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Windows grabs server market lead
News Microsoft Windows captured the lead for the first time in server operating systems during the third quarter, boosted by continued demand for servers selling for less than $25,000 (£15,000), according to a new report.p>Volume servers continued to...
[November 24, 2005, 8:15]
Jobs: Apple ecstatic about financials and the iMac
News Jobs said the company posted its biggest profit yet under his new regime, earning $106m (£1bn), or 68 cents per share, during the first quarter on revenues of $1.56bn (£0.95bn). Jobs predicted that revenues would continue to grow, saying the...
[October 15, 1998, 16:24]
Apple results bite back
News First Call consensus expects Apple to return a profit of 88 cents a share in the first quarter. Assuming the shipping delays of its popular G4 and iBook PCs are a thing of the past, the PC maker appears to be headed for a blowout first quarter.
[October 14, 1999, 9:23]
NetApp boosts revenue
News Network Appliance reported near-record revenue of $598m (£319m) for its fourth financial quarter on Thursday, a 32 percent rise year on year, with the company's turnover for the year topping $2bn for the first time.
[May 25, 2006, 14:00]
Handheld sales show signs of life
News Although the handheld market is showing some signs of life, it saw a 12.1 percent year-over-year decline in units shipped during the first quarter of this year, according to preliminary numbers released on Monday by market researcher IDC.
[April 23, 2002, 8:32]
RIM reports healthy profits, BlackBerry sales
News RIM announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 on Wednesday. The number of BlackBerry smartphones shipped in the first quarter of fiscal 2009 was around 5.4 million, up from four million in the previous quarter.
[June 27, 2008, 15:13]
E*Trade beats 2Q estimates
News The company beatestimates for its first quarter, along with other Web brokers DLJdirect and Knight-Trimark. For the quarter ended March 31, net revenue grew to $407m, up 152 percent from the same period a year ago, and up 52 percent from the first...
[April 13, 2000, 9:50]
Amazon.com misses estimates but sets profit roadmap
News In 2000, we will reap the benefits of scale," said Jenson, who said gross margins would approach 20 percent in the first quarter and could improve throughout the year. Jenson said he expected strong growth in 2000, but sales would slip sequentially...
[February 3, 2000, 9:43]
Investors cut Apple stock in half
News Earnings will be between 30 cents to 33 cents a share in the quarter, well below the First Call consensus estimate of 45 cents a share. Apple Computer's fourth quarter profit warning sent the stock plunging 47 percent Friday morning.
[September 29, 2000, 15:16]
Blue chip sales put Red Hat in black
News Red Hat, the leading distributor of Linux, has bucked the current downturn in the technology sector by making its first ever profit last quarter -- thanks to increased sales to corporate customers. In the last quarter, Red Hat helped to create...
[June 20, 2001, 11:10]
AMD wins hearts on Wall Street
News Banc of America and Goldman Sachs have both improved their opinions on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), after the company said it expects higher-than-expected first quarter revenues. At a Goldman Sachs investment conference on Friday, the processor...
[February 15, 2000, 15:09]
The new Web: US Women are overtaking men
News Some 50.4 percent of Web users in the first quarter of 2000 were women, a five percent jump from 1999, according to the Media Metrix survey. Some 125 percent more girls aged 12 to 17 were on the Web in the first quarter of 2000 than in 1999, the...
[August 10, 2000, 11:05]
The Day Ahead: Applied Materials' outlook creates tug-of-war
News Using the "could have been worse" logic, Applied impressed with better-than-expected first-quarter earnings, but then delivered a depressing outlook. The company reported fiscal first-quarter earnings excluding charges of 66 cents a share on sales...
[February 14, 2001, 13:30]
Motorola warning fuels mobile fears
News Mobile manufacturer Motorola announced Friday that it had been hit by an economic slowdown in the US which could push it into loss for the first quarter of this year. The company admitted that it was not going to achieve its sales and earnings...
[February 23, 2001, 13:45]
Sharp ships Linux PDA
News The electronics maker announced the device, the Zaurus SL-5500, late last year and said that it would begin shipping in the first quarter of this year. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and next-generation CDMA (code division multiple access...
[April 4, 2002, 9:22]
Ciena delivers upside surprise
News For the first quarter, Nettles said current First Call earnings estimates of 14 cents a share should be a penny higher. Fibre optic gear maker Ciena topped earnings estimates in its fourth quarter with earnings of $41.3m, or 14 cents a share...
[December 7, 2000, 16:21]
US Report: `Price War' ravages IBM's Q1 earnings
News IBM's chief financial officer said yesterday that an unexpected price war bit into profit margins and dragged down the company's earnings in the first quarter. IBM said first-quarter earnings per diluted share were $1.06, against $1.16 a share for...
[April 21, 1998, 8:39]
Intel misses Q2 estimates, predicts better Q3
News Analysts generally expected Intel's revenue to be flat or slightly down from the first quarter, largely because of the PC market's ongoing shift to computers priced well below $1,000. Interest and other non-operating income will be about $275m in...
[July 14, 1999, 8:09]
Cisco gives glum outlook as sales slump
News Technology bellwether Cisco gave a glum outlook on Wednesday as the company sharply felt the effects of the financial crisis and weakening economy during its first fiscal quarter of 2009. Sales to large companies, Cisco's bread and butter customers...
[November 6, 2008, 8:02]
IT staff face bleak outlook
News The gloomy figures for the first quarter of 2003 are revealed in the latest e-skills UK quarterly review of the information and communication technology (ICT) labour market. As a result of IT cutbacks by many businesses, the overall number of ICT...
[July 4, 2003, 15:23]
