5 posts and columns on Fortune 100

It's Business Time for Apple's iPad

in News on February 14, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Though there’s no dedicated salesforce selling it in the enterprise market, Apple’s iPad has gained significant traction there. Since its debut, more than 65 percent of the Fortune 100 have deployed or piloted the device. If Apple’s not pushing the iPad into the enterprise market, how is it getting there?
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Former Northrop Grumman CEO Joins Apple Board

in News on November 17, 2010 at 7:10 am PT

Here’s a worthy addition to Apple’s board of directors: Ronald Sugar, former chairman and CEO of Northrop Grumman.

Apple’s Insanely Great Quarter: 3.05  Million Macs, 7.4 million iPhones Sold

in News on October 19, 2009 at 1:37 pm PT

Apple’s September quarter saw, among other things, the release of Snow Leopard, the latest upgrade to its OS X operating system and the first public appearance of CEO Steve Jobs, who’d been on a medical leave of absence for a liver transplant. It was also the first full period since the company launched the iPhone 3GS in late June. No wonder it was a blowout quarter.
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MySpace Welcomes Media Link (and Wenda Millard!): The Complete Internal Memo

in Media on August 20, 2009 at 12:55 pm PT

As Kara Swisher just reported, News Corp.’s MySpace has hired media consulting firm Media Link, along with Media Link President Wenda Harris Millard, to overhaul the social network’s sales group. Here’s the complete internal memo from CEO Owen Van Natta, which describes Millard’s position as head of the ad sales group as an “interim” one, and announces that former sales boss Jeff Berman is out.

iPhone Undermining Microsoft in Enterprise?

in News on August 7, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Microsoft best get Windows Mobile 7 to market, and soon, because its delay may be causing the company to lose traction in the enterprise market. In a note to clients Thursday, UBS Securities analyst Maynard Um noted that Apple’s iPhone is making some inroads in the enterprise space and that they’re coming at Microsoft’s expense.
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