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Microsoft shares slump following earnings release
News Microsoft and eBay pull the broader markets down post earnings results, as the tech bellwether stocks were among the most actively traded on Nasdaq.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Layoffs, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Stock, Forecasting, Earnings
Analyst: Apple placed chip order for 32GB iPhones
News Apple reportedly places sizable order with Samsung for 8Gb and 16Gb NAND flash chips, with majority of chips expected to be used for building a new smartphone model.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile processors, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Supplier, Chip, chip supplier, NAND, Wall Street
Cisco, EMC, and VMware make alliance official
News The three companies are forming a joint venture that will provide unified data center products to big corporate customers.
Tags: Data centers, Data Management, networking equipment, Virtualization, partnership, Cisco Systems Inc., EMC Corp., Storage, VMware Inc., Wall Street Journal
VMware: Better-than-expected second quarter
News VMware delivered a better-than-expected second quarter and outlook for the three months ahead.
Tags: Business applications, Virtualization, CFO, non-GAAP, software company, VMware Inc., Sales, Earnings, Wall Street, license revenue
AMD's second quarter margins squeezed
News Chipmaker reports second quarter earnings that falls short of Wall Street targets.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Sales/revenue, Accounting, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip Company, Graphics, microprocessor, performance
NetApp names new CEO, reports solid quarter
News Storage company names chief operating officer Tom Georgens as CEO, while chief of 15 years Dan Warmenhoven has become executive chairman.
Tags: Storage, Data Management, EMC Corp., Storage, Wall Street, chairman, CEO, R&D, chief operating officer, board
Schmidt: Worst of recession over; Google hiring ahead
News Google CEO Eric Schmidt shares that worst of the recession is behind us and Google feels "confident about investing heavily in our future".
Tags: Internet advertising, Google Android, Google Inc., advertisement, revenue, mobile, Google Android, Investment, Wall Street, net income
Dell reports lower earnings, but beats estimates
News Company still betting on 2010 for enterprise "refresh cycle" while sales begin to show some stabilization. Dell also confirms it's working with China Mobile.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Business Strategies & Functions, China Mobile Ltd., operating income, Earnings, Wall Street, analyst, Dell Computer Corp., pricing strategy
Oracle's Q1: 'We grew faster than SAP'
News Oracle misses analysts' earnings and revenue estimates for the first quarter, but pointed to worldwide growth in its applications business that surpassed competitor SAP.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SAP AG, Sun Microsystems Inc., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Earnings, data warehouse, Wall Street, Oracle Corp., analyst, acquisition
Yahoo: Online advertising has stabilized
News Results from the Web portal gave further evidence that the online ad slump is ending, though executives stopped short of calling a recovery.
Tags: Internet advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., advertisement, Microsoft Corp., CEO, revenue, Online Advertising, market research company, Wall Street
Gunning for an elephant in Silicon Valley
News Tiny Arista, started by a Sun co-founder, is challenging Cisco with superfast networking gear.
Tags: Data Management, Database management, Data warehousing/business intelligence, Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Equinix, software, network, Andreas Bechtolsheim, Cisco Systems Inc.
McAfee acquiring MX Logic, delivers solid outlook
News McAfee is buying the cloud-based e-mail and Web security services vendor for US$140 million in cash. Separately, it delivers a better-than-expected quarterly outlook.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Acquisitions, non-GAAP, Web Service, On-demand, e-mail, Wall Street, Symantec Corp.
Amazon's revenue jumps, beats Street forecast
News Despite the weak economy, the e-commerce giant reports an 18 percent increase in fourth-quarter revenues on strong holiday sales.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Web sites, E-business, Electronics, Stock, Sales, Jeff Bezos, e-commerce company, Amazon.com Inc.
Study: Internet takes over papers as news source
News Some 40 percent of those surveyed by Pew Research say they get most of their international and U.S. news from the Internet, up from 24 percent in September 2007.
Tags: News, TV, bailout, social networking, Wall Street, News.com, network, Internet, blog
Seagate's revenue to beat analyst outlook
News Seagate Technology looks set to post US$2.1 billion in its fiscal third quarter, better than Wall Street projections. Company says it has also raised US$430 million to pay all or some of its debt.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Storage, Seagate Technology LLC, ATA, liquidity, Wall Street, CEO, revenue, Earning reports/forecasts, Storage
