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- IDC reports server market shares for Q1 2004, Linux up 56.9% in dollar sales
- The server market expanded 7.3% in Q1 2004 to $11.5 bln as business buying pushed the market to its fourth consecutive quarter of growth, according to IDC. Shipments climbed a strong 22.4% from a year ago, and machines running the freeware software Linux sprinted ahead by 56.9% in dollar sales....
- Tags: Q1 2004, International Data Corp., sales
- Blog posts 2004-07-26
- Direct server sales up 40% in Q1 2004
- The recently published U.S. Server Channels Tracker reveals that the number of server units sold through direct channels grew 40% in Q1 2004 compared with Q1 2003, while sales through indirect channels grew at 9%. In terms of factory revenues, dollars from server sales through direct channels grew at 9.6%...
- Tags: server
- Blog posts 2004-07-14
- Server sales increase 27.1% in Q1 2004 in numbers, 9.3% in revenues
- The number of servers sold worldwide increased by 27.1% in Q1 2004 to 1.57 mln units, with a clear move by users towards low-end servers and the Linux operating system, Gartner said. The growth in the low-end market meant that server hardware revenues only rose by 9.3% compared with the...
- Tags: revenue, server, server hardware, Q1 2004
- Blog posts 2004-05-26
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- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Question about Gov. Sarah Palin
- Is it just me or can anyone get into the official web site of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin? Have been trying for the past hour to get in. No word yet from the Governor's Office in Anchorage on the site's ability to handle a sudden surge...
- Tags: Governor, E-mail, Web Site Development, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell's fiscal third quarter was notable for reasons beyond Linux sales and its core product line. Novell's most recent quarter was the sixth consecutive one that topped expectations. That consistency may mark the days where Novell becomes something more than an afterthought. Now it's no coincidence that...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Virtual desktop solutions and mobility
- Several suppliers, including Citrix and VDIworks, have come forward to speak with me about work they're doing to address the inhibitors to deploying VDI-based solutions. Here are some of the issues these suppliers are addressing. Organizations have come to think that the only...
- Tags: Desktop, Mobility, Virtual Desktop, VDIworks, Staff Member, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?
- Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...
- Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled into
- Windows 7 must avoid the marketing trap that Vista stumbled intoI agree "One OS to unite them all""One price to keep all happy" In the end it's just a marketing ploy different versions each with their own "missing" pieces. In many ways it looks like double dipping...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, marketing, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- An IE8 Beta 2 Q
- An IE8 Beta 2 QWhat if you uninstall beta 1 first?Will you fall back to IE7 then be able to install beta 2 with a fallback to IE7?Can I uninstall IE8? Yes ... unless ...... you downloaded and installed IE8 Beta 1 prior to installing Windows XP SP3, in which...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, IE8 Beta 2 Q, IE8, beta, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- 62% of salaried Americans happy with their medical and retirement benefits
- When asked whether this is a bad time to find a quality job, 65% of Americans said it was, matching the level of the 2001 recession, according to Rutgers University’s John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. With unemployment at 5.7%, the highest level since 2004, and weekly unemployment claims...
- Tags: Credit Card, Benefit, Worker, Sales Channel, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- IDC: 2Q Server units up; Price war looms; IBM keeps market share lead
- IDC: 2Q Server units up; Price war looms; IBM keeps market share leadWhat about number of units?Looks like these "market share" figures are based on revenue, right? Don't you have any info on units installed? A cheaper alternative will always show a lower revenue share; a free alternative will show...
- Tags: Operational accounting, revenue, International Data Corp., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Dell's second quarter: Another milepost in the turnaround tale
- Dell reports its fiscal second quarter results on Thursday after market close and analysts are turning optimistic about the company's turnaround prospect amid better consumer notebook designs, emerging market revenue and solid server sales growth. Dell is expected to report fiscal second quarter earnings of 36 cents...
- Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Miscioscia, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Resurrecting E-voting
- Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...
- Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Datacore - nothing but storage
- Angie Gonzalez, of Datacore, and I had a conversation about how virtual storage complements any type of virtual processing solution. Nearly all virtual server-based solutions gain a great deal of benefit when a supporting virtual storage strategy is also deployed. Why is that? ...
- Tags: Datacore, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- AudioProc Demo (exe)
- AudioProc is a high quality audio dynamics processor intended to achieve a competitive 'on the air' sound signature resembling that of modern audio broadcast processors used by major market FM radio stations. AudioProc can normalize the volume and spectral balance of played material and provide a more consistent listening experience....
- Tags: Audio, Clay Hellman, AudioProc, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Codename of the day: Nitrogen
- The Microsoft codename contest continues. Today's entry is Nitrogen, which is the next version of Microsoft's ISA Server. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Codename, Microsoft Corp., Game Players, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has offered a thoughtful but misguided palliative at CNN to the shortcomings of the age of networked democracy. ... if you know how Americans use the Net to talk, you can easily stay in touch with real people. ...
- Tags: Politics, Democracy, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
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