First generation can be interpreted in many ways. For Tristan Ma, Solutions Architect at Elastic, it means being the first generation to be born in the United States.While his parents have spent the majority of their lives in North America, Tristan and his sister were the first in their family to be born here.Tristan’s parents immigrated to North America from Vietnam—his dad … [Read more...] about Someone Like Me: Tristan Ma on celebrating his culture, connecting through ElastAsians, and building his sales career
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Elastic’s Federal Sales Director Kathy Hsu thinks authenticity is important in sales. Hear why.
My passion is to work with the federal government and see how I can be a part of the mission. That’s why I wanted to work at Elastic. I first discovered my passion for tech sales as a college graduate working in Silicon Valley. I worked at Apple as a Technical Consultant and got my start in channel sales and the network IP space at a large company that provided solutions for … [Read more...] about Elastic’s Federal Sales Director Kathy Hsu thinks authenticity is important in sales. Hear why.
In Last Quarter Apple Sold 55.3 Million iPhones
Fortune has compiled an average estimate for the number of iPhones sold last quarter from professional and amateur analysts. With a crop of new phones, a year's pent-up demand, plenty of supply, more Apple stores and lots of holiday shoppers, there's no reason Apple shouldn't turn in another record quarter of iPhone sales -- Android and Samsung be damned. The … [Read more...] about In Last Quarter Apple Sold 55.3 Million iPhones
Apple Announces App Store Sales Topped $10 Billion in 2013, $1 Billion In December Alone
App Store sales in 2013 topped $10 Billion, Apple claimed Tuesday in a press release. The company said that sales exceeded $1 Billion in the month of December alone, while downloading 3 billion apps in the same month -- both record-breaking figures … [Read more...] about Apple Announces App Store Sales Topped $10 Billion in 2013, $1 Billion In December Alone
Digital Music Sales Fall For First Time Since the Opening of iTunes Music Store
Digital Music Sales in 2013 dropped for the first time (year-over--year) since the opening of the iTunes Music Store. Individual tracks fell the most, dropping from 1.34 billion units to 1.26 billion units, a 5.7% decrease. Album sales on the other hand only saw a .1% decline. Overall for the full year 2013, digital track sales fell 5.7% from 1.34 billion units … [Read more...] about Digital Music Sales Fall For First Time Since the Opening of iTunes Music Store
Apple Cuts Production of the iPhone 5c in Half
A new report from CTech claims that Apple has cut production of the iPhone 5c in half due to dismal sales. We learned from insiders, because the actual dismal sales, Apple has begun to reduce capacity iPhone 5C after iPhone 5C average daily production was 300,000, now reduced to 150,000. … [Read more...] about Apple Cuts Production of the iPhone 5c in Half
The iPhone Alone Outsells 474 Companies on the S&P 500
Apple's iPhone business alone outsells 474 of the companies on the S&P 500 and would be the 9th biggest stock on the Dow 30. If this single product were its own company in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, IPhone Inc. would outsell 474 of those companies—ranking between Wells Fargo (WFC) ($90.5 billion) and Marathon Petroleum (MPC) ($84.9 billion). The iPhone’s … [Read more...] about The iPhone Alone Outsells 474 Companies on the S&P 500
iPhone 5s Outsells iPhone 5c By 3.4x in the U.S.
Localytics has released a new report indicating that the iPhone 5s has outsold the iPhone 5c by a factor of 3.4x thus far. In less than 3 days, the iPhone 5s and 5c combined now represent about 1.36% of the total numbers of all iPhones activated in the U.S. market across the top 4 carriers AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile. From the data we are seeing, 1.05% of … [Read more...] about iPhone 5s Outsells iPhone 5c By 3.4x in the U.S.
Windows Phone Posts Record Market Share, Apple Grabs 43.4% of U.S. Sales
Windows Phone has posted its highest ever level of 8.2% across the five major European markets and Apple has grown its U.S. share to 43.4% of sales, according to a Kantar report. “Android and Apple take the lion’s share of the headlines and continue to dominate smartphone sales, so it’s easy to forget that there is a third operating system emerging as a real adversary", says … [Read more...] about Windows Phone Posts Record Market Share, Apple Grabs 43.4% of U.S. Sales