Computer Industry Report articles from February 1992

Computer Industry Report archives from February 1992

Apple Computer Inc.
February 14, 1992... Apple management discussed several of the company's more notable (and less publicized) achievements of the last 24 months. Among them are a reduction in time-to-market for systems products from 30 months to 12 months. In addition, QuickTime...

Borland International. (Brief Article)
February 14, 1992... In the approximately 100 days since the Ashton-Tate takeover, Borland's primary focus has been consolidation. It has integrated the two disparate database lines, completed organization changes, and consolidated physical plants. The new...

Computer Sciences Corporation. (Brief Article)
February 14, 1992... The company's recent efforts at diversification away from a business mix overly dependent on the federal government have been largely successful. Since 1986 CSC's U.S. commercial and international lines of business have grown by 22.6% and...

Dell Computer.
February 14, 1992... Dell Computer attributes its success to an efficient distribution system, the ability to deliver high-quality value-added services, ability to get products to market quickly, and to building brand-name momentum. The company's strategy is to...

Digital Equipment Corp. (Brief Article)
February 14, 1992... Management positioned Digital as "the company that's going to try to make open systems work." Digital's problem can be highlighted by one simple fact: in 1991 it shipped 40% more MIPS than in 1990 . . . for approximately 7% less revenue. The...

Microsoft Corporation. (Brief Article)
February 14, 1992... Management expects all three versions (PC, SC, MP) of the R4000 microprocessor to ship in the first quarter of 1992. The company expects the R4000 to achieve 100 specmarks by the end of 1992 by increasing cache sizes and process technology...

MIPS Computer. (MIPS Computer Systems Inc.) (Brief Article)
February 14, 1992... Few companies in the computer industry can describe such a rosy financial picture as Microsoft. It came as no surprise, then, that Microsoft's management focused on the company's financial results, and did not feel obliged to discuss business...

Novell.
February 14, 1992... The company's radical shift from hardware and software supplier to network operating system supplier only is largely complete. Five years ago, revenue was derived 50% from hardware and 50% from software. Now, only 2% comes from hardware. The...

Oracle Corporation.
February 14, 1992... Management believes that while Oracle has made a substantial comeback from the negative momentum the company accrued in 1990, it still has at least two quarters to go before it is fully recovered. Oracle is still fixing some of the business...

Silicon Graphics. (Brief Article)
February 14, 1992... Silicon Graphics' goal is to become the technology of choice in large corporations around the world. The company identifies four areas: visual computing (licensed Graphics Library, Explorer and Codevision products), multiprocessing (shipping...

Sun Microsystems.
February 14, 1992... Sun's management strongly believes that the recent reorganization of the company has been a success. The move was a result of management's frustration with managing a "big wad of business" without the ability to "rifle shoot" problems. It is...

Sybase.
February 14, 1992... Sybase management believes that distributed on-line client/server RDBMS's are the fastest-growing portion of the RDBMS marekt. With business decisions now made "in the executive suite, and not in the labs anymore" the company is positioning...

Tandem Computers. (Brief Article)
February 14, 1992... Approximately 85% of Tandem's current hardware sales are derived from the proprietary Guardian line. The remainder is derived from Unix-based systems. Most recently, the company has seen very strong U.S. sales, while sales in Japan have been...

Texas Instruments. (Brief Article)
February 14, 1992... TI's major restructuring has been completed, while the company is continuing a minor cost containment program. The restructuring has brought about a new focus on differentiated products, from CASE and CAD/CAM to its microprocessor business....

The dis-integration continuum. (Editorial)
February 14, 1992... Is it mere coincidence that the majority of the companies presenting at last week's Goldman Sachs Technology Symposium are already well positioned on the IDC dis-integration chart (see the Gary Sheet 27:4, December 6, 1991, page 3)? We suppose...

1992 U.S. IT spending outlook: more optimism than 1991. (information technology) (includes related articles)
February 28, 1992... Once again, the U.S. IT industry perseveres in a weak economy. Expanding roughly at the rate of inflation, the IS community plans to sustain its commitment to information technology through conservative spending practices and cautions new...