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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.09.09
Round-Up For the IBM PC it was another spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3. You may think 30 million unit sales in two years is impressive but that's just the tip of the iceberg because Noel Edmonds has... [25 Sep 2009]
Photos: IBM from Spitfires to Sphynxes
Photo This PC was built for school use. This luggable PC was developed in 1985. The IBM development laboratory at Hursley House celebrates its 50th birthday this month. The house and grounds... [19 Sep 2008]
Cashing in on the ATM revolution
News The migration to Windows will require an upgrade to the PC core in each ATM and in some cases we will have to replace the whole machine to do this. With the end of support of IBM's OS2, the de facto... [02 May 2007]
Vegas baby: Cisco seeks consumer buddies
News For the first time since 1996, TV sales in 2006 outpaced PC sales, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. TV revenues generated $20bn in sales, whereas PC revenue generated $19bn in 2006.... [09 Jan 2007]
Lenovo puts another ex-Dell exec on the payroll
News Lenovo is moving quickly to fortify its executive ranks after closing its $1.75bn acquisition of IBM's PC business last year. William Amelio, CEO of Lenovo, said in a statement: "Gerry is a seasoned... [01 Sep 2006]
Lenovo pledges "big initiatives" at the Olympics
News Lenovo, which last year bought IBM's PC group, is also set to unfurl a new branding strategy and demonstrate how it will differentiate ThinkPad - the prized laptop line it acquired from... [05 Jan 2006]
Lenovo CEO steps down
News Ward helped engineer the sale of IBM's PC unit to Lenovo in 2004. Stephen Ward, the IBM PC executive who became the CEO of Lenovo last year, has stepped... [21 Dec 2005]
Sony slashes seven per cent of its global workforce
News Responsibility for Sony's PC and laptop computer Vaio line will remain with Yoshihisa Ishida, the head of Sony's lone corporate division. The company's two business units will include its Core Component Business... [22 Sep 2005]
Are PC price wars a cut too far?
News Shiffler said IBM's sale of its legendary PC business to Lenovo may just be the tip of the iceberg to the massive shift in the desktop PC market and recounted Gartner's prediction that... [23 Aug 2005]
HP: Hurd takes the axe to groups merger
News But Forrester's Schadler doesn't see Bradley's appointment as an indication Hurd plans to split off the PC business, as IBM did by selling its PC group to Lenovo. Five months after... [14 Jun 2005]
IBM PC unit sale should be exploited, says Gartner
News Businesses should exploit the recently completed sale of IBM's PC unit to Chinese manufacturer Lenovo by bargaining hard for a new deal, according to Gartner. While IBM... [10 May 2005]
Should HP buy Gateway?
News HP bought Compaq in May 2002; Gateway bought eMachines in March 2004; and IBM plans to sell its PC business to China's Lenovo Group this year. Consolidation has been no stranger to the... [14 Feb 2005]
Leader: Fiorina - good to go?
Leader These could range from hawking off its PC business à la IBM to, er, hawking off its profitable PC business and leaving the rest of the company to get it right or make other decisions.... [10 Feb 2005]
Fiorina's out... what should HP do now?
News HP could also look to sell the PC business to an overseas player, as IBM hopes to do with Lenovo. Printing is clearly HP's strength, but Gall said the PC maker would have to radically... [10 Feb 2005]
Lenovo sets sights beyond China
News The merger of IBM's PC unit and Lenovo will allow the Chinese giant to accomplish a goal that has bedevilled it for years: sell its homegrown products overseas. Robert Galush,... [07 Jan 2005]
