3 posts and columns on Katherine Egbert

Microsoft to Launch Zune Phone in Two Months?

in News on January 19, 2010 at 8:28 am PT

Microsoft has long claimed that its mobile strategy is to provide a software solution, not devices. So it’s intriguing to learn that talk of the company’s long-rumored “Pink” phone project has started up again. In a note to clients today, Jefferies & Company analyst Katherine Egbert claims that Redmond is gearing up to launch a “a Zune-like phone” based on Windows Mobile 7 in the next two months.
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IT Spending: Jefferies Sees Signs Of Hope

in News on October 13, 2009 at 1:00 am PT

Is corporate IT spending showing signs of life? Jefferies enterprise software analyst Katherine Egbert thinks so. She issued about a flurry of research notes today, saying various nice things about the improving climate, lifting targets and estimates for an assortment of stocks.

My Bing-a-Ling

in News on May 26, 2009 at 11:51 am PT

What’s in a name? Apparently, the answer to Microsoft’s many search problems. As we previously reported, the software behemoth plans to debut its new search service at our D: All Things Digital conference later this week, and when it does it may have a new name. Reports claim that Microsoft Live Search, once known as Windows Live Search, and prior to that as MSN Search, will henceforth be known as… Bing.
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