They come to that conclusion presumably because revenue from the sale of Sun hardware has declined since the acquisition, and they lock on to that opinion in spite of the fact that Oracle executives at the time of the deal said they were going to eliminate unprofitable hardware products, low-value hardware products, and no-future hardware products in spite of the inevitable revenue impacts.
FORBES: Why Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Is So Bullish on Sun Hardware
Apple do not manufacture the hardware components in it products.
It competes with IBM, EMC, NetApp, Hewlett-Packard and Hitachi Data Systems in the storage hardware market by selling products like flash drives, magneto-optical drives, magnetic tape drives and compact drives that are used for backing up data on servers.
FORBES: Oracle Has Upside In Hardware But Stock Takes Its Cues From Software Sales
With the acquisition of Sun Microsystems in January 2010, Oracle began selling hardware products and services, primarily comprising computer server and storage products.
Though you may not be aware of it, these products are found in the computing hardware you probably use every day such as PCs, smartphones and video game consoles.
They can invest in unusual hardware, develop innovative software or sell their products at a very low price.
The private company in Mountain View, California also licenses its products to hardware makers Siemens and 3Com.
The success of such products has contributed to the hardware explosion in their own right, offering up the capability of rapid prototyping in a home environment.
Given all of the excitement over the next iPhone and the possibility of an iPad Mini, it would be great news for Apple to bolster those products with such a robust roster of hardware in the fall.
It remains to be seen whether these efforts and innovations will be enough to create new paths for successful investments in hardware-only business models or whether VC investments in physical products in the IT and Energy arena will have limited interest for the foreseeable future.
FORBES: Time To Invest In Hardware And Manufacturing Startups
One big reason is that when it comes to hardware, consumers are increasingly interested in buying four different types of products: tablets, smartphones, high-definition televisions, and traditional PCs and laptops.
We expect the growth in its hardware business to be relatively sluggish initially as it phases out the low margin products while pushing its new high margin products to customers.
In the tech industry, that jargon refers to companies that control both the hardware and software of the products they sell.
FORBES: Mobile Ecosystems In Flux As HP Exits Phone, Tablet Business
Money will go towards scaling their production of hardware (built in Arizona) and building a sales and marketing team to spread the word about products.
At today's Qualcomm QRD Summit in Shenzhen, China Mobile sent its Deputy General Manager of Products Wang Hengjiang to share some hardware stats.
At today's 2013 Qualcomm China Partner Summit in Shenzhen, China Mobile sent its Deputy General Manager of Products Wang Hengjiang to share some hardware stats.
After all, by definition, those using Apple hardware are those willing to, insistent upon doing so in fact, pay premium prices for better than average products.
FORBES: How Can Apple's iRadio Pay The Record Companies More If The Royalty Rate Is Lower?
Tom's Hardware, a global publication specializing in consumer electronics, selected Optimus 4X HD as one of the most innovative products at this year's Mobile World Congress.
ENGADGET: LG's Optimus 4X HD officially making its way to European locales June 11 (update)
All MAINGEAR products are supported with lifetime labor and phone support in the US, along with one to three year hardware warranty options.
ENGADGET: Maingear fits 3-way GTX Titan graphics into (un-priced) gaming PC
NetApp is involved in designing solutions for storing, managing and protecting business data through enterprise storage and data management software as well as hardware products and services.
FORBES: NetApp Preview: Cloud Computing Demand Should Drive Results
应用推荐