Beau Skonieczny

Editor’s note: Beau Skonieczny, an Analyst in the Computing Practice at Technology Business Research, offers his views on Apple’s latest earnings and prospects moving forward. HAMPTON, N.H. – The 2Q13 marked a transition quarter for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) as the company is poised to launch new products in the fall of 2013 to help boost sales. While the company is encountering growth and margin pressures from multiple factors such as saturation in the premium device space, price competition from Android vendors and a weakening global PC market, we believe Apple will continue to exploit its sticky ecosystem of software and services...

Editor’s note: Beau Skonieczny is an analyst for the Computing Practice at Technology Business Research. HAMPTON, N.H. - Lenovo is effectively navigating a difficult PC environment by focusing on profit expansion. As global PC demand continued to dwindle in response to elongated refresh cycles and cannibalization from mobile devices, Lenovo’s PC revenues declined by 1.6% year-to-year, but still outpaced the industry average, as major PC vendors like HP posted double-digit declines. Lenovo exploited a wide range of new touch-based Windows 8 notebooks such as the IdeaPad Yoga series to help drive a more premium sales mix in the global consumer and SMB...

Editor’s note: Beau Skonieczny is an analyst with the Computing Practice at Technology Business Research. He reviews Apple’s first quarter earnings report issued Tuesday. HAMPTON, N.H. –  Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) continues to be challenged to grow on an increasingly large revenue base and fiercer competition in the device space from vendors like Samsung and Google. But despite these challenges, Apple grew revenue 11.3% year-to-year to $43.6 billion in 1Q13, led by iPad and iTunes, software and services, which were up 40% and 30%, respectively. iPhone sales were up just 3% year-to-year, with growth limited by saturation in the high-end...

Editor’s note: Beau Skonieczny is Research Analyst, Computing Practice at Technology Business Research. His analysis follows Lenovo’s quarterly earnings report Thursday.  HAMPTON, N.H. – A balanced mix of organic and inorganic growth continued to drive up Lenovo’s share of the global PC market. Lenovo continued to capitalize on growing PC demand in China and other emerging markets, which collectively grew 25% year-to-year. Increased household spending in these regions drove increased adoption of PCs, particularly desktops, where unit sales grew 32% year-to-year to make Lenovo the No.1 consumer desktop provider worldwide. (Read earnings report here.) Lenovo’s notebook sales were equally impressive,...

WebOS has many hurdles to overcome, but HP’s potential rewards outweigh the risks. Technology Business Review believes webOS could become a player in the mobile device landscape if Android or Windows 8 falters. TBR research indicates commercial buyers are waiting to evaluate Microsoft’s entry, while commercial buyers are wary of Apple because it is a closed system and because they have little influence over Apple. They have concerns about Android’s security and Google as a new partner, but they know and trust Microsoft. If neither Microsoft nor Android offers a clear winner for commercial tablets, then webOS, from familiar...

Editor’s note: Beau Skonieczny is a research analyst with Technology Business Research. HAMPTON, N.H. - HP maneuvered through macroeconomic obstacles and internal missteps with better than expected results announced on Monday. HP (NYSE: HPQ) continued to underperform the market in 3Q11, as the organization endured a plethora of challenges stemming from internal and external developments. Despite the challenging conditions, HP revenue grew sequentially by 3.0%, while on a year-to-year basis sales fell 3.5%. Consumer demand continued to weaken, primarily in mature markets where demand was particularly weak in EMEA, as economic uncertainty inhibited discretionary spending, leading to a 9% year-to-year...

Editor’s note: Beau Skonieczny is a research analyst in the computing practice at Technology Business Research. HAMPTON, N.H. – Lenovo is now the second-largest PC vendor in the world. Lenovo continued to outpace the market for traditional PC sales, claiming to have passed Dell to sell the second highest number of PCs and to have exceeded HP’s commercial notebook sales to place first in that category. Lenovo’s improved positioning in the global PC space was driven by a 37.8 percent year-to-year growth in overall desktop sales combined with a 29.6 percent growth in notebook sales over the same period...