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- EIC podcast: SAP, Intel, Dell, XP and Google
- In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk SAP, Intel's Mobile Internet Devices, Dell and Google's employee exodus. Dan and I mull over the SAP's succession plan. SAP named Leo Apotheker co-CEO with Henning Kagermann, who has a contract that runs out in 2009. Apotheker will be...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, SAP AG, Intel Corp., Dan, Merrill, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Cisco, merrill: "reunited, and it feels so good"
- Cisco, Merrill: "reunited, and it feels so good"Avaya FAILEDthat's why Cisco is back. Making promises that you can't keep is what doomed Avaya.That's commonMaking promises that can't be kept is very common in the industry as a whole. It's what sales guys do best.
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Merrill
- Discussion threads 2005-02-10
- Study: IT, telecom on recovery path
- Study: IT, telecom on recovery pathMerrill and GoldmanBoth of them don't really know how to handle IT at the moment and that's why they outsource overseas in panic. For Merrill there was already number of failed project's. For Goldman we will see that GS India.If the level of overaseas outsourcing...
- Tags: Outsourcing, telecommunications, H1B, information technology, Merrill, GoldMan, IT-spending, job
- Discussion threads 2003-11-03
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- IAC: Shareholder value or money pit?
- IAC reported its first quarter earnings on Wednesday and it's the usual mix of mental hurdles, GAAP reconciliations and imagining what it could be. The big question: Is IAC really worth your time? IAC, an Internet conglomerate that's Barry Diller's baby, is planning to break itself up...
- Tags: Shareholder, IAC/InterActive Corp., Conglomerate, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Google names new CIO
- Google has named Benjamin Fried chief information officer. Fried, had been a managing director at Morgan Stanley's Application Infrastructure group. News.com's Stephen Shankland reports that Fried will take over in May. Fried replaces Douglas Merrill, who left earlier this month to go to EMI. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Fried, Portals, Change Management, Web Technology, Channel Management, Productivity, Groupware, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Ballmer: We don't need Yahoo and we aren't raising our bid
- As expected, Microsoft launched its Yahoo counterattack on Wednesday as CEO Steve Ballmer said the company isn't raising its bid for the portal and would be just fine without a merger. Whether Ballmer is bluffing or not remains to be seen. Yahoo reported solid first quarter earnings...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Portals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Technology, Internet, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Apple should call PayPal's bluff
- Apple should call PayPal's bluffIsn't the larger point, ....... why wouldn't Apple simply comply? It would seem that anything that protects their customer's from fraud is a good thing. Why does it always have to be Apple's way or the highway?Blaming the victimThis is nothing more than pay-pal...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SSL/TLS, Authentication/Encryption, Spam, SECURITY, Operating systems, PayPal, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, operating system, phishing
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Google's paid click growth rates: Reasons for the decline; Earnings on deck
- Google's first quarter results on Thursday will be closely watched for the impact of the search giant's anemic paid click growth rates, but Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post already has a few explanations. In a research note, Post outlined the takeaways from five search engine marketers, who...
- Tags: Google Inc., Earnings, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost
- Yahoo on Monday responded to Microsoft's weekend "negotiate or we're launching a proxy war or pulling our offer" love letter. The gist: Increase your offer or get lost. Give credit to Yahoo for sheer moxie (or maybe it's stupidity). But Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't be happy...
- Tags: Transaction, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Value, Proposal, Steve, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Dell's grand plan a dud with analysts; Where's the detail?
- A two-day Dell powwow with Wall Street this week was largely panned as being short of details. On Wednesday and Thursday Dell met with analysts and disclosed that it would lay off more than the 8,800 it had projected and outlined plans to save about $3 billion...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Analyst, Retail, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Sales, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Google CIO to jump to EMI; And what does he know about music?
- Google CIO to jump to EMI; And what does he know about music?Maybe it's a lark ... or something else ...He should have a quadrillion Google stock options in his pocket, so he doesn't need the money. He might be taking the job as a personal lark, doing something that...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Strategy, Google Inc., industry, EMI Group Plc., sales
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- Google CIO to jump to EMI; And what does he know about music?
- Google CIO Douglas Merrill will reportedly jump ship to EMI to become president of the music label. His mission: Figure out this digital music thing. Merrill's move--reported by John Furrier and confirmed at numerous other news outlets--is a curious move. For EMI, Merrill brings technical know-how and...
- Tags: Google Inc., CIO, EMI Group Plc., Music, Strategy, IPO, Digital Media, Leadership, Digital Music, Management, Financial Services, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Oracle expected to navigate choppy economic waters
- Oracle will report its fiscal third quarter earnings after market close today and by most counts the company has bucked any economic downturn and should turn in strong results. Analysts are expecting earnings of 30 cents a share for the February quarter on sales of $5.4 billion,...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Analyst, Sales Strategy, Middleware, Mergers & Acquisitions, Application Servers, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- 36% of Americans’ income in 2007 went towards food, energy bills, and medical care
- By the end of 2007, 36% of consumers’ disposable income went to food, energy and medical care, a bigger chunk of income than at any time since records were first kept in 1960, according to Merrill Lynch. by AM
- Tags: Food, Income, Operational Accounting, Food & Beverage, Finance, Manufacturing, AM
- Blog posts 2008-03-23
- The Bear Stearns fiasco: What tech vendors will take a few lumps?
- J.P. Morgan bought Bear Stearns for a whopping $2 a share, well below the investment bank's share price of $100 just a few months ago. The tech angle: J.P. Morgan's Federal Reserve inspired mercy killing has rattled Wall Street, financial services companies and most likely the technology spending plans of...
- Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial Service, Sun Microsystems Inc., Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., IBM Corp., Bachman, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waiting
- What do you get when you combine one struggling carrier Sprint with an innovative but smallish one (T-Mobile)? A wireless train wreck. On Thursday, a Merrill Lynch telecom analyst Graham Ruck pitched an idea that Sprint and T-Mobile's parent Deutsche Telekom should merge amid the wireless price...
- Tags: Risk, Idea, T-Mobile, Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wireless, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Bank that censored WikiLeaks was preparing for IPO
- Correction: This post previously reported that there was a press statement from WikiLeaks; in fact, I did receive it from Wikileaks, but it turns out that email was forwarded, unattriibuted, a posting by Animats on Slashdot. Wikileaks has discovered Bank Julius Baer was preparing to take their...
- Tags: Asset, Bank, SEC, WikiLeaks, IPO, Asset Management, Mutual Funds, Financial Planning, Investment, Retirement Plans, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- AOL revenue continues to slide; Who are these 9.3 million AOL access subscribers?
- AOL's revenue and operating income continued to slide as the parent Time Warner focuses on advertising. For the fourth quarter, AOL reported operating income of $274 million on revenue of $1.25 billion. That's down from operating income of $910 million on revenue of $1.84 billion. AOL's results...
- Tags: Revenue, Time Warner Inc., Advertisement, America Online Inc., IP Democracy, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Did Google get hosed on its MySpace search deal?
- Fox Interactive gets 27 percent of its revenue from an ad deal between Google and MySpace forged in August 2006. Meanwhile, Google executives complain about how hard it is to monetize social networking traffic. Funny how deals that looked like pure genius a few months ago can backfire. ...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., MySpace, Fox Interactive Media, Social Networking, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- eBay CEO Whitman eyes exit amid auction worries
- eBay CEO Meg Whitman is reportedly pondering retirement as the online auction giant struggles with slowing growth. Makes you wonder about those fourth quarter results eh? The Wall Street Journal reports that Whitman is seriously thinking about retirement after a decade at the helm. That's a lifetime...
- Tags: Meg Whitman, eBay Inc., Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Internet, Business Structures, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
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