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Software-licensing costs predicted to fall

November 19, 2007 Gartner says vendors' profit margins will drop as SaaS, open source, and outsourcing give buyers more bargaining power. TAGS: BPO, software-as-a-service, Gartner Inc., buyer, profit margin, vendor, business process, open source, software company, information technology

Gateway turns off the TV

July 21, 2005 Merger with eMachines and closure of Gateway stores had a lot to do with the decision, analysts say. TAGS: Gateway Inc., Richard Shim, profit margin, TV, eMachines Inc., consumer electronics, PC company, decision, PC

SGI sells software division

April 15, 2004 The high-end computer maker sells off its Alias unit, which makes software for 3D graphics and animation, for $57.5 million. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., profit margin, 3D, California, animation, games, PC

HP reports higher revenue, profit

February 20, 2007 Solid growth across the computer and printer maker's businesses spurs rise, HP says. TAGS: Mark Hurd, HP, factoring, Mercury Interactive Corp., net income, operating profit, profit margin, gain, margin, printing, printer, PC

Market share key to Microsoft's Wi-Fi exit

May 12, 2004 The software giant's decision to dump its wireless networking gear business came amid sliding market share and profit margins, analysts say. TAGS: wireless home networking, Linksys, Cisco Systems Inc., Wi-Fi, profit margin, wireless networking, decision, Microsoft Corp.

Next for download: Cowboy poetry

January 12, 2004 The Smithsonian Institution is adopting the pay-per-download model as a new opportunity to generate income and offer greater access to its unique catalogue. TAGS: profit margin, mail-order, credit card company, Lucent Technologies Inc., institution, recording, Apple iTunes, credit card, income, Apple Computer, opportunity, e-commerce, music, CD

The $100 PC: How do we get there?

November 12, 2004 Steve Ballmer says the world needs a really cheap computer, but Mike Ricciuti warns that cheap doesn't come easy. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, developing country, profit margin, India, hardware maker, computing, AMD, PC company, PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Intel, monitor

Sun to release Solaris for AMD's Opteron

October 10, 2003 Sun Microsystems' version of Unix will become the third mainstream operating system to take advantage of Advanced Micro Device's 64-bit Opteron chip, Sun software chief Jonathan Schwartz says. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, AMD Opteron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 64-bit, Sun Solaris, AMD, profit margin, Intel Itanium, Sun Java Enterprise System, 32-bit, sale, Intel Xeon, Intel x86, Unix, AMD Athlon, Intel

This week in iPod news

February 25, 2005 Apple Computer shuffles in new iPod Mini and iPod Photo players. But one aspect of the release has some iPod fans furious. TAGS: Apple iPod Photo, music player, Apple iPod, FireWire, Apple Computer, profit margin, Apple iPod Mini, Apple iPod Shuffle, digital camera, camera, USB 2.0, USB, photograph, adapter, Apple Macintosh

Amazon's Christmas carol

December 2, 2004 Wall Street is acting like Scrooge, with analysts worried that Amazon may be just a retailer, not a Net high-flier. TAGS: Amazon.com Inc., revenue growth, department store, retailer, profit margin, net income, Wall Street, professor

IBM gets server act together

August 18, 2003 With a new penchant for sharing and a willingess to look outside its walls, Big Blue has largely been able to contain its biggest problem in the server market: itself. TAGS: server market, IBM Corp., profit margin, product line, mainframe, server, leader, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., HP, operating system

EMC's software spree takes shape

September 18, 2006 Looking to diversify, EMC becomes a software industry consolidator as it crafts its "information management" strategy. TAGS: EMC Corp., information management, storage company, profit margin, virtualization, acquisition, software company, IBM Corp., Oracle Corp.

Sending the penguins out with a hot foot

October 27, 2006 perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Borland Software Corp., Red Hat Inc., open-source company, Oracle Open World, announcement, profit margin, open source, Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Big Blue moves to 'off the rack' services

June 6, 2006 The new mantra at IBM's Global Services is "One size fits all" as costly custom services go out of fashion. TAGS: Val Rahmani, IBM Global Services, IBM Corp., profit margin, consulting, profit, security

HP earnings beat expectations

November 20, 2003 The company reports higher revenue and profit, with PC and printer sales driving the growth--demonstrating "what the merger was all about," says CEO Fiorina. TAGS: operating profit, HP, earnings, expectation, profit margin, Carly Fiorina, printer, net income, increase, merger, printing, PC, server, CEO

3Com names new CEO

August 9, 2006 Edgar Masri, former general manager of network systems unit, aims to lead accelerated company turnaround. TAGS: 3Com Corp., compensation, profit margin, networking company, China, CEO, networking, chairman

Push into living room is a gamble

January 9, 2004 PC companies are in Las Vegas touting their consumer electronics strategies, but entering a market characterized by commoditization and rapidly falling prices may not provide salvation. TAGS: flat panel, PC company, consumer electronics, computer company, Las Vegas, Consumer Electronics Show, profit margin, electronics, Gateway Inc., DVD player, TV, Sony Corp., research company, leader, DVD, HP
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