revenue and profit
Yahoo! profits dip - yet claims 'strong' Q2
News Investors punished Google last week for its financial results because its profit, though not its revenue, was lower than analysts expected. a deal under which top rival Google will supply search ads and as much as $800m in new revenue, a major... [23 Jul 2008]
Real-Time Contact Centers Build Customer Intimacy and Improve Profitability
White Paper Companies seeking a competitive edge must convert their reactive, cost-oriented contact centers into predictive, revenue generating, real-time profit centers. Use it as a guide to realize departmental benefits and raise your profile in your... [23 Jul 2008]
Record Mac sales give Apple stellar quarter
News For the company's third fiscal quarter, which ended June 28, Apple reported $7.46bn in revenue and net profit of $1.07bn, equal to $1.19 per share. The company said to expect $7.8bn in revenue and earnings per share of $1, while analysts were... [22 Jul 2008]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News TCS' profit was up just two per cent to $296m - lower than the 55 per cent rise for the same period in 2007. The country's big three outsourcers Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro experienced slow revenue or income growth in their... [18 Jul 2008]
Grid Computing: Accelerating the Search for Revenue and Profit for Financial Markets
White Paper The Grid approach offer financial markets firms the opportunity to start small and grow. Until the widespread availability of native Grid applications, Grid and Web services can be utilized to Grid-enable key functions of an application or... [03 Jul 2008]
3G Convergence and Microwave Backhaul
White Paper It also means new opportunities for revenue growth with emerging data service offerings at higher profit margins compared to voice services. For wireless and wire-line carriers it means consolidating networks (converged) into a single network... [03 Jul 2008]
Empowered Branch: Make Your Branch Office as Productive as Headquarters
White Paper Because branch-office employees, by nature, tend to be either customer-facing or operations-oriented, branch offices play a vital role in revenue generation and profit making for every organization. In today's business environment, branch offices... [02 Jul 2008]
Identified Customer and Pricing Initiatives to Drive Growth and Drive Business Results
White Paper A food wholesaler conducted a study to identify pricing, account management and revenue optimization strategies to improve profit and growth. This national food wholesaler wanted a thorough, strategic examination of customer pricing, account... [01 Jul 2008]
RIM quarter profits up
News RIM posted a profit outlook yesterday that fell short of analyst expectations, sending its shares eight per cent lower - even as the maker of the BlackBerry smart phone posted quarterly profits that more than doubled. [26 Jun 2008]
Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News Dell investors are likely to be pleasantly surprised by profit reports this quarter. The PC maker reported its first-quarter profits yesterday, with revenue of $16bn, a 9 per cent improvement from a year ago, and earnings of 38 cents per share, a... [30 May 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment There's no doubt the mobile industry is becoming more crowded and more complicated, even as turning a profit becomes more of a challenge - not least in the current economic downturn. Compare that with the two per cent organic revenue growth of Big... [29 May 2008]
Will consumers always want free banking?
Comment They expect to make a profit on interest rate margins and cross-selling of other products such as loans and insurance. Profit-based pricing is a relatively new concept for financial services, and banks can adopt the specialised applications needed... [12 May 2008]
Apple profits up thanks to Mac, iPhone and iPod
News Apple yesterday posted a 36 per cent rise in quarterly profit, helped by strong sales of Mac computers, iPod players and iPhones, but its profit margin and cautious outlook disappointed investors. Shares of Apple fell one per cent after the company... [24 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned
News Excluding one-time items and stock compensation costs, the beleaguered internet company reported a profit of $150m, or 11 cents per share. posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver the outstanding results its... [23 Apr 2008]
Microsoft Sharpens Its Forecasting With Office PerformancePoint Server 2007
White Paper Microsoft produces a financial performance forecast nine times a year, with three quarterly forecasts looking at revenue and profit/loss, and the rest focusing only on revenue. This requires Microsoft's corporate office to consolidate each month... [16 Apr 2008]
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