Now that the dull period for DEC is drawing to a close, analysts are looking forward to the boost to its figures expected from the top-end VAX 9000s, which are due to start shipping in volume early next fiscal, which starts July 1: Prudential-Bache Securities analyst Laura Conigliaro has raised her rating to buy from hold because fiscal 1991’s earnings should be respectable she sees the company doing $1,000m of business during its next fiscal year from sales of VAX 9000s alone.