Examples of use of product cycle
1. How the contaminated wheat gluten got into the product cycle is not yet known.
2. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial were expecting, on average, a profit of 50 cents per share on revenue of $1.36 billion. This outperformance was driven by the strong product cycle we‘re in the midst of, as well as the diversification of our user base across multiple geographies and multiple market segments,‘‘ Jim Balsillie, co–chief executive, said on a conference call with analysts.
3. The suite of applications produced $8.6bn of operating income last year, almost as much as the $'.4bn of the Windows PC operating system, making the planned launch late next year of new versions of both pieces of software Microsoft‘s most important new product cycle since Windows '5.
4. "The quarter also marked the beginning of an important product cycle for Microsoft with the launches of Xbox 360, SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, all of which were extremely successful and well received by our customers." Operating income Operating income is significant to note because Microsoft sells Xbox consoles at a loss, said analyst Matt Rosoff of Directions On Microsoft in Washington state.