Tech and the Recession: Is the Worst Over?

Were still too deep in it for it to be over. Look to October/November 2009 to see an upswing in this recession.

WOW, after reading mogleytheman I called my therapist. He put me back on meds and now I have to see him twice a week.

Why would Oracle, a software company, buy SUN, a hardware company? Please don't tell me it was JAVA, either. Regardless the platform, Oracle is as big a resource pig as Microsucks

The worst is that nobody is trying to get a handle on the corruption and collusion that is coming out of Washington and Wall St....... No trust = why bother

Yes, the worst is behind us, thank goodness. This has been really hard for almost a year now, but we know what we’re made of, and we were strong, and we made it through this nightmare. Things were so bad, at one point I nearly lost my faith. But that’s all over now, and everything will be peachy again.

"Tech is a discretionary expense for corporations"? What a complete moron. Tell the company paying their annual maintenance fee for SAP or Oracle software that it's discretionary. They are contractually obligated if they want upgrades or support, for software that manages multi billion dollar business units. This guy thinks IT is iPhones and nothing else. No credibility.

YFU, 10:17AM, You believe the worst is behind us. Would you care to elaborate as to how you came to this conclusion?

Is Kedrowsky the only person who will talk with Tech Ticker? We are getting a very narrow view/opinion on the activity of SV.

Too bad all you shorts and bears missed the permanent bottom in March. You've already missed a huge move up. We are climbing a "wall of worry" and long-term investors will profit greatly over the next 5-10 years (especially in materials and energy and selective small-cap funds). This market has tremendous pent-up energy to move up, despite bad news that normally would cause the market to correct. Those who are waiting for a huge pull-back to "get back in" will be terribly disappointed. Us older investors who've been involved in the markets since the 70's know that the markets will climb a lot more and then plateau for awhile. Day-traders and those who bet against (short) fundamentally good companies will continue to lose their shirts.

YFU, 10:17AM, You believe the worst is behind us. Would you care to elaborate as to how you came to this conclusion? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I’m not really that good with words. Johnny does a much better job of pointing out the bright side than I do.

I'm tired of this Paul guy. Get others too. The SV part of TT is weak. And maybe Sarah needs to show us a bit more!

We still need to deal with the Anti-Stimulus activity of the Obama Administration and the Congress. This recession will be dragged out for months or years because of their actions. The 3rd quarter 2009 will be the worse of the year. Then we will need to pay for the wasteful spending either by higher taxes or inflation which will make the near future rough. Both are bad for everyone except for the power hunger politicians

I LOVE that song!

Everytime this Sarah chick interviews someone, it's always Paul Kedrosky. Well at least she's not winking at him this time. If she keeps this up in another couple of years, she will almost be acting like a professional.

There never was a recession in 'tech', so there is no recession to be 'over". As for the rest of the U.S. economy: reports of any recession have been severely overstated -- just an excuse to over-expand a bunch of worthless government programs and useless agencies.

Great! Now people will see the value of WZE

will any of the 3 sectors they spoke about, and the increases predicted translate into any american jobs? its all about jobs here. when the employment numbers reverse then we can start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

with America being over $57 trillion in debt...think not! http://mwhodges.home.att.net/nat-debt/debt-nat.htm

Sorry to state the obvious, but she needs to cover her blushing neck. Now, I am sure she was nervous, but showing a little cleavage and a blushing neck line was a little too distracting for me to take her seriously in her questions.

There are no technical jobs in America anymore. It's a myth perpetuated by TCS, WiPro and Infosys to place more of their people at your location.