Marc Ferranti

IDG News Service

Ferranti is a reporter for the IDG News Service.

marc_ferranti@idg.com

Recent articles by Ferranti

iPhone activation woes hit early buyers
Jul. 11, 2008
Some of the first people in the U.S. to purchase the iPhone 3G walked out of an Apple Store in New York disappointed Friday when Apple's plan to activate the new devices in stores backfired.

Wall Street Beat: IT slumps in first half
Jul. 03, 2008
As the U.S. markets take a break for the long Independence Day weekend, economic worries and a disastrous June on the markets are battering shares of high-fliers including Apple, Google and Amazon, underscoring concerns ...

Wall Street Beat: Oracle, RIM caution weighs on tech
Jun. 26, 2008
In a tumultuous week on the markets, the big news for the tech sector was Research in Motion falling short of Wall Street's first-quarter expectations, and Oracle's caution about the current quarter.

Wall Street Beat: Small M&A deals flourish
Jun. 19, 2008
While the overall value of mergers and acquisitions in the tech sector will likely decline this year, this week illustrates how strategic, and sometimes smaller, deals are still important for the sector, as BMC, SAP, ...

Wall Street Beat: All eyes on Apple, Yahoo
Jun. 12, 2008
Yahoo and Apple announcements overshadowed all other tech events this week for IT investors. Apple's iPhone 2.0 launch raised mobile and consumer market issues, while the breakdown of talks between Yahoo and Microsoft ...

Wall Street Beat: M&A stirs tech as share prices rise
Jun. 05, 2008
Good news about the U.S. economy gave a boost to the tech sector this week, but mergers and acquisitions news including Verizon Wireless' US$28 billion acquisition of Alltel also helped pique IT investor interest.

BULLETIN: Verizon Wireless to acquire Alltel
Jun. 05, 2008
Verizon Wireless announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Alltel for US$5.9 billion, plus the assumption of debt, in a deal that will create the biggest mobile phone company in the U.S.

Wall Street Beat: Dell, chips under the spotlight
May. 29, 2008
Dell earnings, chip market growth and new U.S. government figures for economic growth came under the scrutiny of IT investors this week as tech-vendor shares struggle to get out of the trough they hit during the first ...

iPhone activation woes hit early buyers
Jul. 11, 2008
Some of the first people in the U.S. to purchase the iPhone 3G walked out of an Apple Store in New York disappointed Friday when Apple's plan to activate the new devices in stores backfired.

iPhone activation woes hit early buyers
Jul. 11, 2008
Some of the first people in the U.S. to purchase the iPhone 3G walked out of an Apple Store in New York disappointed Friday when Apple's plan to activate the new devices in stores backfired.

Wall Street Beat: Salesforce, HP weigh in as tech steadies
May. 22, 2008
Solid earnings from Salesforce.com and Hewlett-Packard helped investor confidence in the tech arena this week, as talks between Microsoft and Yahoo suggest that the Internet sector will be reshaped.

Wall Street Beat: M&A stirs 'trendless market'
May. 15, 2008
Merger and acquisition news this week from Hewlett-Packard, EDS, Comcast, Plaxo, CBS and CNET -- along with Carl Icahn's battle to get a Yahoo-Microsoft deal back on track -- stoked IT investor excitement and vendor ...

Wall Street Beat: Mixed earnings, M&A news hit IT
May. 08, 2008
After a slow climb during the height of a generally positive earnings season, the IT-heavy Nasdaq hit turbulence this week, with a mixed earnings report from Cisco, and merger and acquisition news and rumors involving ...

Wall Street Beat: Earnings, data buoy tech stocks
May. 01, 2008
Positive earnings news this week from vendors including Symantec, Adobe and Comcast, along with macroeconomic news, continued to buoy spirits of IT investors at the tail end of a better-than-expected earnings season for ...

Wall Street Beat: Strong earnings cheer IT investors
Apr. 24, 2008
Though Microsoft results were mixed, quarterly financial reports over the past few days from a broad range of vendors including Apple, Yahoo, and Sybase are helping to ease concerns of IT investors.

Wall Street Beat: Google, IBM, Intel lift gloom
Apr. 17, 2008
Quarterly earnings from IBM, Intel and Google are allaying some of the worst fears of IT investors facing a U.S. economic slowdown.

Wall Street Beat: M&A, chips and online news ease IT worries
Apr. 10, 2008
Mergers and acquisitions involving tech bellwethers like Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL and EMC, as well as upbeat reports on the online and chip sectors, helped take the edge off IT investors' nerves this week as they await a ...

Wall Street Beat: IT gets hammered in Q1
Apr. 03, 2008
The worst quarter for tech stocks in five-and-a-half years has ended, but even though mobile technology and spending news sparked some hope this week, IT investors can't breathe a sigh of relief yet.

Wall Street Beat: Oracle, Google weigh on tech stocks
Mar. 27, 2008
Concerns about Oracle earnings and Google's ad business added to the usual worries about the economy this week, as Motorola's plan to split up sparked some enthusiasm among company watchers.

M&A news dominates market turmoil
Mar. 21, 2008
Merger and acquisition sagas involving Yahoo, 3Com, and Iomega grabbed the attention of IT investors this week as economic news took tech companies on a turbulent market ride.

Wall Street Beat: IT slumps in first half
Jul. 03, 2008
As the U.S. markets take a break for the long Independence Day weekend, economic worries and a disastrous June on the markets are battering shares of high-fliers including Apple, Google and Amazon, underscoring concerns ...

Wall Street Beat: Oracle, RIM caution weighs on tech
Jun. 26, 2008
In a tumultuous week on the markets, the big news for the tech sector was Research in Motion falling short of Wall Street's first-quarter expectations, and Oracle's caution about the current quarter.

Wall Street Beat: IT M&A provides opportunities
Mar. 13, 2008
Though many tech vendors are suffering as the widening U.S. financial crisis slows down consumer and business spending, IT mergers and acquisitions including bellwethers such as Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Electronic Arts ...

Wall Street Beat: Despite gloom, confidence remains
Mar. 06, 2008
Despite disturbing reports about consumer spending and lower margins on key technology products, IT industry insiders continue to have faith in longer-term prospects for bellwether companies like Intel, Apple and Cisco.

Wall Street Beat: Net, telecom sectors spook IT investors
Feb. 28, 2008
Worrying news about Google, Sprint and Nortel this week scared off investors in the 'Net and telecom sectors, as Dell results underscored a possible consumer spending slowdown.