In the first quarter of 2013, IDC expected a 7% year on year slump in the PC sector.
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June 13 - News
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) was one of the tech darlings of the 1990’s. The stock rose 69,230% from its public offering in February of 1990 through 12/31/1999.
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June 13 - News
Two primary options exist for companies that want to grow or fend off competitors. They can move into new markets or acquire other companies.
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June 12 - News
Yesterday's jitters have carried through to today's market session.
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June 12 - News
With more devices connecting to the Internet than people living on Earth, it's easy to see why cloud computing is drawing attention.
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June 12 - News
A lack of positive economic data and nervous investors don't make a great mix.
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June 12 - News
What's it going to take for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) to take its former position as the leader of technology breakthroughs? Several areas that the company is currently...
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June 11 - News
By Christmas time, the wait will be over.
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June 11 - News
Last year I noted the market researchers at IDC were saying big data technology and services would grow from a rather mundane $3 billion cottage industry in 2010 to almost $17...
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June 11 - News
Health care is hot these days. Hospital stocks are sizzling. Pharmaceutical shares are soaring. But there's another way to ride the health care wave.
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June 10 - News
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) started up in 1911, which makes it the world's oldest computer company. Today, it operates in more than 170 countries.
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June 10 - News
In today's world where companies are buried in information, enterprise content management (ECM) systems are seen as a must for serious businesses.
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June 10 - News
Sometimes, it’s good to be smaller than your competition because you can grow at a faster pace and impress investors.
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June 10 - News
Billionaire Jim Simons founded Renaissance Technologies ("RenTech"), his private investment firm, in 1982.
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June 7 - Hedge Funds
By Christmas time, the wait will be over.
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June 7 - News
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)'s new fourth generation Core processors (Haswell) included low power Systems on Chip (SOCs) that are being used in thin tablets without fans...
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June 7 - News
Cloud-computing stocks often have sky-high valuations now.
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June 6 - News
When International Business Machines Corp.
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June 6 - News
To the untrained eye, there are plenty of facts and figures for International Business Machines Corp.
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June 6 - News
Private employers added 135,000 jobs in May -- fewer than expected -- and that is probably what's weighing on stocks this morning.
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June 5 - News
Editor's Note: The initial paragraph references IBM's PC business. IBM sold off their PC business to Lenovo in 2005.
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June 4 - News
Down go the markets on renewed fears over an end to quantitative easing.
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June 4 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) have gained the respect of investors around the world not just because of their status as high-quality blue-chip companies that...
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June 4 - News
When I entered college, the laundry machines in the basement of my dorm building would send you an email when your laundry was done.
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June 4 - News
Billionaire Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B), the famed value investor, uses a strategy of discipline and patience.
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June 3 - Hedge Funds
At first glance, International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) appear very different.
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June 3 - News
Splunk Inc (NASDAQ:SPLK) shares took a 4% nosedive when the report was published, because its revenues came in strong but earnings were merely adequate.
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June 3 - News
Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY) was in 17 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the first quarter of 2013. CRAY has seen a decrease in hedge fund interest of late.
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May 31 - News
So this morning, I ran across a Forbes article that concluded that business is becoming deprived by technology.
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May 30 - News
The mighty Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) was founded in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.
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May 30 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are dozens of methods investors can use to analyze publicly traded companies.
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May 30 - News
In 1999, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) spent less than $200,000 to lobby Washington.
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May 30 - News
Information technology giant International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is a Dow component and industry stalwart. International Business Machines Corp.
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May 30 - News
Supercomputers are no more just things from sci-fi films. They are increasingly becoming a part of our everyday life. Each day, huge amounts of data are produced.
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May 30 - News
With competition in the smartphone arena heating up even more, there have been some interesting movements among competitors both large and small that could cause some pressure...
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May 29 - News
With personal wealth in excess of $1.5 billion, billionaire Louis Bacon, founder of Moore Capital, manages more than $15 billion.
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May 29 - Hedge Funds
It’s been an unusual earnings season so far. The market has kept moving higher even though many tech companies have warned.
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May 28 - News
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has been in the news a lot recently. Once a pioneer in PC and printing technology, the company has fallen on hard times.
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May 28 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is making inroads in a key market, and at the rate its going, longtime stalwarts including Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) and International...
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May 28 - News
Apparently, Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR) doesn't want to be held accountable for the results of its bad decisions.
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May 28 - News
The shares are knocking on the door of $1,000. The market cap takes an increasingly large bite out of the total NASDAQ, and is now at nearly $290 billion.
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May 28 - News
Exactly 36 years after it was created, the Dow Jones Industrial Average made a number of great changes -- or changes that would have been great, if the Dow's overseers had stuck...
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May 28 - News
When you stack up Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) stock against two of its rivals in the international "business process outsourcing" industry -- Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN) and ...
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May 28 - News
A few decades ago, in theaters everywhere, the first Star Wars film wowed audiences for the very first time.
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May 28 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Bill Gates has a great track record of anticipating computing trends.
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May 28 - News
Not surprisingly, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman sprinkled the recently announced Q2 earnings report with a host of niceties.
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May 24 - News
Is Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) a marvelous investment right now? The best stock pickers are becoming less hopeful.
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May 23 - News
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) was in 47 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March. HPQ investors should be aware of a decrease in hedge fund interest in recent months.
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May 23 - News
Fear has held the Dow Jones Industrial Average back today after international markets were hammered overnight.
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May 23 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), QUALCOMM, Inc.
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May 23 - News