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Dell records slide in quarter profits
News Dell chief financial officer Brian Gladden said in a statement: "Strategic actions to accelerate growth in certain areas of our business affected gross margins this quarter. Cost cuts, changes to the portfolio of products and an effort to push... [29 Aug 2008]
Dell targets China, India with PC range
News After establishing a retail presence in both China and India in the last year, Michael Dell said in March that while growth in the US market for PCs would be "OK", Asian markets would grow more. Dell unveiled several new computers yesterday made... [28 Aug 2008]
Server sales continue to rise
News While the continuing economic downturn might suggest that the market for computer hardware should likewise take a dip, the latest figures for server sales from analyst house Gartner suggest the market is still seeing growth. [26 Aug 2008]
Online shopping reaches £4.8bn
News Online sales continue to show strong growth particularly when compared to the tough trading conditions on the high street. Even the electrical sector, which is highly susceptible to falling consumer confidence, is seeing good growth driven by the... [20 Aug 2008]
Canonical joins Linux Foundation
News We are extremely pleased to work even more closely with Canonical as we push Linux to the next stage of growth. Canonical, the company that sponsors the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu, has joined the Linux Foundation. [20 Aug 2008]
HP reports strong third quarter
News HP beat Wall Street profits estimates this quarter, lead by strong laptop sales growth. The company's third-quarter results reflect 14 per cent growth over the same quarter a year ago, when HP reported profits of $1.78bn and 66 cents per share. [20 Aug 2008]
Tech spend to top $3.4tr
News The decline of the US dollar is at the heart of this growth, although when adjusted to constant currency growth is still predicted to hit 4.5 per cent. Emerging regions, replacement of obsolete systems and some technology shifts are driving growth. [19 Aug 2008]
Nokia retains smart phone crown
News However, while demand remains strong, this growth rate was the lowest figure seen for 18 months, the report said, and a significant drop from the first quarter of the year, when growth stood at 44 per cent - suggesting tougher times are ahead for... [19 Aug 2008]
Bank job losses: Offshoring not to blame
News Back office and support functions should also experience similar growth in taking up offshoring. The use of offshoring is not the main contributor to job losses in the banking sector. According to a report from Deutsche Bank, restructuring is... [18 Aug 2008]
More businesses turning to VoIP?
News Growth in 2006 stood at 66 per cent, Infonetics said in a report entitled VoIP Services and Subscribers. It expects strong double-digit growth until at least 2011. PBX makers have also greatly expanded the list of certified service providers which... [14 Aug 2008]
Indian outsourcing takeover is imminent
News Gartner says the "India-3" have used their success at meeting client needs to achieve record revenue growth - of about 40 per cent - over 30 quarters and have enjoyed growth rates almost three times that of the incumbent mega-vendors. [14 Aug 2008]
Social networking: Global phenomenon
News The latest statistics from ComScore show social networking sites such as Facebook are growing rapidly across the globe, even as that growth slows down in the US where they originated. The nine per cent growth in North America meant it was the only... [13 Aug 2008]
Indian outsourcing giant builds £154m site
News The expansion follows sluggish growth in the Indian outsourcing market, with Infosys reporting revenue of $1.16bn in its first quarter - up 24.5 per cent on the same period last year but falling short of the 40.6 per cent growth in the first... [11 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News Gartner analyst, Nikos Drakos, said an appropriate balance between freedom and control is "crucial to community growth and maintenance, and must be tuned continuously". Instead businesses should view employee participation as part of the "social... [08 Aug 2008]
Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Ready for release
News Kummert declined to give a specific target in either units or dollars of what it hopes the release will mean but he said the company hopes to continue the growth it has seen with the prior version of the database software. [07 Aug 2008]
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