Ed Zander
Ed Zander
Edward J. Zanderis an American business executive. He was CEO and Chairman of the Board of Motorola from January 2004 until January 2008, remaining as chairman until May 2008. His work in the technology sector included management positions at Data General and Apollo Computer before joining Sun Microsystems in 1987, where he was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer and President...
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Through the MOTOFWRD competition we are inspiring rising innovators to inspire us, ... The ability to dream, to imagine the possibility, is one of the greatest assets of today's youth and this program allows the next generation of scientists, inventors and designers to show us their best.
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We've had this reinvention every five years, ... Today's success of Sun is based on the bets we made in 1995. And right now, we think we are only in year two of a 10- to 15-year network build-out.
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We are very pleased about our results, which set a record for first-quarter sales. The company continues to profitably grow revenue and market share.
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We are very pleased about our record fourth-quarter and full-year results. Motorola continues to deliver compelling products and solutions to our customers, who are embracing our vision of seamless mobility.
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We had records in low-end, mid-range and high-end servers. In fact all of these server categories grew by at least 60 percent, with some areas as high as 80 to 100 percent.
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The more we get out there, the more confident we are that users want the promises of Java. We're going to continue to drive Java with all our partners, and I think the users will vote on this one.
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This is effectively a complete reversal in market share position from two or three years ago. We expect to grow these numbers substantially when the current quarter's data is reported. IBM's reported decrease of 5 percent in hardware revenue yesterday is an early indicator.
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It proves that our strategy of focusing on enterprise network computing is paying off.
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It was a really strong quarter in every aspect. We just gave guidance 90 days ago of around 25 percent. So it's pretty remarkable that in 90 days we just upped to push to 30 percent, and that's where we want to stay right now.
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These results provide further evidence that top-line growth has returned and that further improvement in profitability can be achieved. Motorola is a company with great potential, and I'm absolutely delighted to have joined it at this important next stage of its evolution as a high technology leader.
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The moons were aligned and the stars were aligned, ... It was probably one of our best quarters in many, many years.
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Most users don't want to focus on operating systems. This is the architecture that companies such as ours are focusing on.
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Motorola designs and delivers innovations that transform the way people think about - and experience - the world around them. We're leading the way with new and compelling devices that work together to erase the barriers between places and services and empower people to connect with personalized entertainment and information.