With InterCall's Video Streaming, there are no boundaries to the size or location of the audience. That's because Video Streaming gives access to the InterCall Video Conference via the web. It's the ideal tool for delivering announcements that need to reach a large audience. Users can comply with RegFD for...
It's time to take a cold, hard look at enterprise software vendor hype.You know what I'm talking about: vague, empty promises that don't come true. Sometimes it's a sales pitch promising fast, easy, and cheap implementations; other times, it's a killer feature that never seems to work as promised. In...
Suns president, Jonathan Schwartz, has been using his blog to demonstrate his arguments in a public dialog with SEC chairman Christopher Cox about the use of company web sites and related internet technologies in meeting SEC "regFD" the full and fair disclosure stuff requirements. As part this ...
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...
Facebook today announced the hiring of David Ebersman, the former executive vice president and chief financial officer CFO of Genentech, as the company's chief financial officer. He won't join the company until September. Techmeme Back in March, the company started the search for a new CFO before...
Tim Morse, the former CFO of Altera Corp. and a veteran executive of General Electric, has been named Yahoo's new Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1. Morse takes over for Blake Jorgensen, who resigned shortly after new CEO Carol Bartz joined the company but has stayed on during a transition...
It struck me today as I was on the train to Manchester that the BlackBerry has evolved from a business-dedicated device, to an all-out feature phone, with room to spare. As I was walking through the city center to an uncertain doom (not a story for the...
I could have entitled this a view from the cheap seats given that I am observing SAPPHIRE09 from my cubby hole in Spain, along with 8,000 other virtual visitors. The other 10,000 are on the ground in Orlando. Not surprisingly, a number of random observers are wondering why the show...
Back in February I published the results of a social public relations survey that attempted to gauge client satisfaction levels with their current PR agencies. What showed up was dismal - and really showed that client trust in their agencies was low. Given that data, and several...
Last week I didn't have much chance to post because I was on four panels and at two conferences. I spent a lot of time talking about the massive disruptive changes happening the in the media industry. It is my favorite subject and it is one I've...
Apple will hold its quarterly conference call with analysts to discuss financial results of its first fiscal quarter of 2009 today (21 January 2009) at 2:00 pm PT, 5:00 pm ET. You can listen to the audio webcast live via QuickTime here: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq109/ AppleInsider...
HSBC Account Executives in over 1,300 branch locations across the United States perform two functions vital to the company's success: initiating loan sales and providing great customer service. An increase in performance for HSBC employees in this job position would result in millions of dollars of additional revenue, generate a...
A Different and More Optimistic View - Execs Confirm Many Prior Assumptions Last week, Taleo’s Katy Murray, CFO, and Nate Swanson, Investor Relations, were kind enough to spend a few minutes with me to discuss my recent post on Taleo. The overall tone was positive and not...
Apple plans to conduct a conference call to discuss financial results of its fourth fiscal quarter today (Tuesday, October 21, 2008) after the markets close at 5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT. You can listen to the audio webcast of the conference call live on Apple's investor relations...
The perfect storm may be brewing for Big Blue. Clearly, the economy is slowing. Also, the impact of Wall Street’s activity this week, as well as the troubled financial sector that IBM serves, could start to trickle down. And, the dollar is fluctuating. As a result, IBM’s stock dropped by...
Palm just posted their Q1 FY09 results on their investor relations site and they continue to experience challenges in the mobile space. TreoCentral has a post comparing the numbers from last quarter and they show that the loss was less and the revenue more this quarter so there is a...
Apple announced their fiscal third quarter 2008 financial results today in a conference call with analysts. A press release and a re-broadcast of the audio webcast is available on Apple's investor relations Web site and you can subscribe to the Apple Quarterly Earnings Call podcast in iTunes. ...
In a conference call today with analysts, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) discussed financial results of the second fiscal quarter of 2008 which runs from 01 January â€" 31 March 2008. Apple's revenue was up 43 percent year-over-year. The company posted revenue of US$7.51 billion and...
Dell on Monday gave a preview of its analyst meeting later this week and reaffirmed that it will aim to save $3 billion over the next three years and reduce headcount by 8,800. In fiscal 2009, Dell said it will focus on its consumer, enterprise, notebook, small and...
Microsoft disappoints on SaaS. Didn't you see it coming?The finances are manageable, but not good investor relations...I actually think Microsoft's business is lumpy enough that a switch to SaaS right after an upgrade cycle could work without flushing the golden goose. It's a tricky business though, and it involves...
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