56 news items tagged JT Wang
Smart device component industry is key to Taiwan economic development, says JT Wang
Tuesday 10 December 2013As Taiwan has been faced with smoldering economic development, the breakthrough rests on developing industries of smart hand-held device components, according JT Wang, Acer's ex-chairman...
Stan Shih returns as Acer chairman; JT Wang and Jim Wong step down
Friday 22 November 2013Acer has announced that its board of directors has elected company founder, Stan Shih, as Chairman and interim corporate president with immediate effect. Shih will serve as Acer's...
Acer CEO resignation may have limited benefit
Wednesday 6 November 2013Acer chairman and CEO JT Wang has announced plans to resign from his CEO role with president Jim Wong to take over the position. However, since Acer's operations such as product R&D...
Microsoft turns focus back to downstream partners, says Acer chairman
Monday 18 February 2013Commenting on Microsoft's loan to Dell for the company's privatization, Acer chairman JT Wang pointed out that the action showed the software giant has already turned its focus back...
Acer starts AcerCloud service worldwide
Monday 18 February 2013Acer has announced the activation of its cloud computing service platform AcerCloud worldwide. The platform crosses three major operating systems and the company expects to attract...
Acer pushing tablet shipments
Wednesday 12 December 2012Acer originally believed that tablets would soon lose their attractiveness to consumers helping notebooks to regain their influence; however as market watchers and IT players mostly...
Acer announces over 30% on-month drop in October revenues
Monday 12 November 2012Acer has announced revenues of NT$25.53 billion (US$880.8 million) for October, down 32.13% on month, with combined revenues for the first ten months of 2012 reaching NT$306.1 billion,...
Microsoft working to minimize Surface impact, says Acer chairman
Friday 10 August 2012After publicly urging Microsoft to reconsider its move to launch own-brand tablet PCs recently, Acer chairman JT Wang on August 9, commented that Microsoft is pushing Surface to help...
Acer to reenter world top-3 PC vendor rankings, says chairman
Friday 27 April 2012Acer saw its business operations significantly improve in the first quarter of 2012 and expects continued improvement quarter by quarter through the year. As a result the company...
HP to establish printer production line with Foxconn in Chongqing, China
Thursday 19 April 2012Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced it will cooperate with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to establish production lines in Chongqing, China for printer manufacturing...
Acer pushes different datacenter solutions for consumer and enterprise markets
Thursday 5 April 2012Acer is set to push different datacenter solutions for the consumer and enterprise markets. Acer Cloud, targeting the consumer market, will be launched in the second quarter, while...
Acer chairman reportedly to visit Chongqing for a cloud computing event
Tuesday 20 March 2012Acer chairman JT Wang reportedly will visit Chongqing, China for a cloud computing-related event to promote its AcerCloud, which is set to launch in April and since Chongqing's Committee...
Acer expects double ultrabook shipments in 2Q12, improving gross margin each quarter
Thursday 16 February 2012Acer has announced results for 2011 with operating profit turning from losses to gains in the fourth quarter of 2011, while company chairman JT Wang pointed out that gross margin...
Acer to go into attack mode in 2012
Tuesday 31 January 2012Acer has already adjusted its strategy from purely defending its position in the market in 2011 to attacking the market in 2012 and the company will push four major product segments...
Acer chairman believes high chance of earning profit in 1Q12
Monday 30 January 2012Acer chairman JT Wang, at the company's Lunar New Year ceremony, pointed out that the company has a very high chance to earn profits in the first quarter of 2012 after a series of...
Acer chairman optimistic about Wintel
Thursday 15 December 2011As the PC market will enter the generation of multiple platforms in 2012, Acer chairman JT Wang pointed out that Apple, Google and Wintel will be the three major platforms to drive...
Acer to downsize product lines by two-thirds in 2012, says chairman
Thursday 15 December 2011Acer chairman JT Wang, commenting on the company's operations in 2012, pointed out that Acer will conduct a full-scale evaluation of its product lines and will simplify them based...
Acer to simplify product lines
Thursday 8 December 2011Acer, on December 7, hosted its global internal meeting and has decided to start simplifying its product lines in 2012 to help integrate its resources and will put its focus on niche...
Google's Eric Schmidt to visit Taiwan to promote Android
Tuesday 8 November 2011Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is set to visit Taiwan on November 9 to have a conference with Taiwan-based PC vendors and promote its Android operating system, according to...
Tablet PC fever is already cooling down, says Acer chairman
Thursday 25 August 2011Acer chairman JT Wang, commenting on tablet PC's impact on the notebook industry, pointed out that tablet PC fever is already starting to cool down and consumers are also being attracted...
Acer reports losses for 2Q11
Thursday 25 August 2011Acer has announced preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2011 with consolidated revenues of NT$102.1 billion (US$3.5 billion), down 32% on year, while operating...
Acer reducing 2011 tablet PC shipment target by 50%
Thursday 16 June 2011Acer, on June 15, announced that the company has reduced its annual tablet PC shipment forecast from originally 5-7 million units to only 2.5-3 million units, a drop close to 50%...
Microsoft should set rules from viewpoint of ecosystem, says Acer chairman
Wednesday 1 June 2011Microsoft has not invited Taiwan-based IT vendors to participate in its Integrated Development Program specifically for developing Windows 8 for use in tablet PCs. In response, Acer...
Acer rumored to acquire Insyde, but the firm says no plans to sell currently
Thursday 12 May 2011In response to former CEO Gianfranco Lanci's comment that Acer lacks talent that can help to integrate software and hardware platforms for its smartphone and tablet PC products, Acer...
Acer changes business strategy from pushing volume to value, says chairman
Friday 8 April 2011Acer chairman and CEO JT Wang, at the company's investors conference in Switzerland on April 7, made clarifications about market watchers' concerns over issues such as the company's...