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Does RIM See The Gap in iPhone?s Defenses?
Sramana Mitra submits: Yesterday, Research In Motion Limited RIMM, a world leader in the mobile communications market reported a strong fourth quarter that beat estimates driven by the success of its BlackBerry Storm, which initially had some technical problems in its release in Q3. Q4 revenue...
Tags: Gadgets, Sramana Mitra, Apple Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.
External links 2009-04-03
NVIDIA Struggles Without Losing Focus on Innovation
Sramana Mitra submits: On Tuesday, NVIDIA, the leading graphics chip maker, reported its results for the fourth quarter 2009 and fiscal year 2009. As we saw with Intel INTC and Advanced Micro Devices AMD last month, demand has been weak in the chip sector, and NVIDIA NVDA has...
Tags: Chip, Sramana Mitra, NVidia Corp.
External links 2009-02-12
More SaaS: SuccessFactors Steady, Concur Cautious
Sramana Mitra submits: On Tuesday, we saw how the SaaS sector is doing well, with RightNow RNOW achieving profitability and Omniture OMTR going strong. In this post, we’ll analyze the results of SuccessFactors and Concur. On Monday, SuccessFactors (NASDAQ: SFSF), a leading SaaS company for performance and talent...
Tags: Software, Sramana Mitra, Concur Technologies
External links 2009-02-11
The Times at Time Warner
Sramana Mitra submits: Continuing our coverage of media & entertainment results, here is a quick analysis of Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) Q4 results, which were announced on Wednesday. Like Disney DIS, Time Warner reported earnings much lower than the Street’s expectations and despite some bright spots (CNN, HBO); the...
Tags: Media, Sramana Mitra, Time Warner Inc.
External links 2009-02-06
Disney Should Go Shopping
Sramana Mitra submits: On Tuesday, the $38 billion entertainment and media giant, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), announced depressing Q1 results. It was the first major U.S. media company to report results for the quarter. Revenue of $9.6 billion was short of the Street’s expectations of $10.0...
Tags: Media, Sramana Mitra, The Walt Disney Co.
External links 2009-02-05
Symantec Soars Amidst Sustained Market Strain
Sramana Mitra submits: On January 28, Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s largest maker of security software, announced rather impressive Q3 results that sent its stock surging 6%. With revenue of $1.54 billion, the company reported growth of 1% over the previous year and met the Street’s revenue...
Tags: Software, Sramana Mitra, Symantec Corp.
External links 2009-02-04
Qualcomm Awaiting Switch to Digital TV
Sramana Mitra submits: On Thursday, Qualcomm QCOM, one of the top semiconductor companies with annual revenue of $11.14 billion in 2008, reported mixed results for its first quarter as profits plunged 56% due to continued losses in financial investments as markets worsened. Q109 revenue grew 3% y-o-y...
Tags: Telecom, Sramana Mitra, Qualcomm Inc.
External links 2009-02-01
Smartphones Driving at AT&T, Verizon
Sramana Mitra submits: This week, the U.S. Telecom industry’s leading providers, AT&T T and Verizon VZ, reported their results. Let’s take a closer look as these carriers’ performances as they are a telling indication of the health of the industry in the wake of the tough economic conditions. ...
Tags: Telecom, Sramana Mitra, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc.
External links 2009-01-30
EMC Cautious
Sramana Mitra submits: EMC EMC, the $23.4 billion storage technology company, announced its Q4 earnings on Wednesday. Revenues for the quarter came in at $4.02 billion, growing 5% over the year, with non-GAAP EPS of $0.32. The current quarter ended EMC’s run of 21 consecutive quarters of double-digit revenue...
Tags: Hardware, Sramana Mitra, EMC Corp.
External links 2009-01-30
Yahoo Looks Forward With Bartz
Sramana Mitra submits: Eight days after Carol Bartz became the CEO of Yahoo! YHOO she has already needed to defend the company’s lackluster Q4 results, which were in stark contrast to its competitor Google’s impressive performance. Q4 revenue of $1.806 billion was in line with the market’s expectations...
Tags: Internet, Sramana Mitra, Yahoo! Inc.
External links 2009-01-29
Anxious Advanced Micro Devices
Sramana Mitra submits: On January 22, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) reported disappointing Q4 and fiscal year 2008 results, with a ninth straight quarterly loss that was wider than expected. Already reeling under internal problems, the economic crisis is not just the straw, but is also the rock...
Tags: Chip, Sramana Mitra, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
External links 2009-01-28
Nervous Nokia
Sramana Mitra submits: On January 22, Nokia NOK reported fourth quarter results that missed analyst estimates due to weak consumer spending, currency volatility and credit tightness. Nokia had earlier warned that it is experiencing weak demand, but the actual impact of the dismal global economy was far greater than...
Tags: Gadgets, Sramana Mitra, Nokia Corp.
External links 2009-01-27
Why Google Needs to Tighten Up
Sramana Mitra submits: Google’s GOOG Q4 earnings, reported yesterday, exceeded market expectations. Revenue of $5.7 billion grew 18% over the year and 4% sequentially. EPS of $5.10 represented 15% annual growth and 4% quarterly growth. The market was expecting revenue of $5.6 billion and EPS of $4.95. Profits, however,...
Tags: Internet, Sramana Mitra, Google Inc.
External links 2009-01-23
Microsoft Needs Cleaning Up
Sramana Mitra submits: Microsoft’s MSFT woes continued this quarter as was evident from their Q2 results announced yesterday see earnings call transcript. Q2 revenue of $16.6 billion recorded annual growth of only 1% and sequential growth of 10%. The market was looking for revenue of $17.1 billion. EPS...
Tags: Software, Sramana Mitra, Microsoft Corp.
External links 2009-01-23
eBay Worsening
Sramana Mitra submits: Previous quarters’ doubts about eBay’s Q4 performance weren’t unfounded, as was evident in the company’s results that were announced on Wednesday. eBay’s EBAY CEO, John Donahoe, called himself “frustrated” with the previous year’s user experience and search improvement initiatives failing to translate to much higher revenue...
Tags: Internet, Sramana Mitra, eBay Inc.
External links 2009-01-23
Apple Beats Estimates
Sramana Mitra submits: On Wednesday, Apple AAPL reported strong first quarter results that were driven by strong Mac sales and better-than-expected iPod sales. After IBM’s results this week, it is now Apple’s turn to beat analyst estimates and its guidance of last quarter. As usual, its outlook was short...
Tags: Gadgets, Sramana Mitra, Apple Inc.
External links 2009-01-23
IBM’s Robust Performance Persists
Sramana Mitra submits: On Tuesday, IBM (NYSE: IBM), the world’s leading computer services provider, yet again reported strong earnings for its fourth quarter that beat analyst expectations. Amidst the gloomy market conditions, its upbeat outlook brought some cheer. For the full fiscal year 2008, IBM reported revenue of...
Tags: Hardware, Sramana Mitra, IBM Corp.
External links 2009-01-22
Amazon’s Impressive Trajectory
Sramana Mitra submits: In a season where so many companies are reporting disappointing results, Amazon AMZN managed to surpass the Street’s expectations in its recently announced Q4 results. And this week, it launched the new Kindle, part of an effort to scale the long-stalling e-Books reader market, after kicking...
Tags: Internet, Sramana Mitra, Amazon.com Inc.
External links 2009-02-13
Good News From Netflix
Sramana Mitra submits: Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) does not seem to be affected by the recession, at least going by its Q4 results that were announced on January 26. The company’s stock rose 16% to $34.82 after the results announcement. It had crashed to a record low of $17.90 in...
Tags: Media, Sramana Mitra, NetFlix Inc.
External links 2009-02-15
ADP Reports Layoff Details
Sramana Mitra submits: On February 4, in its latest ADP employment report, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP) reported a loss of 522,000 jobs in the private sector. Then, on February 6, the U.S. Labor Department reported that nonfarm payrolls plunged 598,000 in January, the largest drop in 34...
Tags: Software, Sramana Mitra, Automatic Data Processing Inc.
External links 2009-02-17