http://enterpriseinnovator.com/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:02:03 -0500 editor@technologyinnovator.com http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16519&sectionID=5 When meetings are necessary, we can make them both useful and efficient, advises Pat Brans. By clarifying the purpose of the meeting, establishing who's in charge, and following some straightforward... Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:01 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16604&sectionID=5 For the third time in two years, HP has filed a lawsuit to stop a former employee from going to work with Cisco – in one case, almost half a... Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:20:57 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16608&sectionID=269 The NPD Group on Tuesday offered a picture of how tablets that are not Apple's iPad are faring in the market in the U.S., revealing that Hewlett-Packard's $99 fire sale... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:44:50 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16607&sectionID=269 HP’s TouchPad fire-sale scored the company the second place in US tablet sales, market stats have shown, with the $99 webOS slate edging ahead of Samsung’s entire Galaxy Tab line-up.... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:34:46 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16606&sectionID=269 U.S. tablet sales, excluding iPad sales, soared to more than 1.2 million units sold from January through October and brought in $415 million in revenue at retail, according to leading... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:27:56 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16601&sectionID=269 Commentary: Whitman should follow Apotheker’s plan. Based on the latest quarterly numbers reported by Hewlett-Packard on Monday, the company’s operating margin trends support the strategy put forth by ousted former... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:38:41 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16600&sectionID=269 Value players believe Hewlett Packard is a gem, but our money flow signals still have it as a dog of the Dow. Will HPQ finally bounce up enough to exit... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:30:03 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16599&sectionID=5 HP CEO Meg Whitman is calling 2012 a “reset and rebuilding year” after earnings. Though the company won’t put a number on it, they plan to make a substantial investment... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:28:04 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16598&sectionID=5 On yesterday’s quarterly earnings conference call with analysts, Meg Whitman, making her first appearance on an earnings call as CEO, sent what at first seemed an unambiguous signal about HP’s... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:25:38 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16597&sectionID=5 Meg Whitman, the Queen of Mellow? Professional dramaphobe? That's what you might believe after digesting coverage of Hewlett-Packard's earnings, released Monday. They were terrible--no surprise--but what jumped out at keen... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:23:08 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16596&sectionID=5 Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2011 Hewlett-Packard Earnings Conference Call. My name is Amicia, and I will be your operator for today. As... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:02:25 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16577&sectionID=269 Global PC shipments to reach 415 million for 2011. Canalys has announced that it expects Apple to overtake HP to become the leading global PC vendor before the second half... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:38:05 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16570&sectionID=269 Something big is cooking in portable TV in the US – possibly the equivalent of a Hulu (in that it is owned by content owners), but from a bunch of... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:22:34 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16545&sectionID=269 A sharp slowdown in spending due to continuing economic chaos will cause revenue growth in the global consumer electronics (CE) market to fall short of growth expectations by more than... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:44:18 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16605&sectionID=5 HP has described the Oracle filing as a "desperate delay tactic." Hewlett-Packard has secretly contracted with Intel to keep making Itanium processors so that HP can maintain the appearance that... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:23:23 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16543&sectionID=5 HP has announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2011: Fiscal 2011 non-GAAP net revenue of $127.4 billion, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:39:06 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16534&sectionID=5 Options activity is brisk on Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) today, as traders position themselves ahead of tonight’s fourth-quarter earnings report. Wall Street is expecting the Dow Jones Industrial Average component to... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:02:07 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16578&sectionID=269 Pad shipments fuel growth, with Apple staying dominant, but Amazon will challenge. Canalys today announced that Q3 2011 worldwide PC shipment volumes showed healthy year-on-year growth of 18%. The proliferation... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:45:17 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16556&sectionID=269 After more than 30 years of domination by a single microarchitecture—Intel Corp.’s X86—the PC microprocessor (MPU) market finally is set for some real competition, with shipments of ARM processors set... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:02:46 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16546&sectionID=269 Amazon’s Kindle Fire media tablet carries a BOM cost of $185.60, according to preliminary findings from the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. When manufacturing services expenses are added, the cost... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:45:36 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16532&sectionID=269 Analysis: CEO is making changes, but brace for company intrigue. ... So far, Whitman has played her card(s) right, and investors seem to love the former eBay Inc. chief and... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:30:52 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16539&sectionID=5 The HP board of directors has declared a regular cash dividend of 12 cents per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend, the first in HP’s fiscal year 2012,... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:21:25 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16536&sectionID=5 I started the week with a column about IBM, so it's only fitting that I end the week with a piece about a company I like to call IBM Lite.... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:05:47 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16569&sectionID=269 The world’s major WiFi chip makers go green at the mention of the name Quantenna. Not only has it already upset the established WiFi order of things by adopting the... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:21:06 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16553&sectionID=269 An unusually large decline of nearly 5 percent in the pricing of TV panels caused by anemic demand helped drive down overall prices of large-sized liquid crystal display (LCD) panels... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:56:50 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16547&sectionID=269 Booming shipments of ultrabooks during the next four years will shake up various semiconductor markets, boosting the prospects for sensors as well as power and analog semiconductors, but decreasing the... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:48:53 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16518&sectionID=5 Here are our rules for keeping on top of your inbox One of the most powerful notions on personal productivity came about well before the information age. The mantra, ‘touch... Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:00:47 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16568&sectionID=269 In the week that the microprocessor turns 40, its inventor Intel is besieged by ARM-based rivals in the biggest growth market for the chips, mobile devices. Its highest hopes rest... Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:19:08 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16567&sectionID=269 The enthusiasm with which mobile operators have embraced data offload to Wi-Fi, as a way to ease the strain on their creaking 3G networks, often obscures the fact that what... Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:16:15 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16552&sectionID=269 After serving more than 120 years as the dominant projection format in movie theaters, the reign of celluloid 35mm will come to an end in two short months when the... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:55:44 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16551&sectionID=269 Driven by near-universal support among mobile network operators, the next-generation 4G wireless standard known as long term evolution (LTE) will enjoy stratospheric growth during the next few years, allowing the... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:54:46 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16530&sectionID=5 For soldiers, smart phones have already begun to unleash torrents of ingenuity, with some designing new soldier-friendly applications, such as links to the video feed of the base security camera.... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:02:48 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16530&sectionID=25 For soldiers, smart phones have already begun to unleash torrents of ingenuity, with some designing new soldier-friendly applications, such as links to the video feed of the base security camera.... Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:02:48 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16550&sectionID=269 By offering a complete television solution that seamlessly integrates the three key elements of display, user interface—and most importantly content—Apple Inc. has the opportunity to develop a lucrative new business... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:53:49 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16531&sectionID=25 A great posting by Adam Elkus on his fascinating Rethinking Security blog; here are the first couple of propositions... 1. Most of what is described as cyberwar is not “war”... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:26:58 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16486&sectionID=269 In life, Steve Jobs’ vision gave Apple Inc. a commanding lead over the competition. But after his death, it will be Jobs’ skills as a manager—specifically whether he built an... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:42:53 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16517&sectionID=269 The convoluted history of Carphone Warehouse, which rose from a UK garage to become Europe’s largest independent mobile phone retailer and a significant triple play service provider, has taken another... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:43:34 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16516&sectionID=269 Beneath the fog of fluctuating exchange rates and some little local difficulties, the round of Q3 results confirm Latin America’s status as an emerging pay TV powerhouse with big aggregate... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:41:19 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16507&sectionID=269 In 1995, a young Harvard Business School Professor co-authored an article in Harvard Business Review, "Disruptive Technology: Catching the Wave." He and his co-author proposed a new causal mechanism that... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:04:16 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16549&sectionID=269 The onset of the U.S. National Football League (NFL) season propelled higher sales of large-sized flat panel televisions in October, pushing up overall TV prices in the United States by... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:52:52 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16515&sectionID=269 In the escalating smartphone patent wars, the main headlines have centered on the new mobile powerhouses, as they apply their huge software and web IPR arsenals to the handset world.... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:38:24 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16514&sectionID=269 The victory of HTML5 as the dominant mobile platform became inevitable last year or even earlier, but still looked as though it would be a gradual process. However, its progress... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:32:37 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16548&sectionID=269 Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) in 2010 was the undisputed champion of a critical electronics market that generates copious growth—but garners little attention: the industrial electronics semiconductor space, according to a... Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:49:46 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16480&sectionID=269 Average DRAM content this year in notebook computers is projected to amount 4.0 gigabytes (GB) per device—a decline from the originally more optimistic forecast of 4.2GB. The new lower forecast... Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:27:27 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16529&sectionID=5 A funny thing happened, though, in the last few years. Big companies started buying Apple products — a lot of them — for their employees. The iPad and iPhone have... Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:58:32 -0500 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16479&sectionID=5 Numerous semiconductor suppliers headquartered around the world maintain assembly and test operations in Thailand. Many of these facilities have been affected by the disaster. Although the worst of the flooding... Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:12:57 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16579&sectionID=269 A steller performance from Samsung sees it become the world's number one vendor. Canalys has released its Q3 2011 country-level smart phone shipment estimates to clients, revealing that HTC has... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:47:14 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16580&sectionID=269 Analyst firm strengthens international presence with new smart phone and netpad analysis services for China. Canalys has announced the opening of its office in Shanghai, China, as well as new... Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:48:47 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16478&sectionID=5 The catastrophic flooding in Thailand is affecting the production of several key end products, electronic parts and subsystems—most notably automobiles, car components, cameras, analog and discrete semiconductors, and hard disk... Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:08:52 -0400 http://enterpriseinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=16372&sectionID=5 This weekend, we’ve been blogging live from the 2011 Ascend National Convention, “Competing in a Borderless World” at the Hilton. Ascend is a non-profit professional association dedicated to enabling its... Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:09:28 -0400