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Research firm: PC sales plunge as Windows 8 flops

...decline of Windows-based devices may not be quite as drastic as IDC's numbers suggest.Another research firm, Gartner Inc., counts any devices running PC-style software, including some tablets, as PCs. It reported an 11 percent decline...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-10/research-firm-pc-sales-plu
Microsoft's 'Surface' tablet aims for productivity

...They are saying it's a different world now and are trying to put the sexy back into the Microsoft brand," said Gartner Inc. analyst Carolina Milanesi.Microsoft is linking the Surface's debut with the release of its much-anticipated...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-06-19/microsofts-surface-tablet-
Tablets force shift in computer industry

...have fared the worst, suffering lately from declines compared with the previous year. Market research firms IDC and Gartner Inc. said last week that PC shipments worldwide grew at just over 2 percent in the second quarter, short of both firms...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-07-19/rebooting-pc-industry-tabl
Apple gets no love from Wall Street for new iPhone

...software make up 43 percent of the market in the second quarter, while the iPhone captures 18 percent, according to Gartner Inc.Apple is hoping to grow that share with the iPhone 4S - something it can do by luring new customers from Sprint and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-10-04/apple-gets-no-love-wall-st
Cellular-only service can have drawbacks

...phone as my only phone. How do I go about it? Are there any drawbacks? A: According to the technology think tank Gartner Inc., a growing number of the nation's 170 million cell phone customers are giving up their land lines. The savings...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/10/25/bus_432275.shtml
Business
Using your cell phone as your only phone

...customers are dropping traditional phone service and relying on cell phones alone. According to the technology think tank Gartner Inc., up to 10 percent of the nation's 170 million cell phone customers have given up their landlines. The savings...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/10/20/liv_431796.shtml
Life & style
Nokia unveils five new phones

...losing ground to competitors, including Motorola Inc., Samsung and Sony Ericsson. A report by market researcher Gartner Inc., however, calculated Nokia's market share even lower - at 28.9 percent in the first quarter of 2004, down from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/06/15/bus_418955.shtml
Business
Stocks bounce back after three days of declines

...IBM Corp. and Intel Corp., which benefited from the Gartner Inc. forecast. Traders attributed some of the momentum...Fueling Wednesday's tech rally, market research firm Gartner Inc. said it expects worldwide semiconductor sales to increase...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/11/13/fin_391204.shtml
Finance
Wall Street tech trading could turn on results

...as businesses expand. "This is the quarter of no excuses," said Martin Reynolds, vice president of research firm Gartner Inc. "You really should be looking pretty good, because if you're not, there is something fundamentally wrong...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/04/12/fin_411856.shtml
Finance
Retailers offer online, paperless rebates

...historically has been a manual, backward process," said Jeffrey Roster, a retail analyst with the research firm Gartner Inc. Retailers offering online rebates remain a small minority, because there's a risk in making rebates too easy for...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/11/08/bus_433754.shtml
Business