IT SECTOR

For the first time the news came as early as August, but only at the end of September, it seems, have begun to take seriously. The company Siemens is going to go out of business for the production of computers, sold its share in the joint venture Fujitsu Siemens Computers. One of the buyers may be China's Lenovo. As a result, the market will disappear one of the last European computer brands. German group Siemens plans to exit the business of manufacturing computers, sold its share in the joint with a Japanese company Fujitsu enterprise. In doing so, it is a company Fujitsu has a preferential right to purchase shares in Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC), which was founded 9 years ago. But, interestingly, Fujitsu does not burning desire to buy share of Siemens. According to the President Fujitsu Kuniaki Nodzoe, production of mobile phones his company is now considering a more profitable business. In his view, using the phone company can reach in overseas markets better than engaging...

Are held last summer days. That's about to come autumn, and with it - and the long-awaited revitalization of the global IT-business. But then, perhaps, is caution against excessive optimism. Analysts company Gartner noted that the weakening world economy soon may force consumers to buy fewer electronics. In the coming months is expected to reduce the widespread sales of computer equipment that will affect the rapidly producing microchips. Until this year, sales of PCs and mobile phones kept at a high level thanks to developing markets (China, India, Russia, South America), which is heated by industry. But at Gartner believe that soon, and in these countries will be felt the impact of global economic crisis. In March this year, experts forecast by Gartner changed the overall production of chips, taking into account the decline in the prices of memory and the deterioration of the global economy. Thus, if the previously expected annual profit growth in IT-industry stood at 6.2%, but n...

The world's leading IT-company together published their reports on the work in II quarter of this year. Reports really impressed by your humble servant. And in the first place - its contradictory. As if single market trends disappeared altogether, and famous brands operate on the principle of "those in the forest who firewood". The most dramatic situation is from the producers of mobile devices. Initially, the company Nokia announced that the results of its work in II quarter of 2008 were "generally positive". The company sent a retailer 122 million phones - a 21% more than in II quarter of 2007, and by 6% more than in the current quarter I. According to experts the company, Nokia now controls about 40% of the world market - a 2% higher than a year earlier, and by 1% more than the quarter ago. In general, there is steady growth - without breakthroughs and derogations. In doing so, a Finnish company, despite the pressure of competitors, has managed to retain posi...

Neither one month is not without costing a landmark event. In January, in my view, such an event was the conclusion of a strategic alliance between corporations Sun Microsystems and Intel. As part of this alliance will advance the Intel operating system Solaris, and Sun is include in its product range servers level enterprises, telecommunications servers and workstations based on Intel Xeon processors. The agreement covers products such as Solaris , Java software and NetBeans, Intel Xeon processors, as well as Intel and other technology Sun-level enterprises. Actually, in 2007 - m Intel threw a major force in the development of new technologies. In particular, the continued building of new factories for the production of 45 nm chips - is Fab 32 in Arizona (investments 3 billion USD) and the factory in the Israeli town of Kiryat Ghad (3.5 billion USD). Although personally, I remember the story with more advertising Intel. Recall campaign for dual processor Core 2 Duo Corporation has ord...

In December of this becoming evident many trends that will surely guide the IT industry in 2008. They now and I will try to focus. I will start with the most intriguing - with the global expansion of China's Lenovo Corporation. Asia's largest PC manufacturer Lenovo is preparing to challenge the leadership of Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Dell and Toshiba. China is planning to build the first factory in Europe, the absorption of European companies, as well as work directly with the end-users. Chapter Lenovo William Amelio commented on these plans so: "Winning the European market was for a long time too difficult for us. Meanwhile, there is growing business. Special encouraging German market, where the proportion of Lenovo in a short time increased by 5%. " After the acquisition of computer units in 2005, IBM Lenovo breathes in his neck competitor Acer Taiwan. Rivals fight for the third place on the list of the largest producers of computers - after HP and Dell. Today, the ba...

Since the actual beginning in Europe and the USA season Christmas / New Year holidays flow of business news from the IT industry immediately dropped to a very small pond. Because our business review at this time would be markedly less than normal. However, a few noteworthy news, I have managed to find. The Chinese company Lenovo to Build Plant in Poland - in Legnitskoy special economic zone. The new production of a total area of 30,000 m2 will be launched in the third quarter of next year and will employ 1000 people. It is anticipated that the plant in Poland will issue two million computers a year. This is the fifth consecutive plant, the company announced earlier this year. In addition to Poland, the new Lenovo will enterprises in Shanghai, in North Carolina (USA), in the Mexican Monterrey and in the Indian city of Baddi. However, I will say to you, the trend. A little earlier indicated their intention to build a factory in Poland to collect notebooks Acer Taiwan company said. Acer p...