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- IBM, Lehman to invest $180 million in Chinese companies
- IBM, Lehman to invest $180 million in Chinese companiesPLA in China will be happyIn reality these companies are investing in the PLA so China can build more Missiles aimed at the United States and build their military into a 200 million man unit.China is communist, spending billions on military meanwhile...
- Tags: PLA, Lehman, American company, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-30
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- Microsoft, Creative Financing, and the Bank of EAC
- Microsoft's announcement that it would offer 0% financing to new customers of its Dynamics product line is a welcome offering at a time when the credit crisis requires out-of-the-box solutions to the fact that a bunch of ungrateful banks are unwilling to loan the taxpayer those megabucks we lent them...
- Tags: Bank, Financing, Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Sun posts $1.67 billion loss on write-off
- updated: Sun Microsystems reported a loss for the first quarter of its fiscal 2009 year of $1.67 billion, or $2.24 per share, on revenue for $2.99 billion, down from $3.22 billion for the first quarter of 2008 statement. The loss was largely attributed to the write off of a $1.44...
- Tags: Writeoff, Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Performance Management, Sun Solaris, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- More optimistic views on the future of enterprise software
- With SAP's decision to forgo its 2009 guidance a paradoxical beacon of truth in a falling market, I have decided to return from vacation a day early and get busy trying to gauge the market for enterprise software in the coming year. It's not an easy task, needless to day,...
- Tags: Technology Sector, Enterprise Software, Recession, Dot-com, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- OMG: The derivatives bubble = $190K per person on planet
- OMG: The derivatives bubble = $190K per person on planetNot quite."The value of the derivatives market is 22 times the GDP of the entire world."That sentence demonstrates some lack of awareness of what these numbers actually refer to.Yes, the "notional" amount referenced by a credit default swap CDS generally looks...
- Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, derivatives, Object Management Group
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM
- Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIMProof that investors should all be drownedThey do nothing but hold mankind back in their own self serving way.Competition is a basic factor for any free market, yet investors want it both ways.They should offer $11 a shareby Monday, it'll look like a...
- Tags: M$FT, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Research In Motion Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Rich people can hang $4,000 IntelliTunes digital jukebox on their walls
- This one may be just for the Lehman Brothers and AIG execs of the world, because I'm not sure anyone else can afford Game Cabinets' new $3,995 Intellitunes digital jukebox in this economy. What do you get for all that money? The wall-mountable unit sports two separate...
- Tags: Jukebox, Wall, Intellitunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital
- Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capitalRE: Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters caI think it's quite smart personally.foolishJust another CEO desperate to save his bonus. Once you carve up the company, quality goes downhill. The chips will suffer. AMD will be...
- Tags: Balance sheets, Asset management, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Smart, manufacturing, balance sheet, chip, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Blood in the water and open source on the tracks
- Blood in the water and open source on the tracksConsolidationYou've noticed, then, that the number of banks has been decreasing. And that the survivors are able to make substantial profits.True of the software industry as well, as you imply. Smaller companies of value are likely to be bought...
- Tags: open source, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- I... B... Wha?
- I... B... Wha?I. B. AmazedYou have to think though, after the 90's the markets are flooded with consumer products based on technology. People associate with what they are exposed to. However in the 70's and better part of the 80's if you wanted a PC, it had to be "IBM...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Desktops, Operating systems, Mindshare, IBM Corp., Wha
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- I... B... Wha?
- The following is a true story, and happened to me today. I'm on a business trip visiting Richmond, Virginia -- which for those of you kids reading this piece, is the state capital, has a population of over 200,000, and is home to...
- Tags: Computer, IBM Corp., Productivity, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Open source and the blame game
- Open source and the blame gameHmmm..So Open Source isn't magic beans in a tin. The problem with these ventures is the delusional prospects these guys cook up.How many social networks do people want to set up? It's like treating a commodity market as a broad base offset market. You run...
- Tags: history lesson, banking, Federal Reserve Board, open source, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Apple: Is it really recession proof?
- Apple: Is it really recession proof?One thing to keep in mindThe analyst's employer, Morgan Stanley, just had to sell 21% of itself to get needed cash. In other words, they f--ked up bigtime.Other Wall Street "genius" firms include bankrupt Lehman and forced sale Merrill Lynch.Back in the days of...
- Tags: Apple Inc., recession, recession proof
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Accounting vs. Technology - Who's At Fault
- Did technology play a role in the financial services meltdown? A columnist for a major IT publication documented his positions on the role of IT in the current financial services meltdown. He asked questions such as "Were the internal IT groups in these firms working on...
- Tags: Accounting, Financial, Accounting Industry, Financial Accounting, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Wall Street's Pain = Tech's Gain
- The Dow is down just 28 points, to 10,993, as this gets typed at midday Friday. Maybe everyone who wanted to head to the exits already has. In meantime, the dysfunction on Wall Street should redound to New York's advantage -- in technology. The reason: Wall Street...
- Tags: New York, Wall Street, Venture Capital, Investment, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Human Resources, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
- Go West young IT worker!
- In 1851 Indianna journalist John Soule advised: "Go West Young Man." With the financial crisis causing turmoil in the financial services sector there are tens of thousands of IT jobs being lost on the East coast and elsewhere in the US. On WebGuild Daya...
- Tags: Job, Financial, Information Technology, Startup Life, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Will Wall Street Hurt SIs and Outsourcers?
- Importance of Financial Services to the Consulting & Outsourcing Industry While consultants and systems integrators have some enviable margins, these firms don't always make huge profits as they employ expensive resources who aren't always chargeable. In fact, these firms can be quite vulnerable to minor economic swings...
- Tags: Revenue, Consultant, Systems Integrator, Information Technology, Outsourcing Company, Firm, SiS, Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Financial Planning, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- If you ordered a GM Volt, you may be disappointed...
- The Detroit auto makers have a problem. Like BearStearns, MerrillLynch, Lehman Brothers, etc. etc. etc. They need to borrow cash from U.S. government, meaning taxpayers like you and me. And suddenly the U.S. Congress is balking on the 25-billion dollar loans. Course, maybe the Federal Reserve...
- Tags: General Motors Corp., Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Wall Street woes? Silicon Valley is hiring
- I caught a great post by Claire Cain Miller on the New York Times' Bits blog last night about the upswing, so to speak, of the current economic crisis: that is, that if you can't keep a job on Wall Street, Silicon Valley will take you: ...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Hiring, Wall Street, Recruitment & Selection, Venture Capital, Litigation, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Financing Startups, Business Operations, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Wall Street fallout likely to chill innovation
- Usually Silicon Valley floats along inside its own world. You can call it a cocoon or a bubble but its economy is usually separated from the wider world. Obviously, the dotcom dotbomb had a massive effect on Silicon Valley and it took the best part of...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Financial Services Sector, IPO, Venture Capital, Sales Strategy, Real Estate, Investment, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Financing Startups, Sales, Business Operations, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
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