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Tech vendors: We're ready to help you spend Obama's stimulus money

If you don't think tech will be one of the first sectors to recover from the current economic conditions, think again. Technology taps into pretty much every sector out there - from manufacturing and health care to education and energy. Many of the businesses in those sectors...

Tags: ARRA, Dell Computer Corp., E-health, Electronic Health Record, Healthcare, IBM Global Financing, Information Technology, Investment, Management, Sam Diaz, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-01

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IBM's earnings better than expected on software, services; Hardware revenue thumped

IBM on Monday reported net income of $2.3 billion, or $1.70 a share, on revenue of $21.7 billion, down 11 percent from a year ago largely due to currency fluctuations. The upshot: Cost cutting helped IBM hurdle Wall Street estimates despite lighter than expected revenue.  Wall Street...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Earnings, Hardware, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Cisco's bong-sized "cloud"

Cisco's bong-sized "cloud"You're missing the pointThe point is that Cisco wishes to become the one stop shop for a business requirements; you go to cisco and you get everything you need along with a layer services offered so that you can hand over the cash and let Cisco sort out...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Pros and cons: Will HP weather the economic storm?

This afternoon, Hewlett-Packard is expected to hold its Q1 2009 earnings conference call (2 p.m. PST/5 p.m. EST), and it remains to be seen whether HP will be able to weather the current economic storm. In its 2008 annual earnings report, CEO Mark Hurd said the following:...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Hardware, Sales, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Tech financing: Are defaults becoming a worry?

The financiers of technology projects are seeing defaults rise and that ups the ante for customers looking for credit and the vendors extending loans. The Wall Street Journal connects the dots. In September, 0.86 percent of equipment loans--that includes office gear--were written off. That's...

Tags: Financing, IBM Corp., Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-27

There's something nasty lurking beyond the horizon - notes on life in Silicon Valley

It feels as if our economic version of Hurricane Katrina is building up energy, just off the coast of Silicon Valley. There is a definite feeling of something huge and nasty lurking just over the horizon. It's an ominous feeling highlighted by the fact that we...

Tags: Capital Efficiency, Chip, Corporate Communications, Financial, Financial Crisis, Hardware, Internet, Marketing, Public Relations, Recession, Semiconductors, Sequoia RIP Powerpoint Presentation, Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, VC, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2008-10-22

Forrester: Credit crunch may freeze tech services projects

Forrester Research in a report is confirming that the credit crunch is beginning to hit technology services firms. The extent of the damage is unclear, but IBM's lower-than-expected third quarter revenue its earnings are stronger than expected may indicate something worse is afoot. Forrester's...

Tags: Service Provider, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Business Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-10

IBM considering financing IT project partners because of banking crisis

I recently ran into Drew Clark, head of IBM's Venture Capital Group, based in Menlo Park, California. I asked him about the financial crisis and what IBM could do in response. "We would never make an equity investment but we are looking at financial help in projects where we partner...

Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Banking, Financing, IBM Corp., Financial Accounting, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-09

What's really ailing Big Blue shares? Hint: IBM is part bank

Concerns about IBM's third quarter are popping up almost daily. The standard set of concerns revolves around technology spending and the willingness to pay IBM's army of consultants fees for big bang projects as well as a stronger dollar. But underneath the surface there's a bigger worry that isn't being...

Tags: Asset, Bank, Financial, Financing, IBM Corp., Finance Unit, Financing Unit, Global Financing, Commercial Financing, Participation Rate, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Microsoft and Google stalk the Internet operating system

Microsoft is fighting on multiple fronts in its 100-year technology war. Acknowledged, Microsoft has notched just 35 years, but the company is good for another 65 if it can recruit a few more generations of Bill Gates generals to lead the charge. And make no mistake, dominating markets is what...

Tags: Danger, Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet Operating System, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-12

HP takes aim at Teradata with Neoview mousetrap

Last week I chatted with Ben Barnes, vice president and general manager of the HP's Business Intelligence Group. The former general manager of IBM's Global Business Intelligence Solutions Division was hand-picked by HP CEO Mark Hurd to take an old friend--Teradata, the leader in enterprise data warehousing. ...

Tags: Teradata, Hewlett-Packard Co., Neoview, Sales Tools, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Data Mining, Research & Development, Investment, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Databases, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Business Operations, Finance, Management, Hardware, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Improve patient care by improving the capabilities of your PACS

As your healthcare organization makes the transition to digital imaging and recordkeeping, you face a whole new set of technological challenges. But if you can transform the overwhelming amount of data into usable information, you can access records faster and more reliably - and benefit from operational efficiencies and better...

Tags: Patient, Pacs, Imaging, Financing, IBM Corp., IBM Healthcare Medical Imaging eKit, Document Management, Healthcare, Investment, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Resource centers 2008-01-01

Gillmor's Internet plate tectonics

Steve Gillmor riffs on my post about Yahoo's lack of a social networking hub, where I state: "Yahoo is about making connections, but right now its more of loose federation of Web applications and servicesâ€"many spokes without a strong hub to hold together a social Web. Yahoo 360 has been...

Tags: Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, Social networking, SaaS, Personal Technology, Office 2.0, MySpace, Microsoft, iPhone, IBM, Google, Facebook, Apple, Adobe

Blog posts 2007-07-01

IBM's goes gaga for China; cooks up big ideas

Big Blue is big on China. First the company is joining Citigroup in a bid for Guangdong Development Bank, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal reports that if the bid is successful IBM would wind up holding 5 percent of the bank. Why is this a big deal?...

Tags: General, IT Management, Science, IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2006-11-14

US chip leadership is in trouble - but business is good

I meet with top representatives of the US chip industry every year for an update on their markets and the trends that shape their future. This time around, George Scalise, the head of the Semiconductor Industry Association SIA and top communications execs from Intel, Texas Instruments, IBM and others, provided...

Tags: chip, chip industry, fab, government, leadership, Semiconductor Industry Association, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2006-06-28

Defender of the GPL

Defender of the GPLWow... that was so good it had to be said twice nt.What will Linus the person do in regard to Linux ?I'm really curious now. What would Linus do ? Will he or will he not move Linux to the GPL 3 when it's finalized...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Moglen, Now Let, GPL, GPL Code, TiVo Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-01-19

IBM sells PC group to Lenovo

IBM sells PC group to LenovoWoo-hooI'm astonished. I think it might be the first time a Chineese company actually bought someone's Intellectual property instead of just stealing it.historic paradigm shiftThis is unprecendented for a company in China to buy a major US name brand so that it can sell goods...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, Notebooks, IBM ThinkPad, QA, PC, IBM Corp., Lenovo Group Ltd., Chinese company

Discussion threads 2004-12-07

Red Hat raises $600 million with bond

Red Hat raises $600 million with bondHeehee[i]Red Hat's new cash should help the company "broaden its global footprint at a faster rate and to be more productive in adding technology layers to its product offering,"[/i]... and will also be used to pay Red Hat's huge SCO bill...I wonder why......they issued...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., SCO Group Inc., bond

Discussion threads 2004-01-12

Wellington City Council Secures Enduring Gains With IBM Global Financing

When Wellington City Council decided to modernise its ageing fleet of 1,200 personal computers, it sought an enduring solution that would preserve gains well into the future. IBM Global Financing provided the council with an affordable, flexible and efficient financing solution that places a new personal computer or notebook on...

Tags: Financing, IBM Corp., Wellington City Council, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance

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City of Onkaparinga Reaps Rewards From IBM Global Financing

In July 1997, three councils merged to form South Australia's largest local government organisation. City of Onkaparinga was formed by amalgamation of the former Cities of Happy Valley and Noarlunga and part of the District Council of Willunga. The new entity was faced with a major business challenge. The new...

Tags: Financing, IBM Corp., Capital Structures, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance

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