Next week: LinuxWorld, Dell earnings
Sun's Scott McNealy and Oracle's Larry Ellison take the podium at the LinuxWorld Conference. On the earnings front, investors hope for reason to cheer from Dell.
Cheer up, duuuude, the PC market may not be so hard up after all.
That's the message investors and tech execs will be hoping for this week, as Dell Computer reports financial results for its second quarter. The PC giant gave Wall Street a rare piece of good news last month when it raised estimates for the period, based on expected market-share gains
Other big-name earnings reports include software maker Autodesk and PC graphics chip leader Nvidia, which recently warned of a revenue slump.
As far as trade show action, the big news is the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, featuring keynote talks by Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
The information was gathered from First Call, Hoover's Online, CCBN's StreetEvents and CNET Investor.Other events scheduled this week:
EVENTS
Sunday, Aug. 11
- Pacific Crest Securities plays host to a wide roster of tech companies at its 2002 Technology Forum, Aug. 11-14 in Vail, Colo. Speakers include eBay CEO Meg Whitman and national info-security czar Richard Clarke. Companies presenting include Amazon, Adobe Systems, BEA Systems, Cisco, Intel, Palm, Oracle, Macromedia, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Verisign and Yahoo.
Monday, Aug. 12
- Intel chairman Andy Grove will deliver the keynote address at the West Coast Retreat of the New Democrat Network, a gathering of business and political leaders happening Aug. 12 in San Francisco.
Tuesday, Aug. 13
- Security consulting firm The Mansfield Group conducts one-day workshops on wireless networking and 802.11 security, Aug. 13 in Chicago and Aug. 15 in Newark, N.J.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
- The Commerce Department hosts a roundtable discussion on Convergence of Communications Technologies, Aug. 14 at the department's Washington offices.
EARNINGS
Monday, Aug. 12
- Mattson Technology produces chipmaking equipment. It's expected to report a second-quarter loss of 48 cents a share.
Tuesday, Aug. 13
- Computer Network Technology sells storage hardware and software. The expectation is for a second-quarter loss of 5 cents a share.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
- BEA Systems makes business software. It's expected to report a second-quarter profit of 6 cents a share.
Thursday, July 18
- Agile Software makes applications for manufacturing businesses. It's expected to report a first-quarter loss of 21 cents a share.
ECONOMIC REPORTS
Tuesday, Aug. 13
- Retail Sales measures total U.S. retail sales for July. Growth is expected to climb to 1.5 percent, from 1.1 percent the previous month.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
- Business Inventories summarize total sales and inventory for the retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors. July growth is expected to hold steady at 0.2 percent.
Thursday, Aug. 15
- Industrial Production measures the total output of U.S. factories, mines and utilities. July growth is expected to slow to nil, from .8 percent the previous month.