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Lessons learned from Microsoft’s Q2 2015 Earnings Report

In the aftermath of Microsoft's Q2 FY 2015 earnings conference call and webcast, it is clear a number of well respected Wall Street Analysts--including Rick Sherlund of Nomura Securities--have re-calibrated their future earnings expectations for the company. Sherlund now has a "hold" on the stock...

Ira Michael Blonder
4 years ago

Intel brings to market 5th generation CORE processors

On the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), 2015, Intel® introduced its line of 5th generation CORE™, "Broadwell", processors. These new additions include the CORE m processor, which was introduced in early December, 2014, and is notable as a first in consumer grade 14 nm c...

Ira Michael Blonder
4 years ago

Let’s not underestimate the importance of hybrid cloud computing to Microsoft’s recent successful business quarter

During Microsoft's recent Q1 2015 earning conference call, Brent Thill of UBS asked a question at the start of the analyst Q&A. This question provided Satya Nadella with an opportunity to present something about the importance of hybrid cloud computing to Microsoft's success for the quarter. ...

Ira Michael Blonder
5 years ago

Google’s earnings for the latest quarter miss analyst estimates, leading to some negative sentiment on the long term health of its ad business

On Thursday, October 16, 2014, Google reported earnings after markets here in the US closed. Fiscal performance for the latest quarter failed to meet analyst expectations, for both sales and net income. A lot of business writers produced copy on the topic of whether or not Google's performance fo...

Ira Michael Blonder
5 years ago

Google continues to challenge sensible technical product marketing principles to what end?

In an interview with Bloomberg TV's Market Makers show, which was recorded on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, Eric Schmidt echoed what should now be considered a familiar position held by most mature ISVs. On the topic of product marketing, he noted Google's interest in working with people looking...

Ira Michael Blonder
5 years ago

New Product Introductions, Hosted by Big Tech Businesses, as a Genre of Marketing Communications Event, Need a Makeover

Mature ISVs, including Microsoft, Apple, Google, Oracle, and Salesforce.com, to mention merely a few of the most prominent businesses in this industry segment, have made a habit of hosting new product exhibitions on a quarterly, or semi-annual basis. One of the usual objectives of this genre of c...

Ira Michael Blonder
5 years ago

Blackberry is Turning Around, But at a Slower Pace Than Previously Expected

Blackberry reported on earnings for the first quarter of fy 2015 on Thursday, June 19, 2014. As reported on the MobileWorldLive web site, John Chen, CEO, mentioned a likely return to profitability in fy 2016. But the pace of improvement is much slower than expected, based on management comments f...

Ira Michael Blonder
5 years ago

NVIDIA’s Notebook Gaming Business Grew by more than 50%, CAGR for the past three years

During the first few moments of NVIDIA's Q1 fy 2015 Earnings Conference Call, Chris Evendon, who heads Investor Relations for NVIDIA reported the company had achieved better than 50% CAGR for "the last 3 years" for NVIDIA's notebook gaming products. Mr. Evendon also claimed NVIDIA has grown its m...

Ira Michael Blonder
5 years ago

Apple Apparently Plans on Acquiring Beats Electronics

According to an article written by Ryan Faughnder and Chris O'Brien, titled Apple may be buying Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, which was published on the LA Times web site on the evening of May 8, 2014, on May 8, 2014, the Financial Times published a report of talks between Apple and Beats E...

Ira Michael Blonder
5 years ago

Gartner Releases Its First Quarter, 2014 IT Spending Forecast

On March 27, 2014, Gartner, Inc. published a press release announcing public availability of its 1Q14 IT Spending Forecast. The release mentioned some report findings: The top end market for "mobile phones" (Gartner's term) continues to contract, while most of the growth in overall users is to be...

Ira Michael Blonder
5 years ago