The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1989 John R. Wilke - Abstracts

The Wall Street Journal Western Edition 1989 John R. Wilke
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At Digital Equipment, slowdown reflects industry's big changes; belt-tightening and the use of outside technology strain corporate culture; is new mainframe a cure-all? (company profile)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
Calculated move: computer firms find service is what sells, not fancier hardware; customers seem bewildered by technological change, contract the work out; how Kodak eases the burden. (Eastman Kodak Co.)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke, Paul B. Carroll
Cullinet ex-aides say buyer has cut about 900 jobs. (Cullinet Software Inc., Computer Associates International Inc.)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
Data General, Prime report major losses. (minicomputer makers cite restructuring charges; Wang to cut more jobs)(Prime Computer Inc, Wang Laboratories Inc)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
Digital offers severance plan to 700 workers; firm expects as many as 300 to accept proposition aimed at cutting costs. (Digital Equipment Corp.)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
Digital to test IBM's mainframe strength. (Digital Equipment Corp will introduce mainframe computers; IBM announces a new mainframe on the same day.) (Technology) (product announcement)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke, Paul B. Carroll
Digital unveils its first mainframe line, taking aim at IBM's 70% market share. (Digital Equipment Corp.) (Technology)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke, Paul B. Carroll
Floppy-disk magazines are mostly a flop. (includes related article on a lightweight eyepiece display by Cyberspace Corp.; another related article is about a collision in memory management between Lotus 1-2-3 3.0 and Windows 386; yet another article discusses touch-sensitive boundaries for tennis courts)(Technology) (column)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
IBM's plan to reduce VDT radiation fails to impress most computer makers. (video display terminals)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke, Laurence Hooper
IBM to delay its introduction of workstation.Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
Lotus agrees to sell Signal, QuoTrek to Financial News. (Lotus Development Corp.)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
NCR wins a coveted spot on Businessland's marquee. (distribution contract gives NCR a needed market boost)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
Off-line: among those baffled by technology are lots of stock analysts; often when they say 'buy,' shares have plummeted; IBM is the latest case.Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
PCs with CDs have yet to compute: while hopeful, makers hesitate to plunge in. (compact disks used with microcomputers)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
Wang founder apparently forces his son to step down as president; move at computer maker follows fiscal '89, father's cancer surgery. (Wang Laboratories Inc.; Frederick A. Wang; An Wang)Business, generalJohn R. Wilke
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