We study the incentives of complementors producers of complementary products to cooperate vs. compete and how these interact. In a system of complements, like the PC, the value of the final product depends on how well the different components work together. This, in turn, depends on the firms' investment in...
Santa Clara, Calif.--Former Macintosh clone maker Power Computing today will join the "other" side as it unveils its first Wintel machine: a laptop computer based on the new Tillamook portable microprocessor from Intel.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 4, 1995--According to the International Data Corp. IDC report, The Opportunities and Cost for the Macintosh Market, the Macintosh market is more manageable and more profitable than Wintel and is also forecasted to expand over the next five years.
Mountain View, Calif.--As part of a defensive move against "Wintel," Silicon Graphics, Inc. SGI has revamped its product line. The company will this week roll out a number of new systems, ranging from high-performance servers to deskside products to low-cost desktop workstations based on new architectures.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 10, 1997--Intergraph today announced the first shipments of its Map Publisher software for Microsoft Windows NTR and WindowsR 95.
LONDON--BUSINESS WIRE--March 30, 1998--Eidos Technologies, a leading software developer for digital video solutions, today reinforced its development commitment for standards-compliant creative software tools by releasing ESCAPE VideoStudio Version 2.1 with QuickTime 3.0 support.
IRVINE, Calif. -- Q4bis, an innovative and feature-packed business intelligence BI software solution provider has been selected by Key Information Systems, Inc. (www.keyinfo.com), a leading IT systems integrator with status as an IBM Premier Business Partner and Microsoft Certified Partner, as their solutions provider for business intelligence BI software. This...
Silicon Graphics Inc. Chairman Rick Belluzzo traveled to New York last week to announce a new direction for the financially struggling supplier of graphics workstation and video servers. As sales of SGI's UNIX-based graphics workstations that run Silicon Graphics Inc. Chairman Rick...
EMBEDDED-DRAM PIONEER NeoMagic made its first fortune with notebook-PC-graphics chips, but the company exited that business once competition got fierce, profit margins disappeared, and discrete memory chips became ridiculously inexpensive (see &quo EMBEDDED-DRAM PIONEER NeoMagic made its first fortune with notebook-PC-graphics chips, but...
Based on Intel processors and Windows NT, two new workstations from Silicon Graphics Inc. are targeting a broad range of applications. For example: CAD/CAM, simulation-based acquisition and scientific analysis, and Internet Web site development. Mode Based on Intel processors and Windows NT, two new workstations from...
A data acquisition and control system powered by the AMB 64-bit Opteron processor and running atop the Linux operating system could hold great interest for manufacturers seeking to manage their plants on the basis of real time information. Th ...
HOUSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 9, 1997--Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ), the world's leading provider of PCs and servers, today announced that it outpaced the competition with record market share gains in the U.S. during the third quarter. According to International Data Corporation IDC, a leading industry research firm, number one Compaq held...
Ivory extends mainframe SOA support to non-conventional interfaces and applications ATLANTA -- GT Software (www.gtsoftware.com), the leading provider of rapid SOA development solutions that leverage mainframe resources, today announced release 4.0 of Ivory Service Architect, expanding Ivory's legendary support of composite business services to virtually...
How computers work, 9th ed. White, Ron. Que Publishing 2008 452 pages $34.99 Paperback How it works series QA76.5 A former columnist for PC Computing updates his explanations of the basics of...
Fujitsu Canada, Inc. today announced it hasestablished itself as the clear Wintel laptop leader for reliability andcustomer satisfaction, according to PC Magazine's 20th annual ReaderSatisfaction Survey. For the fourth year in a row, Fujitsu scoredsignificantly better than average in overall satisfaction, reliability, andlikelihood of recommending, and this year received the...
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation todayannounced it has established itself as the clear Wintel laptop leader forreliability and customer satisfaction, according to PC Magazine's 20thannual Reader Satisfaction Survey. For the fourth year in a row, Fujitsuscored significantly better than average in overall satisfaction,reliability, and likelihood of recommending, and this year received...
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Goldleaf Financial Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: GFSI), a provider of integrated technology-based solutions designed to improve the performance of financial institutions, today announced that Woodland Park, Colo.-based Park State Bank & Trust with more than $97 million in assets and two locations in the Ute...