sales - marketing a year ago
Google rakes it in as paid search booms
News Google's third-quarter profit nearly doubled from a year ago as sales of keyword-related advertising continued to grow for the world's top web search engine. During the quarter, Google saw strong user growth and improvements in search quality and... [20 Oct 2006]
External disk storage revving up, says IDC
News Worldwide sales of external disk storage systems hit $3.5bn in the second quarter, up 8 per cent from the same period a year ago, according to research firm IDC. In the same period a year ago, it had trailed HP, which this year fell into second... [06 Sep 2004]
Microsoft coffers swell on twofold success
News Citing strength in both the business and consumer markets, Microsoft on Thursday reported better-than-expected quarterly sales - and profits that doubled those of a year ago. The company's balance of unearned revenue - seen as a predictor of future... [28 Jan 2005]
iPods have sown the seed of Apple growth
News The product, along with the eMac, accounted for $620m in revenue, up 187 per cent from iMac sales in the prior quarter and up 147 per cent from a year ago. Buoyed by a surge in sales of both iPods and Macs, Apple on Wednesday reported first-quarter... [13 Jan 2005]
iPod sales keep on swelling Apple's coffers
News Revenue growth from the iPod was more modest as prices fell and Apple added the Shuffle to its mix, with sales up 343 per cent from a year ago and nine per cent from the prior quarter. Mac sales were up 10 per cent from the prior quarter and 35 per... [14 Jul 2005]
Oracle results beat expectations
News Jeff Henley, Oracle's chief financial officer, forecast in a conference call with analysts that the third quarter will mark a "modest industry recovery" and the end of a year and a half of declining sales at Oracle. [19 Dec 2002]
iPod, Mac sales push Apple earnings past expectations
News Compared with a year ago, Mac sales are up by nearly 40 per cent and iPod sales are up five-fold. Power Mac sales of $320m were down by 16 per cent from the December quarter and 8 per cent from a year ago. [14 Apr 2005]
Thanks for the memory - Intel loses lead
News Intel, which had led the pack for decades, slipped to fourth place with $416m in sales, a decline of 4 per cent from a year ago. The sales surge was enough to give Samsung a 20 per cent market share, the largest share of any other company. [21 Nov 2003]
Popular Acrobat keeps Adobe flying high
News Total sales were $296.9m, compared with $267.9m a year ago. Adobe released a new server version of Acrobat late last year as part of a broad enterprise push, and sales of the desktop version have continued to grow, Narayen said. [14 Mar 2003]
HP reports strong third quarter
News Notebook sales increased 26 per cent since the same quarter a year ago, and the company remains the top PC provider worldwide. The Personal Systems Group, which is responsible for the laptop and desktop business, grew sales 15 per cent in the last... [20 Aug 2008]
Xbox success drives Nvidia onwards
News Nvidia, the leading maker of graphics chips for PCs and other devices, reported modest sales gains and a sharp jump in quarterly profits on Thursday, which it attributed to its deal to supply chips for Microsoft's Xbox games console. [08 Aug 2003]
PC shipments continue to slide
News IDC said it does not expect a rebound in corporate or consumer sales until the beginning of 2003. Karine Paoli, EMEA PC expertise centre manager for IDC, said: "The SME market is responding well, but we see no strong growth in corporate sales until... [22 Apr 2002]
SCO profits turn up heat in Linux legal battle
News Third-quarter sales totalled $20.1m, up from $15.4m a year ago. In its financial statements, SCO accounts for legal bills under costs of sales. The company said profits were $3.1m during its fiscal third quarter ended 31 July, compared with a loss... [15 Aug 2003]
Laptop sales lift Apple earnings
News Although notebook sales were strong, sales of the iMac dropped substantially from the prior quarter and a year ago. The education market - a key area for Apple - also continues to be weak, with sales down 14 per cent from a year ago, although... [17 Apr 2003]
Microsoft server unit turns in quarterly loss
News Microsoft's two other main units - the client business, which includes desktop versions of Windows, and the information worker unit, which includes Office sales - posted narrow improvements in their profits from a year ago. [09 Feb 2004]
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