: How IT Helped Goldman Sachs Step Back from the Mortgage Mess

How Goldman Sachs managed to swim against the tide as rivals forged ahead with collateralized debt obligations is a tale of the willingness to act and think independently, reports Tom Steinert-Threlkeld. The firm used computer models of its own creation and built sophisticated databases to follow the money at risk...

Tags: Capital Structures, Finance, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Human Capital, Human Resources, Information Technology, Management, Mortgages, Security, Strategy, Workforce Management

White papers 2009-02-06

Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hit

Folks are waking up Monday to a Wall Street meltdown as Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch and companies ranging from Washington Mutual to AIG are on the ropes. While the technology industry is removed from this carnage it will still feel considerable ripples--some tech...

Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Data Center, Data Centers, Data Management, Finance, Financial, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Financial Service, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hardware, Investment, IPO, Larry Dignan, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Morgan Stanley, Storage, Wall Street

Blog posts 2008-09-15

Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 Percent

Is the iPhone going to rule enterprise mobility? Consider this: a recent  Goldman Sachs survey of its IT executives showed that 17 percent expect to support the iPhone 3G in the next year. That's a "very strong number especially at this early stage," says Goldman telecom analyst Jason...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Apple iPhone, Armstrong, Dave Greenfield, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Marketing, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd.

Blog posts 2008-07-08

External drives: The hot gift this season?

Maybe there's just something about massive external drives that get geeks into the holiday spirit. Analysts are projecting external hard drives to be the must have gift this Christmas. Nearly every company on the planet has some online commerce hook today. Wal-Mart.com has deals aplenty. Keynote is...

Tags: Analyst, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp., ComScore Networks Inc., Consumer Electronics, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hard Drive, Keynote, Larry Dignan, Marketing, Multimedia, Personal Technology, Pricing, Smart Phones, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Blog posts 2007-11-26

Goldman Sachs IT spending survey: Winners and losers

Goldman Sachs IT spending survey: Winners and losers2007 IT Spending Predictions ReportWe have just published our annual IT Spending Predictions Report for 2007. The report presents the predictions of 24 analyst firms. The report is available for free from the AnalystPerspectives blog at http://books24x7.typepad.com/analystperspectivesJim ZimmermannDirector of Research ProductsBooks24x7

Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Goldman Sachs IT-spending survey, survey

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

Goldman Sachs IT spending survey: Winners and losers

In a Goldman Sachs research report on IT enterprise spending for 2007, the top 10 priorities by rank were applications integration, security, cost cutting, business intelligence, ERP, Web-based app development, datacenter consolidation, disaster recovery, compliance/risk management and identity and access management. The report also detailed what hardware and software players...

Tags: Dan Farber, EMC Corp., General, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IT Management, software, survey

Blog posts 2007-03-13

Online advertising to grow 28%, reach $12.3 bln in 2005

Goldman Sachs says online ad market will increase by 28% in 2005 and reach $12.3 bln. Online advertising could account for as much as 7% of total ad spending by 2009, up from 4-5% in 2004. Search will represent more than 50% of all online ad dollars. 59% of homes...

Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., online advertising

Blog posts 2005-06-16

IT spending to grow 4-5% in the next 12 months

Goldman Sachs continues to expect 2005 IT spending to end up in the 4-5% range. Security software and hardware, high-end storage systems, Web server software and laptop computers are expected to draw higher interest over the next 12 months.

Tags: 12-Month, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., IT-spending

Blog posts 2005-03-18

IT spending to grow 4-5% in the next 12 months

Goldman Sachs continues to expect 2005 IT spending to end up in the 4-5% range. Security software and hardware, high-end storage systems, Web server software and laptop computers are expected to draw higher interest over the next 12 months.

Tags: 12-Month, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., IT-spending

Blog posts 2005-03-18

Goldman Sachs: Modest increase in IT spending

The latest survey predicts that in 2004, technology capital spending could outpace overall IT budget growth. Although sentiment eroded slightly from June's results, CIOs now expect overall IT budget growth of 2.3% over 2003. For technology capital spending, the panel expects growth of 3.9% over 2003.

Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., IT Budget, IT-spending

Blog posts 2003-09-15

Additional Resources

U.S. Mac sales down 1%

It appears that Apple may not be recession-proof after all. According to research firm NPD Group Inc., November Macs sales in U.S. stores declined 1% from a year ago, while industry-wide PC sales rose 2%. In a piece for the Wall Street Journal NPD...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-15

Highest-paid US public company executives

Associated Press published a list of highest-paid public company executives out of S&P 500 index. Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp. ORCL, $84.6 mln John Thain, Merrill Lynch & Co. MERPO, $83.1 mln Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp. CBS, $67.6 mln Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., $65.3 mln Bob Simpson,...

Tags: Company Executive, CBS Corp., GPS, Financial Accounting, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Hardware, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-21