Apple Computer is Nation's Largest Educational Hardware Vendor, According to School Technology Market Report.STAMFORD Stamford, town, England Stamford, town (1991 pop. 18,127), in the Parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, E central England, on the Welland River. It is a market town. Products include diesel engines, electrical equipment, bricks, and tiles. , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 1998--Apple Computer was the nation's largest educational hardware vendor in 1997, capturing 23% of the market on sales of $1.44 billion, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an exclusive ranking by School Technology Market Report, a newsletter published by Stamford, CT-based Simba Information. For the purposes of this ranking, School Technology Market Report included revenues generated from sales of computers--including PCs, laptops, servers and workstations--and networking equipment--including routers, switches and hubs--to U.S. schools and colleges. Not surprisingly, since computers account for 80% of the U.S. educational hardware market, the five largest vendors sell primarily computers. "Apple retained its title as the nation's largest educational hardware vendor, despite the fact that the company spent much of 1997 developing a strategy to stem its declining market share in schools and colleges," said Patrick Quinn
Patrick Dominic Quinn (b. February 12 1950, Philadelphia – September 24 2006, Bushkill, Pennsylvania) was an American actor and a former president of the , managing editor of School Technology Market Report. "Going forward, Apple is hoping the iMac and the Power Macintosh See Power Mac. (computer) Power Macintosh - Apple Computer's personal computer based on the PowerPC, introduced on 1994-03-14. Existing 680x0 code (both applications and device drivers) run on Power Macintosh systems without modification via a Motorola 68LC040 emulator. G3 will help strengthen its presence in America's educational institutions." Apple's chief nemesis Nemesis (nĕm`ĭsĭs), in Greek religion and mythology, personification of the gods' retribution for violation of sacred law; the avenger. Sometimes she was said to be the goddess of good and ill fortune. in the education markets, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , continued to chip away at Apple's dominant market share in 1997, although not as fast as in previous years. IBM's education division grabbed an estimated 16% of the market on sales that grew 6% to $1.02 billion in 1997. Dell Computer powered into third place on the ranking with sales that skyrocketed 50% to an estimated $800 million in 1997. Compaq Computer placed fourth on the index with sales that grew 7% to $701 million, followed by upstart educational computer vendor Gateway, which landed 9% of the market on sales that increased 25% to $598 million, according to the ranking. 3Com, the nation's largest networking equipment vendor, was the sixth-largest overall educational hardware provider in 1997 with sales that grew an estimated 31% to $594 million. Seventh-place Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. posted the largest sales increase of any hardware vendor in 1997, capturing 7% of the market on sales that increased a whopping 60% to $425 million, trailed by Bay Networks which rounded out the index with sales of $78 million, according to School Technology Market Report. For more information about School Technology Market Report, call Michele Wolff Wolff , Kaspar Friedrich 1733-1794. German anatomist noted for his pioneering work in embryology. His chief work, Theoria Generationis (1759), refuted the theory of preformation, which held that the embryo is a fully formed miniature adult. at (203) 358-4310, or e-mail to michele_wolff@simbanet.com. |
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