AST Europe To Cut Half Staff, Focus On Notebooks
News AST has made clear that it needs to take aggressive action to drive its return to profit," said Rod Rodericks, senior vice-president, AST Europe. As part of that strategy it has been necessary for AST Europe to focus on its most profitable area of...
[February 2, 1998, 14:22]
AST Europe Prepares To Be "nimble"
News AST Europe will announce the extent of its job losses in two weeks while trying to reposition itself as a "leaner, more nimble and more focused PC company," according to Con Mallon, AST UK's marketing manager.
[December 5, 1997, 12:20]
Five Years Ago: Cyrix: 6x86 Is Cool, 200MHz Getting Warmer
News That name is expected to be AST which plans a line of low-priced Cyrix-based systems, according to sources. The 6x86 is a fast part and it does draw more heat than the Pentium," said Paul Norman, Cyrix regional manager for central Europe.
[August 17, 2001, 8:00]
A Year Ago Today: Cyrix Plays Down Overheating
News That name is expected to be AST which plans a line of low-priced Cyrix-based systems, according to sources. The 6x86 is a fast part and it does draw more heat than the Pentium," said Paul Norman, Cyrix regional manager for central Europe.
[August 19, 1997, 13:31]
Dell, Acer Clash Over Notebooks
News I can honestly say I don't come up against Acer or TI; I come up against Toshiba, Compaq and IBM, and occasionally Hewlett-Packard and AST. Acer marketing director for north-west Europe Dave Tanner disputed the Dell claims.
[January 24, 1997, 15:14]
1997 In Review
News Samsung said it planned to buy AST. Andrew Grove joined the illustrious chorus of experts telling us Europe is behind the US in IT January The year began with huge merger news: after being linked with startup Be, Apple said it planned to buy Steve...
[December 31, 1997, 7:00]
A Year Ago: 1997 In Review
News Samsung said it planned to buy AST. Andrew Grove joined the illustrious chorus of experts telling us Europe is behind the US in IT Our step by step guide to what went on when in 1997 January The year began with huge merger news: after being linked...
[December 24, 1998, 5:38]
HP Slashes Prices To Burn-up Market Share
News We're taking share from companies like Olivetti, AST, Digital and in some countries, IBM," added Brenkel, who said that two companies it is definitely not taking share from are Compaq and Dell. HP is currently joint third in Europe alongside Dell...
[July 4, 1997, 16:40]
