Olivetti PC boss wants to push notebooks, servers
News The new-look Olivetti Personal Computers is to push hard into notebooks and servers and step back from most consumer product development. At a press conference held in Venice, Italy yesterday, Bernhard Auer, chief executive of Olivetti Personal...
[March 4, 1997, 17:23]
Quotes of the Week, March 3-7
News Olivetti Personal Computers chief executive Bernhard Auer. If you're familiar with what it costs to set up a new brand name like Bernie and Serafina's Computers [referring to himself UK PR Serafina Espie], you'd understand why we're keeping the...
[March 7, 1997, 10:38]
Britain is world's leader in computer literacy
News Commissioned by Olivetti Personal Computers the report states that Britain has the highest computer to student ratio anywhere. They're also wired: nearly a fifth boast Internet access, and the same proportion have two computers.
[September 3, 1997, 14:04]
A year ago: Olivetti cuts notebook pricing by 23 per cent
News Olivetti Personal Computers (OPC) yesterday cut pricing on its Echos and Echos Pro notebook PC lines. The UK will see the high-end Echos Pro range cut by up to 23 per cent. At the summit of the range, the 150MHz Pentium-based Echos Pro 150X is...
[March 6, 1998, 6:00]
CeBit: Olivetti plots server, notebook future
News Dataquest's Brazier added that "the question is, how much money does the new Olivetti have and how long will that money will last before the business has to start paying for itself again? While promising to "shake off the past," the company...
[March 13, 1997, 14:53]
Olivetti adds £789 entry-level PC
News The 166MHz Pentium MMX-based M24 XS ships as standard with 16Mb SDRAM, S3 Trio 64V+ graphics, two USB ports, 1.7Gb hard drive, 14-inch monitor and optional 16-speed CD-ROM drive. Prices start at £789 + VAT.
[June 23, 1997, 12:49]
Olivetti cuts notebook pricing by 23 per cent
News The UK will see the high-end Echos Pro range cut by up to 23 per cent. At the summit of the range, the 150MHz Pentium-based Echos Pro 150X is reduced from £3,799 to £2,899 Earlier this week at a conference in Venice, Italy, OPC chief executive...
[March 6, 1997, 13:11]
Olivetti sets up club for one-stop server shopping
News Launching the Club in Venice, Italy yesterday, Guiseppe Kuszli, director of Olivetti's server business unit, said: "No longer will anybody be able to say that servers are Olivetti's best kept secret. The group comprises marquee names like Intel...
[March 4, 1997, 17:48]
CeBIT 98: The Hannover experience
News Joining Gerstner will be VIPs such as Compaq president and CEO, Eckhard Pfeiffer, Netscape senior VP for products, Marc Andreessen and Iomega president and CEO, Kim Edwards as well as the chiefs from European powerhouses Groupe Bull, Olivetti...
[March 18, 1998, 13:19]
Ex-TI chief to head Piedmont
News The group has also strengthened its board with the recruitment of former Reed Elsevier chairman Ian Irvine.
[September 4, 1997, 11:23]
