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  • Oracle Looks to In-Memory Sector for Increased Sales

    By Adetokunbo Abiola - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: HPQ, SAP

    The in-memory market is a vast field, attracting businesses and organizations that want network fabric to run 10-20 times faster than commodity hardware. Companies can gain top-line revenue and growth opportunities if their solutions can transform batch processing to real-time and shorten response time with improved rendering.

    When Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced the launch of its Oracle In-Memory Applications for Oracle Engineered Systems, I wondered whether the company could improve more »

  • A Review of the CRM Market

    By Damian Illia - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: ORCL, CRM, SAP

    The CRM sector has been experiencing rapid growth as technology adoption continues to grow. According to an estimate by Gartner, the SaaS-based CRM sector could reach $7.9 billion in 2016, an annual growth of 15% from $3.9 billion in 2011. Since competition is also intensifying, the key is to identify what companies will be able to profit the most.

    Let’s take a look at three big companies more »

  • Is This Cloud HR Company Overvalued?

    By Daniel Cawrey - May 7, 2013 | Tickers: ORCL, SAP, WDAY

    You could make the case that while Workday (NYSE: WDAY) likes to operate under the radar, investors are starting to pay attention. Since its initial public offering back in October, the price has gone up 28%. That's a steady increase. But it leads one to wonder if Workday, in its current $60 price range, is a bit overvalued.

    The company is getting more institutional investor interest. InsiderMonkey reports that more »

  • Growth And Buyback, Red Hat Looks Hot

    By Nick Chiu - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: ADBE, RHT, SAP

    Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), with a market cap of $9.53 billion, is the world's leading provider of open source software solutions, including its Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss Enterprise Middleware.

    Share repurchase

    On April 15, 2013, Red Hat’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $300 million of Red Hat’s common shares, replacing the previous $300 million repurchase program. The final $179 million more »

  • Buy, Sell, or Hold? Earnings from 3 Major Tech Companies

    By John Macris - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: GOOG, MSFT, SAP

    While the broader Nasdaq index has risen more than 7% so far this year, the S&P 500 has outperformed technology stocks with a 10% gain through early April. One could argue that a 7% gain for tech is noteworthy, given large technology stocks such as Apple have declined in the double-digits.

    Part of the rally in the Nasdaq index can be attributed to Hewlett Packard, which investors have been more »

  • These 5 Numbers Suggest Rainclouds For This Company

    By Chad Henage - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: MSFT, ORCL, CRM, SAP

    I've read multiple positive articles about the future of Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM). However, for every positive article, there are multiple negative comments about the company's use of shares to reward employees. Many people that avoid the stock would cite the company's use of stock options. However, there are several other issues standing in the way of the company's success.

    Everyone Wants A Part Of The more »

  • These 5 Numbers Suggest Rainclouds For This Company

    By Chad Henage - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: MSFT, ORCL, CRM, SAP

    I've read multiple positive articles about the future of Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM). However, for every positive article, there are multiple negative comments about the company's use of shares to reward employees. Many people that avoid the stock would cite the company's use of stock options. However, there are several other issues standing in the way of the company's success.

    Everyone Wants A Part Of The more »

  • A Great Entry Into This Tech Giant?

    By Marshall Hargrave - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: MSFT, ORCL, SAP

    Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) saw a 14%  pullback last week. Is this the entry point we've been looking for? The drop was the result of lowered guidance; yet, even if earnings come in at the very low end of the company's revised guidance, the stock still appears to be too cheap to ignore. 

    Oracle managed to only miss earnings last quarter by $0.01, where margins remained flat year more »

  • Which Big Companies Are Increasing Dividends?

    By Mike Thiessen - April 2, 2013 | Tickers: HPQ, RTN, SAP

    Three major firms recently announced that they would increase their annual shareholder distributions for the upcoming quarter. For starters, German technology firm SAP (NYSE: SAP) announced that it would increase its dividend to 85 euro cents per share and recommended that its shareholders adopt the proposal as-is. Meanwhile, struggling U.S. PC and hardware maker, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), disclosed a modest increase of about 10 percent. Finally, weapons systems manufacturer more »

  • Should You Avoid Oracle?

    By Shas Dey - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: APKT, IBM, ORCL, SAP

    Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) is the world’s largest enterprise software company. The company is fundamentally stable and is a dominant player in the database applications space. The world’s No. 3 software maker develops, distributes and services middleware and application software that helps organizations grow their businesses. However, the recent quarterly results suggest a gloomy picture for the company, and it seems to me investors should avoid this company for more »

  • Should You Hit the Panic Button on This Stock?

    By Sonam Chamaria - March 26, 2013 | Tickers: IBM, ORCL, SAP

    This was one tech giant investors had a lot of hope from. Sadly, its recently announced numbers didn't live up to expectations. What does that say about the stock's future? Well, let's see..

    Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced lackluster results for the third quarter of 2013. Following the earnings release, the company's share tumbled nearly 10%. Let's see what happened.

    That don't impress me much more »

  • Get Bullish on This Tech Giant

    By Anh HOANG - March 26, 2013 | Tickers: IBM, ORCL, SAP

    Buy low, sell high. That simple investment strategy works well over and over again. An investment opportunity presents itself when a great company is beaten down in the stock market. Recently, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) dropped significantly, from around $36.30 per share to nearly $32 per share, losing more than 11.8% of its total market value.

    The huge decrease in its stock price was caused by its recent, weaker-than-expected more »

  • Is Oracle a Good Stock to Buy?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: IBM, MSFT, ORCL, SAP, WDAY

    Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) recently reported results from its most recent fiscal quarter, which ended in February and is the third quarter of the company’s fiscal year. Business was about flat compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year, with little change in either revenue or earnings. This was due to growth in software being offset by a double-digit percentage decline in hardware (which is a significantly smaller more »

  • Stop Worrying About This Tech Titan!

    By Leo Sun - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: HPQ, IBM, ORCL, SAP

    Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL),a bellwether of the tech industry, recently disappointed investors with third quarter earnings that missed analyst estimates on both the top and bottom lines. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company, which specializes in enterprise software and database management products, has been struggling to make a transition from software as a product (packaged solutions) to software as a service (cloud-based solutions), and making its maligned acquisition Sun Microsystems more »

  • Is Oracle Really Telling Us The Whole Truth?

    By Subhadeep Ghose - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: ORCL, CRM, SAP

    There are some companies that comprise the very foundation upon which the Street performs its stock-based twists and turns and tech behemoth Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) happens to be one of them. So when such companies start taking a hit, investors’ faith in the whole cycle of events tends to become shaky. Beating Street expectations had become a regular habit for this software and hardware giant, until the company’s third more »

  • Software Stocks: Read This Before you Buy

    By Madhu Dube - March 23, 2013 | Tickers: ORCL, CRM, SAP

    Recently, SAP (NYSE: SAP) hosted its analysts’ day at CeBIT 2013, restating its confidence in its major growth pillars such as HANA, cloud, and mobile. The company seems to be confident about 2013, with the improvement in the overall spending environment in the economy.

    SAP has around 2000 planned customer meetings this year during the event, which is up 100% from last year. Investors are quite happy with the announcements more »

  • Why Salesforce.com Is A Buy?

    By Anindya Batabyal - March 12, 2013 | Tickers: ORCL, CRM, SAP

    Analysts at Deutsche Bank reiterated a “Buy” rating on shares of Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) in a research note to investors with a $225 price target on the stock. Salesforce.com, inc. is an enterprise cloud computing company that provides business software on a subscription basis. The company is best known for its on-demand Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions.

    Valued at just $22 a share in November 2008, Salesforce shares more »

  • Will IBM Hit Gold with MobileFirst?

    By Anindya Batabyal - March 8, 2013 | Tickers: EMC, IBM, SAP, VMW

    International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), which had worked hard to build formidable products and services in cloud and analytics, had suddenly found itself inadequate in mobility, a rapidly-emerging area that was becoming a conduit to these two businesses. To expand its mobile presence, IBM plans to double its investment in mobility. It’s an attempt to offer an enterprise mobility solution that will be a one stop shop for customers more »

  • Salesforce Living Up to its Name?

    By Daniel James - March 7, 2013 | Tickers: ORCL, CRM, SAP

    Cloud computing is one of the hottest buzzwords in the tech sector at the moment. This relatively new technology allows users to access computing resources through a network, and according to proponents, allows for greater scale advantages and improved efficiency. Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) is widely considered the leader in the cloud computing space, and is growing its top line very impressively.

    The firm offers sales and marketing solutions to big more »

  • This Enterprise Cloud Player Offers Decent Value

    By Anindya Batabyal - February 28, 2013 | Tickers: ORCL, CRM, SAP

    Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is one of the few large cap companies that have solid earnings as well as great growth prospects. Oracle's business is strongly protected against competition due to high customer switching costs. It's very difficult for a customer to leave Oracle and go to a competitor. As a result, Oracle has stable and highly predictable recurring revenue.

    That being said, Oracle’s performance in the stock more »

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