... king over IBM's PC business in 2005. After it became a top player in the industry, Lenovo quickly realized that the market was contracting. Today, Microsoft and Sony are also faced with the problem of ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... the route IBM's Deep Blue used to famously beat former world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. "It was just an incredible game," DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis told reporters. Until AlphaGo's vi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
... ered with IBM and gave up the unused funding but ATP still threatened to shut it down. Prof. Josh Lerner cited this story as an instance of punishing a promising start-up for its success. Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-05
... likes of IBM have declined. Once allies, they fell out after Google launched its own Android mobile operating system in 2008. Alphabet's stock has surged 43 percent in the past year. -- Contact us a ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-03
China's worsening air pollution can only mean one thing for two of the world's largest technology firms -- big business. IBM and Microsoft, are vying to tap the nascent, fast-growing market for foreca ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-29
... (#4, +11%)IBM (#5, -10%)Toyota (#6, +16%)Samsung (#7, 0%)GE (#8, -7%)McDonald’s (#9, -6%)Amazon (#10, +29%) Top Risers Facebook (#23, +54%)Apple (#1, +43%)Amazon (#10, +29%)Hermès (#41, +22%)Nissan (# ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... eals with IBM Cisco Systems Inc., two of the biggest technology suppliers to businesses. Apple said the iPad Pro will start at US$799 with 32 gigabytes of memory. The tablet, which comes in silver, go ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-10
... s include IBM (IBM.US), Cisco (CSCO.US) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.US), though sources say the chances of such a bid are slim. By comparison, I expect that top executives at Lenovo and Unigroup are prob ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
... em. While IBM Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. could theoretically be potential suitors for EMC, which has a market capitalization of US$53.6 billion, the chances of them challenging ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... ook Inc., IBM and Microsoft Corp., has resisted any moves by the government to weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers' privacy. The decision to back away fr ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... including IBM, Google and Ericsson. The court said Safe Harbour did not sufficiently protect EU citizens' personal data since the requirements of American national security, public interest and law en ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-07
... ility and IBM ’s x86 server unit—even as the global PC market continues to contract and China’s smartphone market grows saturated, the newspaper said. The company reported a net profit of US$105 milli ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
IBM has reported a fall in sales for the 13th consecutive quarter, BBC News reported Tuesday. The world's largest technology services company said revenue fell 13.5 percent to US$20.8 billion, while n ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... leader at IBM Research, said the Internet of Things has shifted from hype to the "accelerated development phase". Today, IBM estimates 90 percent of data generated by devices like smartphones, tablets ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... sition of IBM's personal computer business in 2004 was seen as a bold move with high risks. Liu recalls that Yang Yuanqing, current chairman and chief executive of Lenovo Group, was the key person in ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-01
... nies like IBM (IBM.US) have fretted for much of the past year over the new Beijing requirements and have complained that the rules unfairly discriminate against foreign companies. But the fact of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... ook Inc., IBM and Microsoft Corp., fired the latest salvo in what is shaping up to be a long fight over government access to smart phones and other digital devices. The Obama administration and the FB ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
