Marc Ferranti - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Marc Ferranti

Article | 13/11/2010 Wall Street Beat: Cisco stirs worry, but forecasts solid

Word of slowing growth from Cisco put the brakes on the tech rally in the markets, but Lenovo results and forecasts for the mobile, online and consume...

Article | 25/09/2010 Wall Street Beat: Red Hat, Tibco and Apple lead tech charge

Red Hat, Tibco and Apple helped buoy technology investor confidence this week even as economic concerns caused volatility in the markets.

Article | 18/09/2010 Wall Street beat: Oracle, RIM renew confidence in tech

Oracle and Research In Motion earnings, Hewlett-Packard's $US1.5 billion acquisition of security vendor ArcSight and good economic news this week help...

Article | 10/09/2010 Wall Street beat: Tech fails to lead markets

Good macroeconomic news on jobs, trade and European sovereign debt is helping to buoy the markets this week in the unofficial post-Labor Day start of ...

Article | 30/07/2010 Intel wins key ruling in class-action suit

A court-appointed special master has rejected class-action status in an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, determining that the plaintiffs failed to sho...

Article | 11/06/2010 Wall Street Beat: Hardware, chip sales shine

Upbeat sales reports and forecasts continue to pour in for the PC and chip market, offering yet more evidence that economic recovery has already spurr...

Article | 28/05/2010 Wall Street Beat: IT leads market rally

Are shares of IT vendors set to rise again? Fueled by strong sales reports from Lenovo and NetApp, tech stocks led a broad market rally Thursday that ...

Article | 12/03/2010 Wall Street Beat: Nasdaq milestones offer lessons for tech

The tech sector passed two poignant market anniversaries this week on its way to what investors and vendors hope will be a sustainable recovery from t...

Article | 20/02/2010 Wall Street Beat: Tech vendors issue upbeat sales reports

Since the beginning of the year, doubts about economic recovery have sent markets on a roller-coaster ride, but the IT sector keeps plugging along, sh...

Article | 29/12/2009 Top 10 tech stories of the decade

While the computer industry in the 1990s thrived as corporations re-engineered business processes to incorporate IT, this decade has seen technology t...

Article | 9/12/2009 Top 10 technology stories of 2009

The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the slump did not curb the dynamic na...

Article | 20/11/2009 Wall Street Beat: After yearly high, doubts remain for tech

In a tumultuous week on the market, the attention of IT investors was captured by a mixed bag of acquisition activity and earnings news from the hardw...

Article | 13/11/2009 AMD, Intel settle antitrust, IP disputes

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross-license disputes between the comp...

Article | 13/11/2009 AMD, Intel settle antitrust, IP disputes

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Thursday announced that they have settled all antitrust litigation and patent cross-license disputes between the comp...

Article | 23/10/2009 Ballmer headlines global Windows 7 launch events

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage in New York Thursday, playing the role of chief salesman in a day of worldwide launch events, executive spe...