IBM Business Remix Boosts Earnings

This week, IBM (NYSE:IBM) reported fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 results that beat estimates. Although it was modest, IBM did record slight revenue growth in the fourth quarter after more than a year of no growth. The company’s focus on software and services has helped it to boost its earnings. 

Infosys Moves Beyond Body Shopping

In a recent discussion of Accenture, I talked about the recovery in the IT services and consulting space, which was driven by small and medium-sized deals in application maintenance and development, infrastructure outsourcing, risk management, data analytics, cost cutting, and business process outsourcing (BPO). The recovery seems to continue, judging from recent results. On January

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Intel Demonstrates Low-Power Smartphone Platform At CES

At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel formally launched 27 new processors produced with the 32 nanometer process technology. It also demonstrated the LG GW990, a smartphone built with the company’s yet-to-be-released Atom Moorestown platform.

Baidu, Alibaba.com, Smiling At Google’s Stance

On January 13, Google announced that it is considering shutting down its Chinese operations if it cannot reach an agreement with the Chinese government over censorship policies; Google wants to run its search engine without filtering results, which it is required to do under Chinese law. Google also said that it has been the target of cyber

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RealNetworks Banking On Facebook And iPhone For Growth

Seattle-based RealNetworks, Inc., (NASDAQ:RNWK) provides digital media services and software, including the popular media player RealPlayer, online radio, the music service Rhapsody and RealArcade. The company also offers the Helix Server technologies to mobile service providers and communication companies, software and services that include applications for the iPhone and Facebook, videos and music on-demand, ring

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Red Hat And NetApp Beat Estimates

The strong results from storage and data management solutions provider NetApp, with annual revenue of $3.4 billion, and Red Hat, the open source giant with annual revenue of $652.6 million, reflect the improving market conditions and the fact that IT spending is easing up.

Dolby Needs A 4K Solution

It is not just the great three-dimensional sound effects in “Avatar” where you will hear the Dolby effect. Dolby today is everywhere, as part of, fittingly enough, its Dolby Everywhere campaign for Web-connected TVs, Blu-ray movie players, PCs, smartphones, set-top boxes, and game consoles. Let’s take a closer look at the company’s performance.

LeapFrog Positions For The Future

The global toy market was around $78.09 billion in 2008. Sixty-five percent of the toy business comes from ten countries, with North America contributing 30% and Europe 29% of global sales. Asia’s contribution was 27% in 2008. The United States is the largest market for toys with sales of $21.7 billion. The toy market is

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