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Computers

Share Prices

NSE share prices as on May 15, 2007

Sales and Market Share

Source: IDC's India Quarterly PC Tracker, 4Q 2006, February 2007 Preliminary release (idcindia.com)

56. HCL Info Declares Third Interim – May 02

HCL Revenue increases by 5%

HCL Infosystem reported revenues of Rs 8,747 crore during the nine months, a growth of 5% over the previous period.

Source: The Hindu

57. PC Sales Up 28% As People Lap Up More Notebooks – May 02

PC sales rise by 28%

India's personal computer sales – desktops and notebooks – witnessed a 28% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth to touch 1.39 million units in October-December 2006. According to the quarterly industry performance review (for Q3 FY’07) by hardware association MAIT, the notebook sales touched 1,95,000 units, recording 56% growth over Q3 in 2005-‘06, on the back of price cuts and the additional benefit of mobility and space management.

Source: The Economic Times

Trends, Marketing Initiatives and Others

58. IBM Opens Goa Operations – April 19

IBM starts operations in Goa

IBM India has started its operations in Goa, as a part of its plan to enter 14 new Indian cities, to work closely with small and medium businesses (SMBs) throughout the country. “There is an untapped market here to help these businesses gain a competitive edge and catch up with their larger counterparts", said Ramesh Narasimhan, Director – Global SMB, IBM India.

Source: The Hindu Business Line

Product Launches

59. Dell Unveils Three Notebooks – May 11

On May 10, 2007, Dell introduced three new notebooks aimed at the corporate sector. The ‘Latitude' range of notebooks has been built keeping in mind customers' demand for better mobility experience with longer battery life, increased performance and better connectivity.

60. New Centrino Tech For Laptops Launched – May 10

On May 09, 2007, Intel launched the latest generation of technology for its laptops, Intel Centrino Pro and Duo, which are targeted at the business and consumer segments.

61. LG Electronics' Desktops With Finger-Print Access Soon – May 07

LG Electronic is planning to launch its new range of PC desktop, X-Protect, with fingerprint access, which will have built in data security and access by the end of May 2007.

62. H-P Printing Solutions For Kochi – May 05

In Kochi, Hewlett-Packard (HP) unveiled 12 personal printing solutions, including the world's fastest photo printer, HP's first touch screen printer and the consumer-friendly Photosmart Express interface that makes printing easier and faster.

63. Self-Healing Computers From HCL– April 27

By using Embedded Continuity and Control (EC2) technology, HCL introduced, self-healing computers, laptops that can recover lost data in less than a minute on April 27, 2007.

64. TVS-E Launches New Dot Matrix Printer – April 26

TVS Electronics (TVS-E) Ltd, one of the country’s largest manufacturers of computer peripherals, has launched a new dot matrix printer – PRO VX 3810, priced at Rs 7,500.

65. Saitek To Launch Its Products In India – April 25

In association with Abhinav Futuristics Ltd, Saitek, the German PC peripheral and gaming hardware major, will launch its audio products, PC input devices and PC gaming controllers in the Indian market.

66. Fujitsu, Sun Micro Unveil Co-Developed Servers – April 19

Fujitsu Ltd and Sun Microsystems Inc introduced a new line-up of co-developed servers that will be jointly manufactured by both the companies in the US, Japan and UK. The new servers are based on the SPARC (R) architecture and running the Solaris (TM) 10 operating system (OS) and are the fastest SPARC servers.

67. H-P Unveils New Printer Line With Edgeline Technology – April 17

Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest printer manufacturer, has launched CM8060 and CM8050 series multifunction printers which are based on the proprietary Edgeline technology on April 16, 2007.

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