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Smartphones Miss Out On PDA Legacy
News There has been an evaporation of demand for handhelds," said Andy Brown, programme manager for mobile computing research in Europe, during analyst firm IDC's quarterly teleconference covering mobile devices in Europe.
[August 24, 2006, 17:30]
Dell Steals Compaq's UK Crown
News IDC analyst Andy Brown blames internal problems, distribution changes and poor quality notebooks for the slowdown at Compaq. Brown warns of job cuts at Compaq as the company restructures in Europe but on a upbeat note points out the PC firm is...
[August 5, 1999, 12:26]
Palm 'well Recognised' In The Enterprise
News A recent survey of IT managers found that the Palm brand was "well recognised and considered" for deployment in their companies, according to Andy Brown, IDC research director for mobile computing. Symbian has access to the mobile phone vendors...
[April 11, 2002, 16:49]
UK's PC Demand To Soar For Christmas
News Q2 was really slower than we anticipated, frankly it was worse than Q1, it was quite disappointing" said IDC analyst Andy Brown. The UK will rise above the average with 16.5 percent growth, Brown said.
[September 8, 2000, 11:34]
Analyst: Transmeta Should Drop Out Of PCs
News They've still got a niche position, but it's really niche now," said Andy Brown, research manager for mobile communications with IDC. They made the classic mistake of heavy marketing without the products and without the quality to back it up...
[March 7, 2002, 14:20]
IDC: PC Sales To Slow Down In 2001
News However, it does not believe the small drop is the start of a slide in PC sales: Internet access is still driving consumer sales, and the free calls model being adopted by AltaVista, ntl and Freeserve will help keep PC demand high in 2000...
[March 14, 2000, 15:50]
Mobile Market To Sag Until Late Next Year
News Q4 doesn't look to be that positive," said Andy Brown, IDC's European research manager for mobile computing. Sales haven't been as great as perhaps one would have liked, they've been pretty slow," Brown said.
[November 14, 2001, 17:14]
Palm Posts Higher Revenue, Lower Profit
News Investors and analysts peppered Colligan and chief financial officer Andy Brown with questions about Palm's rumoured sale, which had the blogosphere buzzing for the past month. We're just not going to comment on that stuff," said Brown.
[March 23, 2007, 9:12]
Dell Still No. 1 In The UK
News They've lost a certain amount of confidence in the supply chain, and other players have moved in to pick up the pieces Compaq has dropped," said IDC senior research analyst Andy Brown. They're up against strong local competition.but their focus is...
[May 26, 2000, 15:30]
Mixed Responses To Siemens-Fujitsu Merger
News Together they have the capacity to become a major European force," according to IDC analyst Andy Brown, "and they could well become a strong force against the Dells, IBMs and Compaqs". The shedding of its semi-conductor operations will follow Brown...
[June 17, 1999, 13:28]
Via Demonstrates Tablet PC
News They want the form factor and aesthetics of a PC to fit more into their homes and their lifestyles," said Andy Brown, research manager for mobile computing at the company. Both consumers and businesses just want to shove a PC on the network, have...
[May 8, 2002, 17:31]
Tablet PCs: Is The Writing On The Wall?
News But Gartenberg's optimistic view of the future of tablets isn't shared by all analysts Andy Brown, IDC's programme manager for European mobile computers and devices, says that the handwriting recognition-based machines will comprise just one...
[July 1, 2005, 10:55]
Via Sets Date For Pentium 4 Chipset Launch
News If they are infringing [Intel's patent], it wouldn't stop them from making chipsets," said IDC senior analyst Andy Brown. You don't want to be too pushy with Intel either, and they shouldn't count their chickens," said analyst Brown.
[August 13, 2001, 15:56]
Tax Breaks Expected For High-tech Sector
News The government is recognising that the economy is not just about factories and machines, but that brands and services have a value to business as well," said Andy Newsome, tax partner at consultancy firm Andersen, formerly Arthur Andersen.
[November 26, 2001, 17:19]
Publishers Blame Spam On Stolen Lists
News Holland and Andy Sernovitz, a former customer of SparkList and chief executive officer of email marketing firm GasPedal ventures, said they became aware that their lists had been compromised in early August.
[September 12, 2002, 7:55]
IDC: AMD Gains Share Against Intel
News They are continuing to gain market share for the fourth quarter," said IDC research manager Andy Brown. A lot of the kind of business they get is by default," Brown said. PC chip maker AMD gained market share on dominant rival Intel in the fourth...
[January 17, 2002, 17:15]
SAP Sued Over 'complete Failure' Of Software
News SAP spokesman Andy Kendzie declined comment. Waste Management spokeswoman Lynn Brown said on Wednesday that her company has sued SAP, seeking all its expenses plus punitive damages. It depends on what SAP's response is to the lawsuit," Brown said...
[March 27, 2008, 7:26]
Crusoe Discovers The Desktop
News Consumers are moving away from the big grey box, they want the form factor and aesthetics of the PC to fit more into their homes and lifestyles," said Andy Brown, research manager for mobile technologies with IDC.
[May 9, 2002, 14:10]
Intel Escalates Threats To Via Over P4 Chipset
News After [Intel's] performance, last year, there are a few concerns about it," said Andy Brown, a senior analyst with IDC. Brown predicted that legal problems will have little effect on Via's Pentium products reaching the market.
[August 15, 2001, 13:12]
AMD On The Attack In Processor Performance Row
News It should be irrelevant, but it's not," said analyst Andy Brown of IDC. Benchmarks could be more convincing if all of the important parties involved agreed to a set of rules, Brown said. In a presentation circulated to several hardware-oriented Web...
[August 30, 2002, 13:53]
