As a result, the Enterprise segment should command a much higher multiple than implied by the proposed transaction value.
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As for the enterprise segment, Moskowitz says the company could lose share due to both technology shifts and improving competition.
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Samsung plans to increase its North American smartphone sales by 25% this year and it seems clear that enhancements to SAFE and the enterprise segment will play a key role in hitting that objective.
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Although enterprise routers remain the single largest profit driver for Cisco, we note that the service provider router segment (including both edge and core routers) does generate a combined profitability beyond the individual contribution from the enterprise segment.
On top of this, Research in Motion is expected to launch its PlayBook tablet in March 2011, and could leverage its dominant position in the enterprise segment to accelerate penetration of the tablet market (See Can RIM Leverage its Enterprise Market Presence to Lift Tablet Sales?).
Only a small segment of enterprise users will continue to stay on the traditional keyboard model out of habit.
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The key for SanDisk in this segment will be enterprise SSD demand, which is being fueled by the movement towards the cloud.
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The enterprise value is arguably less than what the Time Warner segment is worth on its own.
We plan to refocus on the enterprise business and capitalize on our leading position in this segment.
Arguably, the enterprise value is less than what the non-online segment, Time Warner, is worth on its own.
Executives explained their 1997 merger as a necessary move to smooth out the cyclicality of revenues and returns in each segment of the aerospace market by creating an enterprise with substantial presence in both segments.
It seems reasonable that Rackspace will have the most appeal to SMBs because of the value proposition of outsourced and scalable IT functionality, but this segment is more vulnerable to economy swings than larger enterprise customers.
Its enterprise multiple of 11 is a tad less than the oil-service segment's median of 12.
With respect to the company's divisions, personal systems, printing, enterprise, services and software have each taken a hit from the previous year, with HP's financial services segment being the only unit to show growth (despite the fact that financing volume is also down).
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