deal architect (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Larry Dignan is reporting from Gartner ITxpo in Orlando. Last night, Peter Sondergaard said "The worst case is that IT budgets will be down 2.5 percent." Today, Jorge Lopez paints a much more depressing view including using the depressing Depression...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: The technology budget is on the skids. The business types don’t quite get IT (and by the way you don’t get them either). And amid all this turmoil, all you have to do is keep your infrastructure humming and solve the 25 most contentious business-technology issues by the first half of 2009. Boy, those Gartner folks can paint quite a picture. Complete Story...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Gartner has revised its 2009 IT budget prognostications, a move that isn’t surprising, but the firm’s projections could be a lot worse. Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president of research at Gartner, outlined the research group’s new projections in his opening keynote at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando ( all posts and the firm’s Twitter feed )....
Between the Lines (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Hiner: Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about blowing up the wireless business model Larry Dignan: Gartner’s CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or worse) Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week Ed Bott: Six money-saving secrets to help [...]
Between the Lines (Free subscription) | yesterday
October 12th, 2008 Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:30 pmCategories:, , , Tags:, , , , , , MySpace on Monday will unveil a targeted ad platform called MyAds, a beta designed to enable smaller advertisers to use its HyperTargeting technology.HyperTargeting is the MySpace platform used by its larger advertisers. With MyAds, MySpace is trying to tap into smaller advertisers that can be used to...
On Our Radar Today (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Entellium ’s lost millions ZDNet - 46 minutes ago Larry Dignan outlines the main points of the Entellium fraud. Regardless of the final outcome, there are three glaring questions: How did the CFO and CEO ...
ZD Net Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Larry Dignan outlines the main points of the Entellium fraud. Regardless of the final outcome, there are three glaring questions: How did the CFO and CEO overstate revenues across THREE financial years by a factor of four to five times without someone noticing the obvious problem of accumulated receivables not being extinguished by incoming cash? What level of due diligence was undertaken...
SeekingAlpha Internet Stocks (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Amazon (AMZN) said Thursday that it will cut prices on its Simple Storage Service ((S3)) and offer more volume discounts. The pricing, which goes into effect on Nov. 1, may reflect that Amazon is looking to grab share as competition from Microsoft (MSFT) and others is about to heat up. Meanwhile, the volume discounts and tiered pricing will appeal to enterprises....
Between the Lines (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but… Times are officially tough: Sequoia says so Matthew Miller: RIM announces BlackBerry Storm with responsive touch screen display Andrew Nusca: Is the [...]
SeekingAlpha CE Stocks (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Research in Motion (RIMM) has launched its Storm touch handheld, and it is critical to the company’s long-term plans. RIM, along with Vodafone (VOD) and Verizon (VZ) Wireless, launched the Storm on Wednesday.. The phone, a rival to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 3G, signals a product barrage for the company. On RIM’s last earnings call , co-CEO Jim Balsillie talked...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Teenagers just love their Apple gear as the iPhone and iPod widen their lead among this fickle set. According to a Piper Jaffray report Apple is dominating teenagers’ buying patterns. Complete Story »
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Internet ad revenue surged in the first half of 2008, up 15.2 percent to $11.5 billion compared to a year ago, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Unfortunately, that duo left their crystal balls at home when it comes to the second half outlook. Simply put, knowing what happened to online ad revenue in the first...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: [[AMD]] said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. AMD will also receive a capital infusion from Mubadala Development Company, which will wind up owning more than 19 percent of Intel’s smaller rival. When the dealing is done in early 2009, AMD will become a chip...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: [[SAP]] said Monday its business fell off in September as the company warned that its third quarter wouldn’t meet its previous targets as a broad swath of customers delayed information technology projects. In contrast to SAP’s upbeat outlook in July, the company in a statement said it expects software and software related revenue to be between 1.97 billion...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Larry Dignan ( ZDNet ) submits: Yahoo’s (YHOO) search advertising deal with Google (GOOG), which is expected to increase the company’s ability to monetize its Web pages, has been delayed to give the Department of Justice more time to evaluate it. This Google-Yahoo partnership has raised hackles from Microsoft (MSFT) as well as others, but the larger question is what happens to if the...
