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SAP Defiant Despite Revenue Shortfall
News Analysts, though, had forecast a 17 percent rise, and this shortfall sent SAP's share price tumbling. Enterprise software vendor SAP has insisted it is not being knocked off course by rivals such as Oracle, Microsoft and Salesforce.com.
[July 20, 2006, 14:00]
Intel Warns Of Q3 Sales Shortfall
News Company officials didn't say whether the sales shortfall would impact its bottom line. Intel became the latest big name technology firm to warn of disappointing sales in its third quarter Thursday. Company officials said weak demand in Europe was...
[September 22, 2000, 7:35]
Seagate Upbeat Despite Profit Shortfall
News Seagate's shortfall came with declines in shipments and prices in 3.5-inch diameter desktop drives. Seagate Technology on Tuesday reported lower-than-expected revenue and income for the quarter, but the company's chief executive said that doesn't...
[April 18, 2007, 10:37]
IT Staff Face Skills And Training Shortfall
News More evidence has emerged that UK firms are facing a shortfall of IT skills, with many IT pros failing to be offered suitable training. E-Skills UK, an organisation that monitors the UK's information and communications sector, published its latest...
[January 5, 2007, 15:51]
Oops! Apple Warns Of Q4 Shortfall
News Company officials said the delay of planned deliveries of its G4 processor chips from Motorola is mainly responsible for the fourth-quarter shortfall. After more than a year of spectacular sales and earnings growth, Apple Computer finally delivered...
[September 21, 1999, 9:24]
Police Warn Of IT Expertise Shortfall
Talkback I beleive the reason for the shortage of IT Experts is due to the fact that to many of them are out there with there ENcE or CISSP claiming to be, "EXPERTS". They goto school, get the test prep, and get there cert but still know nothing about...
[March 1, 2006, 9:25]
Ouch! Dell Warns Of 4Q Shortfall
News It also said a slower-than-expected rebound in sales to corporate and institutional customers related to the Y2K rollover was responsible for the shortfall. On a conference call with analysts, CFO Tom Meredith attributed 3 cents ($300m in sales) of...
[January 27, 2000, 10:58]
Police Warn Of IT Expertise Shortfall
News Police and experts warned on Monday that prosecutions are collapsing or being conducted unfairly because of a shortage of expert witnesses with IT skills. According to Tony Neate, industry liaison officer for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU...
[February 28, 2006, 11:55]
Web Survey Shows Privacy Shortfall
News But in some areas -- notably providing contact information so site visitors can file complaints -- the Internet industry still falls far short of Congress' expectations, the study reveals. Former Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Varney, who now...
[May 13, 1999, 10:27]
Ambulances To Nowhere: America's Critical Shortfall In Medical Preparedness For Catastrophic Terrorism
White Papers Although law enforcement and security capabilities are being enhanced to prevent acts of terrorism, not all of these events can be prevented, as the attacks on the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and the World Trade Centers in New York...
[December 27, 2004, 23:00]
Microsoft Warns Of Q2 Profit Shortfall
News Software giant Microsoft on Thursday joined the growing list of tech companies issuing profit warnings. The company said earnings for its 2001 fiscal second-quarter would be 5 percent to 6 percent lower than expected -- in the $6.4bn to $6.5bn...
[December 15, 2000, 7:56]
Funding Shortfall Threatens Tech's Future
News Robert Lucky, inventor at Bell Labs in the 1980s, discusses how a lack of funding could be slowing 21st century research developments
[November 8, 2005, 11:25]
Sun Warns Of Layoffs, Earnings Shortfall
News Sun Microsystems said Friday that it will lay off 9 percent of its workforce and that its first-quarter results will miss estimates. Sun now expects a first-quarter loss of between 5 cents and 7 cents a share, and revenue in the range of $2.7bn to...
[October 5, 2001, 15:18]
UK Warned Over Migrant IT Worker Shortfall
News The UK's hi-tech sector will need tens of thousands of additional skilled migrant workers in the next five years, but attracting skilled IT professionals from abroad to plug those gaps may become more difficult.
[March 26, 2008, 14:35]
ShortFall? From An Ex Student
Talkback Being a graduate in IT i was among a great deal of people in IT, It took me 20 interviews to actually get a job, i don't think it is lack of skills it became apparent that companies wanted experience over qualifications or both in a nice low paid...
[February 13, 2008, 8:19]
US Report: H-P Warns Of Q3 Shortfall
News Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday warned that its sales and earnings would be below analysts' expectations in the third quarter as a result of the ongoing economic crisis in Asia. Hewlett-Packard shares gained 3/16 to 61 13/16 ahead of the warning.
[July 22, 1998, 16:45]
IT Skills Shortfall Improves
News The market for IT jobs in the UK is continuing to stabilise, with supply matching demand more closely in the last quarter than in the last two years, according to the latest statistics from the government's ICT sector skills council, e-skills.
[April 27, 2007, 16:53]
Microsoft Warns Of 'acute' UK Skills Shortage
News A new report, commissioned by Microsoft and published on Wednesday, has warned that the UK faces a major shortfall in programming skills. Others, though, believe that a lack of information and relevant statistics makes it impossible to quantify any...
[July 5, 2006, 17:20]
UK Police Face Increasing Pressure From High-tech Crime
News Police forces are facing a £350m shortfall in budgets as chief police officers are struggling to juggle funds because of new responsibilities, such as fighting cybercrime. The report said: "The police are facing the very real prospect of a funding...
[November 23, 2004, 15:05]
Compaq: Sales To Fall, More Layoffs Loom
News Niles noted that Compaq attributed its $600m revenue shortfall to weakness in Europe and pointed to signs of slowing sales and currency weakness in both Asia and Europe. As for Compaq, Niles praised Capellas for "ruthless cost-cutting" that enabled...
[July 11, 2001, 11:45]
