Technology >> Sector Roundtables >> October 21, 2002

Roundtable Forum: Enterprise Hardware

DONALD YOUNG is a Managing Director in the technology group of UBS Warburg Equity Research, specializing in the PC hardware, enterprise hardware and PC software industries. In 2001, he was double-ranked in the PC hardware and enterprise hardware categories on Institutional Investor's All-America Research Team. Prior to joining UBS Warburg, he was Managing Director for Prudential Securities, an analyst with Lehman Brothers and a principal at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Earlier in his career, Mr. Young worked for Burroughs Corporation, predecessor to Unisys Corp. He holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BS in Economics, Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Michigan. Profile
BILL SHOPE joined the JP Morgan Equity Research Department in New York as the Vice President and Senior Analyst covering the enterprise and PC hardware sector in June 2002. Before joining JP Morgan, Mr. Shope spent the last two years as Vice President and Senior Analyst at ABN AMRO. Prior to ABN AMRO, Mr. Shope spent three years at CSFB and UBS Warburg. He earned a degree in Economics, cum laude, from Harvard University as an Advanced Standing student, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Profile
TWST: What has gone on in the enterprise hardware space over the

past year or so?

Mr. Shope: In late 2001, we had a largely unexpected pop in

demand that lasted early into the first quarter of