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Computer sales worldwide still healthy
News With US consumer PC sales down as much as 30 percent this holiday season and with earnings warnings from Apple Computer and Gateway, some prognosticators have been singing a dirge for the PC. Although consumer PC sales are free-falling in the...
[December 7, 2000, 11:38]
Computer games sales disappoint at Christmas
News Consumer electronics retailer Dixons warned on Wednesday that its sales over the Christmas period were below expectations, with consoles and computer games performing poorly. The high street chain, whose performance is generally seen as a solid...
[January 8, 2003, 12:54]
IBM Sales Center: With Computer Telephony Integration
White Papers This paper discusses how to integrate IBM Sales Center for WebSphere Commerce with a Computer Telephony Integration system that uses Java Telephony Application Programming Interface (JTAPI). This technology enables the Sales Center to identify a...
[October 31, 2007, 0:00]
Computer Warehouse boss sees big Mac OS sales
News Jonathan Cole, chairman of Computer Warehouse, the UK's largest Mac reseller, said his firm had sold 500 UK-built Mac clones under its own brand in the first two months of offering the product, and expects to sell 6-8,000 systems in the next 12...
[June 10, 1997, 9:32]
Notebook sales lift Apple earnings
News Buoyed by strong laptop sales, Apple Computer on Wednesday posted second-quarter earnings and sales that narrowly topped analysts' estimates. In January, Apple predicted that it would have a "slight profit" with sales roughly flat with the $1.47bn...
[April 17, 2003, 8:47]
Online sales help Dell in Q3
News On Thursday, the direct sales computer maker reported net income of $483m (£299m), or 18 cents a share, on sales of $6.78bn. Company officials credited strong international demand as well as booming online sales for the strong revenue growth.
[November 12, 1999, 10:09]
PC giants to grab spotlight at electronics show
News After grim holiday sales of PCs, the giants of the computer world are laying their bets on smaller, cheaper devices to drive future sales. For PC-oriented companies, the move into entertainment gear also offers the hope of an escape from sagging...
[January 4, 2001, 11:18]
Apple notebook sales get Titanium boost
News Apple Computer bucked sluggish retail notebook sales in February, with sales up 31 percent year over year. Titanium alone accounted for 16 percent of Apple computer sales. For comparison, Compaq Computer retail notebook sales declined 5.8 percent...
[March 30, 2001, 8:59]
Consumer sales boost notebook market
News Notebook PCs claimed a larger portion of computer sales during 2002, continuing a four-year run of increases in unit shipments, a new study by tech researcher IDC indicates. If the trend continues, notebooks should account for 25 percent of PC unit...
[March 26, 2003, 15:58]
40 million Vista sales
Talkback Does this figure include sales to consumers or sales to computer sellers, and, or, re-sellers? How many new computer buyers are there now compared to 6 years ago? Methinks the figures are over inflated to make Billy feel better.
[May 17, 2007, 13:56]
PC sales growth to slow in 2006
News Global personal computer sales are projected to grow at 10.5 percent in 2006, compared with 15.8 percent growth seen in 2005, according to new data from IDC. Fewer replacements and slower economic growth will slow computer sales in the coming...
[December 21, 2005, 8:40]
Apple harvest in jeopardy?
News Apple Computer on Tuesday released its latest "i" application, as the company seeks to combat slowing computer sales with an increased emphasis on software and services. After the initial sales rush, people tend to upgrade the operating system when...
[September 11, 2002, 7:55]
Notebook sales boom
News Notebooks led the way to stronger retail computer sales in the US during May. This increase in revenue and unit sales for notebooks, coupled with a boost in unit sales of flat-panel displays for desktop PCs, indicates a changing of the guard for...
[July 2, 2003, 15:43]
Strong sales do the trick for Handspring
News Buoyed by stronger-than-expected handheld computer sales, Handspring on Tuesday posted a fiscal second-quarter loss that was several cents narrower than Wall Street estimates. The company had been expected to lose 16 cents per share and had earlier...
[January 18, 2001, 12:14]
Dell delivers strong growth, predicts more of same
News The largest direct seller of PCs reported second quarter earnings of $507m (£314m), or 19 cents a share, on sales of $6.14bn. The results beat Wall Street's expectations for both earnings and sales. A Dell survey of 900 customers indicated that Y2K...
[August 18, 1999, 9:39]
Disappointing sales numbers for Apple
News Apple Computer topped analysts' estimates in its third quarter Tuesday, earning $200m (about £124m), or 55 cents a share, on sales of $1.83bn. Various reports expected the computer maker to report sales ranging between $1.9bn and $1.95bn.
[July 19, 2000, 9:32]
Compaq: Sales to fall, more layoffs loom
News Compaq Computer announced Tuesday that it expects to post second-quarter operating earnings in line with Wall Street estimates, but said sales will come in below forecasts and announced further job cuts.
[July 11, 2001, 11:45]
Apple increases distribution bandwidth
News When it brought on Tech Data last week as its third US wholesale distributor, Apple Computer expanded its channel sales capabilities for the first time in more than two years. Officials on both sides of the deal cited expanding sales of Apple...
[March 21, 2000, 14:21]
Bumpy ride seen for chips
News Gartner, which is hosting a semiconductor conference here, gave these projections at a time when major chip manufacturers themselves have warned of slower computer memory chips sales, mainly because of weak demand for personal computers in the US...
[November 14, 2000, 14:46]
Unisys draws up a new server plan
News Unisys overhauled its highest-end servers on Monday, hoping to rejuvenate flagging sales of its traditional mainframe computer line with new designs based on its high-end Intel servers. Unisys' revenue dropped from $7.5bn in 1999 to $6.9bn in 2000...
[April 24, 2001, 11:14]
