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US consumer electronics shipments to generate $171 bln in 2009

The consumer electronics industry is projected to generate $171 bln in US shipment revenues in 2009, according to Consumer Electronics Association. CEA’s estimate of final shipment revenues for 2008 showed the industry reached a new high of $172 bln, an increase of 5.4% over 2007. In 2009, overall, CEA projects...

Tags: AM, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Electronics Association, Consumer Electronics Industry, Digital Television, Electronics, Home Entertainment, Management, Personal Technology, Revenue, Shipment Revenue, Strategy, Tv & Home Theater, TVs

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Consumer electronics sales to grow 6.1% in 2008

The consumer electronics industry is projected to post a healthy 6.1% increase in revenues in 2008, according to Consumer Electronics Association. Overall shipment revenues are forecast to top $171 bln in 2008, yielding a growth rate of 6.1%. CEA also released its estimate of final shipment revenues for 2007, which...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Association, Consumer Electronics Industry, Shipment Revenue, Gaming Category, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Home Entertainment, Microsoft Windows CE, Games, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, site admin

Blog posts 2008-01-07

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Netflix lands Sony PS3 distribution deal; Bolsters streaming footprint

Netflix's streaming movie and TV service will be made available to Sony's 9 million PlayStation 3 customers under a distribution partnership announced Monday. Netflix said it will begin streaming through the PS3 next month (statement, Techmeme, PlayStation blog). The move gives Netflix another leading game console for...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, DVD, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Game Players, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Cisco's commodity server foray likely to boost share, but at what cost?

Cisco's commodity server foray likely to boost share, but at what cost?Net evenI don't see Cisco's servers capturing much market share. They might grab some small businesses but I can't see an enterprise environment investing in Cisco servers. They have 0 proven track record. Would you stake your job on...

Tags: Servers, Cisco Systems Inc., server, IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

IDC: Global mobile phone shipments tank in first quarter; Smartphones up

Worldwide mobile phone shipments fell 15.8 percent in the first quarter to 244.8 million units. Smartphone shipments, however, were up 4 percent as carriers upped subsidies on that type of device, according to IDC.  IDC said in a statement that the mobile phone shipment decline was "especially...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Smartphone, International Data Corp., Carrier, Mobile Phone Shipment, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Microsoft: The four elephants in the room

Microsoft's fiscal third quarter results will be notable on four fronts: Potential layoffs, the impact on weak PC demand, the effect of netbooks and how Windows 7 may impact the June quarter.  Wall Street is expecting Microsoft to report third quarter earnings of 39 cents a share...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-23

Premium Business Systems (Windows)

Multi User Mysql database, Transacation Processing (commit/rollback) Apache Web Server, Runs on Internet through Web Browser can be used by many users at same time from anywhere in the world Security is controlled by matrix of Positions and Process being executed. Each User is assigned to a Position and automatically...

Tags: Payment, Microsoft Windows, Premium Business Systems, Accounting Entries, Operational Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2009-03-24

Palm investor: Pre will trump iPhone

Palm investor Roger McNamee is talking smack and arguing that Apple iPhone users will jump ship to the to-be-launched Pre.  According to Bloomberg, McNamee said: “You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Palm Inc., Investor, Pre, Roger McNamee, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Server sales slide; IBM, HP nearly tied for market share lead

Global server sales fell 5.2 percent in the third quarter, the largest decline since the fourth quarter of 2002. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard maintained a very slight market share lead over IBM, but statistically it's a tie, according to IDC. According to IDC, third quarter global revenue was $12.6...

Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Servers, Finance, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brands

Microsoft trumps Apple in battle of the brandshow are they measuring this?I'm curious just what they are measuring when coke is number one and Microsoft is number three, but apple is forty-something on the list?It's certainly has nothing to do with quality, and appears to be entirely about quantity. http://www.learnucd.com/kevlar/why-is-the-iphone-popularRE:...

Tags: Branding, brand, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial results

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...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Sales Strategy, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Revenue, Growth, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Apple iPod, Finance, Financial, Sales

Blog posts 2008-04-23

x86 server market grew 7.6% in Q4 2007

The x86 server market continued to grow in Q4 2007, increasing 7.6% in the quarter to $7.8 bln in worldwide revenues, according to IDC. Unit shipment growth also accelerated, growing a healthy 10.3% YTY to 2.1 mln servers as customers continued to refresh and expand their IT infrastructures. For the...

Tags: Revenue, Server, X86 Server, Operational Accounting, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-03-05

A third of all iPhones sold ended up unlocked

A third of all iPhones sold ended up unlockedAre you serious?Do you honestly think that any significant number of people have bought iPhones without realizing that they would have to use AT&T??? That's a pretty ridiculous statement. And nobody's being forced into anything. This is a free-market...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

Apple clears Mac, iPhone shipment hurdles; Earnings shine; Outlook strong

Apple capped a strong fiscal fourth quarter and 2007 amid strong Mac shipments. The company reported Monday fourth quarter earnings of $904 million, or $1.01 a share, on revenue of $6.22 billion. That sum easily topped estimates. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 86 cents a share for the...

Tags: Revenue, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Outlook, Quarter, Apple Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-22

AMD posts third quarter loss; Signs of improvement

AMD reported strong third quarter revenue growth Thursday, but not enough to make the company turn a profit. AMD reported a net loss of $396 million, or 71 cents a share, on revenue of $1.63 billion. The loss tally includes a charge of 22 cents a share due to...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Virtualization's impact on Market Research

I recently published a paper on one of my other sites that examined the role virtualization is playing in the market for Linux software and server. I've gotten enough positive comments that I'd like to summarize it here.Analysts and their viewsAnalysts base their market sizing and market share information based...

Tags: virtualization, off topic

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Where for at thou, Barcelona?

June is nearly over and it’s appearing more and more like Advanced Micro Devices will not deliver its much anticipated both in this blog and elsewhere quad-core Barcelona chip this month. Several sites are now reporting a September launch date. TGDaily, for one, is reporting a September launch date. Here's...

Tags: Servers, semiconductors, quad-core processors, multicore processors, Intel, Desktops, AMD

Blog posts 2007-06-29

Apple has a spectacular quarter

Apple has a spectacular quarterI'm a bit surprisedthat they are expecting less revenue in the third quarter, which I believe is the quarter in which the iPhone will be released. I know it's not a huge quarter for consumer cyclicals, but this is supposed to be their new big product.Not...

Tags: Desktops, Sales strategy, Apple Inc., desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-04-26

SAP CEO: We are not arrogant, we are the market leader

SAP CEO Henning Kagermanns Sapphire keynote see ZDNet coverage of the event didnt reveal any surprises. SAP is riding high after a good quarter and feeling confident in its ability to deliver on its ambitious strategy to establish enterprise SOA across its product line and enter the on demand application...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, SAP, Salesforce.com, SaaS, Oracle, NetSuite, IT Management, General, Enterprise 2.0

Blog posts 2007-04-25

Oracle's service packs meet SOA

Oracle later today will unveil the Oracle Application Integration Architecture, an initiative that allows customers with a bevy of applications to boil them down to a business process. This effort, which will be coined...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Oracle, General, ERP

Blog posts 2007-04-16