Year: 2010

  • Rescued by Process

    Dave Sobel

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    I’m appreciating process a lot this week. In a badly planned set of leave requests, my Service Manager was married to his (now) lovely bride on the same week that my V.P. of Sales is camping in Yellowstone. I’ll begin this by noting that I want my team to take their vacations, and I encourage… Read more

  • Google Mobile Business at $1B Run Rate

    Channel Insider Staff

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    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) eased fears that big spending would erode margins as its results blew past Wall Street’s targets, and the Web search leader revealed for the first time the strength of its fledgling mobile and online display ad businesses. Analysts said strong growth across Google’s core advertising business… Read more

  • AMD: PC Sales for Fourth Quarter to Improve

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    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 14 (Reuters) – Consumers will likely buy more PCs in the fourth quarter but manufacturers will continue to use up components they had over-accumulated in recent months, chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE:AMD) said on Thursday. Two days after Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) better-than-expected earnings lifted hopes for technology companies, which have been hurt… Read more

  • Tablet Sales to Near 20 Million in 2010, Gartner Predicts

    Nathan Eddy

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    Driven by sales of the Apple iPad, worldwide media tablet sales to users are forecast to reach 19.5 million units in 2010, according to IT research firm Gartner. The firm said media tablets are poised for strong growth with worldwide user sales projected to total 54.8 million units in 2011, up 181 percent from 2010,… Read more

  • Apple Quarter Earnings Expected Strong on iPad, iPhone Sales

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    (Reuters) – Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) should affirm next week that its six-month-old iPad  tablet computer is selling well despite a shaky consumer market, while the iPhone continues to fend off a strong challenge from rival Google Inc. Analysts expect fourth-quarter earnings next Monday to showcase Apple’s powerful one-two punch of the iPhone and the iPad,… Read more

  • HP Hires Nokia Meego Executive to Head Up WebOS

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    (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard has hired Ari Jaaksi, a software executive from Nokia, as a Senior Vice President of its new mobile operating system webOS, a spokeswoman for HP said on Friday. Earlier this month Nokia said Jaaksi, the head of Finnish handset makers key Meego software platform, had decided to leave the company. Nokia, once… Read more