-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Virtualization can't save Q1 profits for Citrix
,----[ Quote ]
| Citrix kept pretty tight control on costs, chopping across the board, but
| booked $20.7m relating to the restructuring it announced at the end of
| January, that would see it cut 10 per cent of its 4,600-strong workforce.
| This obviously took a bite out of profits in the quarter, and drove net
| income down by 80 per cent to $6.93m.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| [...]
|
| This puts pressure on revenues and profits for the XenServer products even as
| the installed base grows, which it is doing and will continue to do, thanks
| in large part to the Microsoft partnership and the need for IT departments to
| get more efficient and flexible.
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/30/citrix_q12009_numbers/
OQO might be dead
,----[ Quote ]
| WE'VE RECEIVED an email from a well placed source who said that OQO's last
| chance at flogging itself off seems destined to fail.
|
| [...]
|
| Last week the outfit ran out of cash and was looking for a white knight. The
| week before pre-orders of the OQO Model 2+ Ultramobile PC (UMPC) were
| cancelled after OQO was unable to commit to a ship date. OQO is in such dire
| financial shape that it has even halted repair and warranty services too.
`----
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/995/1051995/oqo-dead
They should have gone with Linux.
Recent:
Microsoft ditches Live Search product upload tool
,----[ Quote ]
| The firm confirmed to users that the tool, which was used by retailers to get
| their products into Microsoft’s search database, had been discontinued late
| last week.
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/27/microsoft_live_search_product_upload/
Microsoft cuts CSR spend across Europe
,----[ Quote ]
| Across Europe and the UK, it is thought as much as a quarter of Microsoft’s
| citizenship PR spend is being shelved. Similar cuts have been made in Asia,
| while a source said pullbacks in global and US budgets were ‘imminent’.
`----
http://www.prweek.com/uk/sectors/publicsector/article/900492/microsoft-cuts-csr-spend-across-europe/
Microsoft calls off summer picnic, cites need to reduce expenses
,----[ Quote ]
| "The big reason is to pay attention to costs," said Lou Gellos, a Microsoft
| spokesman.
`----
http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_calls_off_summer_picnic_cites_ongoing_need_to_cut_costs_43646927.html
Microsoft Cancels 2009 BI Conference, Schedules It For Every Two Years
,----[ Quote ]
| Citing the recession and cutbacks in travel budgets, Microsoft has canceled
| this year's October Microsoft BI Conference, according to a posting on the
| company's Web site blog.
`----
http://www.crn.com/software/217000139;jsessionid=CNK2VEB0UQI3SQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN
Microsoft Origami site to fold by end of April
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft’s Origami campaign came in for both praise and criticism, and while
| they can’t claim to entirely control the UMPC (or subsequent MID) markets
| they’ve were at least initially responsible for promoting ultramobile PCs.
| Now Microsoft have decided to shut down their official Origami project site,
| three years after it was founded.
`----
http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-origami-site-to-fold-by-end-of-april-2041282/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAkn7XxQACgkQU4xAY3RXLo5ljwCgienZlkXwQG/r2y+7R4D6Lgp0
+fYAnAxLCPQgW/Wz7W7t28h/slWPXynx
=Yv7i
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
