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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: Richard Shim, Gateway Inc., consumer electronics, profit margin, eMachines Inc., PC company, TV, decision, Dell, PC

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, Gartner Inc., software-as-a-service, buyer, profit margin, business process, open source, vendor, software company, information technology

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, profit margin, Apple Computer, FireWire, Apple iPod Shuffle, Apple iPod Mini, digital camera, USB 2.0, camera, USB, photograph, adapter, Apple Macintosh

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, Mercury Interactive Corp., net income, operating profit, factoring, gain, margin, profit margin, printing, HP, printer, PC

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., Red Hat Inc., Borland Software Corp., Oracle Open World, announcement, profit margin, Siebel Systems Inc., open-source company, open source, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

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, software company, profit margin, acquisition, virtualization, IBM Corp., Oracle 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: IBM Global Services, Val Rahmani, infrastructure management, IBM Corp., professional services, consulting, profit margin, profit, security

3Com names new CEO

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

Red Hat beats estimates, raises guidance

September 29, 2005 Linux seller outpaces analysts' revenue and profit expectations for its most recent quarter. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., net income, Thomson First Call, Linux seller, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, gain, profit margin, subscription, Sun Solaris, guidance, open source, Linux, billing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dell, server

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