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PCMs Dog IBM for Share of 3380 Business Despite IBM's dominant position in the high-capacity storage system business, a number of plug-compatible drive manufacturers are looking for a chink in [...]

Corporate Users Stall on PS/2 Decisions, Buy Older PC-Compatibles The proprietary architecture of IBM's Personal System/2 has split the corporate market for personal computers in two, as major customers, unwilling [...]

IBM Revamps Line With Four New PCs NEW YORK - IBM last week revamped its pesonal computer line, bringing out four new models topped by a 32-bit 80386-based machine, in [...]

Low-End Market Emerges at $2K Threshold Laser Printers The growth of the desktop publishing market is broadening the applications base for laser printers, and the competitive rush is creating a [...]

Lithography Sys. Suppliers Press to Meet Submicron Alignment Demands Suppliers of lithography systems are pushing to meet the demands of the semiconductor industry for stringent alignment and overlay parameters as [...]

Tools of The Trade In his first brush with a graphical environment, Lowell Denning estimates he spent 25 to 50 hours writing the introductory 'Hello World' screen, a developer's standard […]

Dynamit Buys Grace Stake in Joint Venture Dynamit Nobel Silicon has bought out the one-third interest held by W.R. Grace & Co. in its silicon facility here for about $10.8 […]

Recession, Mktg. Missteps, Exec Exodus Impact GCA BEDFORD, Mass. -- The resignations of GCA Corp. executive officers Milton Greenberg and Richard Stewart from their operation posts (EN, Feb. 17) cap […]

After languishing through severely depressed sales for the last half of 1985, suppliers of semiconductor production equipment are preparing for another dry spell, at least until mid-1986, as semiconductor overcapacity […]

NORWALK, Conn. -- Perkin-Elmer Corp. last week agreed to form a joint venture with Citizen Watch of Japan to manufacture its semiconductor production equipment line for the Far Eastern markets. […]

The article focuses on the marketing initiatives taken by several women executives. It states that the day when woman executive Judy Berei joined Novartis flagship pain relief brand, Excerdin, the product's manufacturing sites were closed and it was recalled from the market, and Berei's efforts recovered 88 percent business of Excerdin. It discusses the innovative retail business started by Rachel Shechtma and mentions the GoldieBlox toy firm opened by Debbie Sterling.

The article discusses five trends which are defining e-mail as an effective tool for marketers, focusing on the efforts to gain consumers' attention, big data, and cross-channel marketing. Consultant Nancy Shaver and the targeting of consumers are mentioned, along with responsive design and the attitudes of e-mail marketers. Social media, news delivery via e-mail, and information about the Internet and mobile apps are also mentioned.

IBM Cuts Tag on PS/2 Model 60 RYE BROOK, N.Y. -- IBM has cut the price of its 4-month-old Personal System/2 Model 60 by $500 as part of a promotional [...]

Telex Target Of $1.2B Bid NEW YORK -- A group headed by investor Asher Edelman last week launched a $1.2 billion takeover bid for Telex Corp., but as of late [...]

The move toward increased specialization within the test and measurement market is forcing instrument rental companies to reconsider their perceptions of the business, and realign their bying and stocking habits [...]

1st OS/2 Lacks Key Features; Software Developers Wary IBM last week pushed up delivery of OS/2 to December as promised, but its lack of key features such as a graphical [...]

9 Drive Mfrs. Form Group To End Tariff Nine leading U.S. disk drive suppliers last week banded together to form a pressure group for repeal of a 3.9 per cent [...]

IBM Alters Mid-Range Strategy Brings Out Low-End S/36 While Cutting S/38 Tags IBM last week restructured the point of entry to its System/36 computer line, essentially replacing the System/36 PC [...]

Compaq Adds New '386 PC Arch. Compaq Computer Corp. last week put forth its initial response to IBM's Personal System/2 by coming out with a new system architecture for its [...]

Top stories of '88 1988 proved to be a year that defied definition. The year of correction? Maybe. Dealers and vendors felt the pressure of consolidation. A whole new set […]

IBM throws service force into store channel battles LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Comong on the heels of its joint sales calls with dealers, IBM is putting the finishing touches on […]

Egghead keeps focus on success ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Focus. That is a term Egghead president Victor Alhadeff uses nearly as often as he does 'egg' words. Focused growth. Focused markets. [...]

Trade Sanctions, Shrinking Stocks in U.S. Blunt Japan MicroCPU Thrust As the punitive trade sanctions against Japanese microcomputer suppliers enter their sixth month, most of the affected vendors have reached [...]

H-P programs shift accent from direct to dealer channels PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard, still trying to garner a position for its pcs in the channel, last week came up […]

Egghead ties expansion to office product superstore BOTHEL, Wash.--Egghead will piggyback a significant portion of its expansion over the next 18 months on the growth plans of Workplace, an office [...]

IBM may revamp quotas ATLANTA -- IBM is pondering additional changes in its quota/incentive programs, responding to dealer criticism that the current policy is causing resellers to accumulate too much […]

Burroughs To Sell Piece Of Memorex Burroughs Corp. last week agreed to divest the merchant portion of Memorex to the management of the subsidiary's internationl operations for $550 million, but [...]

Burroughs Moves to Meld Sperry Storage, Memorex Burroughs Corp. has brought in the second ranking executive of its Memorex subsidiary to coordinate the merger of Sperry's peripherals businesses, it was [...]

NEW YORK -- The recent Army award to GCA Corp. to develop an advanced wafer stepper for the VHSIC program underscores Defense Department dissatisfaction with direct-write electron beam lithography, which [...]

IBM Assures Analysts of PS/2 Success NEW YORK -- IBM last week defended the acceptance of its Personal System/2, claiming its PC division would post record revenues this quarter due [...]

New PC Price Levels Emerging NEW YORK -- A new level of personal computer pricing has emerged as a number of suppliers of IBM-compatible machines have dropped tags in an [...]

Semicon Gear Firms Race to Field New-Generation Etch, Deposition Systems Semiconductor equipment suppliers are racing to make available a new generation of etching and deposition systems capable of meeting the [...]

NEW YORK -- GCA and Perkin-Elmer/Censor are expected to share two impending orders for up to 60 5:1 wafer steppers from IBM for its East Fishkill, N.Y., and Burlington, Vt., [...]

Lithography systems capable of handling submicron VLSI geometrics are drawing suppliers of wafer steppers into a game of one-upmanship in line resolution to meet the futuristic requirements of impatient device [...]

NORWALK, Conn. -- James Conway, senior vice-president and general manager of Perkin-Elmer's Semiconductor Equipment group, resigned last week in a policy dispute with Horace McDonnell, chairman and chief executive of [...]