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• This Is a Solid Stock in Cloud and Big Data

  By Mithu Batabyal - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: INFA, N, TDC, WDAY

  Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA), the world’s leading data integration software vendor, recently announced its Q1 financial results. The company reported revenue of $214.3 million including software revenues of $88 million, up 9% year-over-year. On the earnings front, the company reported GAAP EPS of $0.16 and non-GAAP EPS of $0.31. Informatica’s chairman and CEO Sohaib Abbasi said:

  Our first quarter 2013 results highlight the growing customer demand more »

• Four Noteworthy Analyst Calls on Friday

  By Brian Nichols - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: CELG, FB, SYNA, TDC

  Stocks can be pushed higher or lower as analysts provide their outlooks. These calls are not enough to make an investment, but should be considered as part of your research. Therefore, I am assessing a few of Friday’s top calls, and determining if each was a good call.

  Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA)

  Synaptics traded higher by 2.92% on Friday while the rest of the market traded lower. The stock more »

• Four Noteworthy Analyst Calls on Friday

  By Brian Nichols - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: CELG, FB, SYNA, TDC

  Stocks can be pushed higher or lower as analysts provide their outlooks. These calls are not enough to make an investment, but should be considered as part of your research. Therefore, I am assessing a few of Friday’s top calls, and determining if each was a good call.

  Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYNA)

  Synaptics traded higher by 2.92% on Friday while the rest of the market traded lower. The more »

• Previewing This Big Data Play's Results

  By Lee Samaha - March 14, 2013 | Tickers: IBM, ORCL, QLIK, TDC, TIBX

  The only thing we know for certain about Tibco Software’s (NASDAQ: TIBX) upcoming results is that they are likely to cause a lot of volatility in its stock price. It is an intriguing proposition. On the one hand the industry has been reporting better results in this earnings season. On the other, Tibco reported a nasty quarter last time around, articulating that many of its problems were self generated more »

• The Intersection of Cloud and Big Data ... And Investing Opportunity

  By Brian Shaw - March 3, 2013 | Tickers: EMC, RAX, SYMC, TDC, VMW

  EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) is usually thought of as an information storage provider. While information storage still represents two-thirds of the company's revenues, EMC touts its competitive position at "the intersection of cloud and big data."

  Not only does EMC offer a broad portfolio of enterprise storage solutions including backup and recovery, but the company also has leading information security technology through its RSA subsidiary and virtual computing technology more »

• Is Teradata on A Roll?

  By Renia Bula - February 22, 2013 | Tickers: CSC, SAI, TDC

  It seems that Teradata (NYSE: TDC), a global analytic data solutions company, is on a roll these days. Just this January, the company again stamped its class in demand data and in business intelligence as it was named for the seventh straight year among the 10 Best in Class in these competencies. The rankings, done through a readers’ poll by the Consumer Goods Technology magazine, were based not only on more »

• Three Stocks Seeing High Short Interest, But Two Are Presenting Value

  By Brian Nichols - December 27, 2012 | Tickers: MLNX, NOW, TDC

  It always puzzles me when shorts surround themselves around certain stocks that have seemingly strong fundamental performance. At the same time, there are stocks where a short position is completely logical. With that being said, I am looking at three stocks that have seen a recent increase in short activity, two of which are illogical and one that looks to be a great short investment.

  Two Stocks with High Short more »

• Is NCR Poised for Further Growth?

  By Damon Churchwell - December 21, 2012 | Tickers: DBD, NCR, TDC

  NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) is a nearly 130-year-old company that has undergone many changes over the years. The maker of ATM machines, retail point-of-sales systems, and other self-service technologies is performing well as it continues to invest in its product line. As additional industries embrace such offerings, NCR is aiming to gain the additional business and remain a step ahead of its competitors in the process. If the company can more »

• These 3 Companies Are Cash Cows

  By Chad Henage - December 12, 2012 | Tickers: CA, INFY, ORCL, TDC

  You have the choice of two different companies, tell me which one sounds better. 

  Company #1 – This company produces enough cash to pay the bills and expand and pays a good dividend. They also are committed to buying back shares. Finally, they know the importance of a strong balance sheet so periodically they will use extra cash to pay down debt or increase their cash position.

  Company #2 – This company doesn't produce enough cash to pay the bills, but they can issue new stock or debt to continue expanding. They are probably a few years from reporting good earnings because their cost of expansion will continue to be high. In five years, this will be a great investment.

• Shooting For The Stars Through 'The Cloud'

  By Adam Levy - December 3, 2012 | Tickers: AMZN, GOOG, MSFT, ORCL, TDC

  Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is not content with taking over the world. The company is spending aggressively to build 19 new fulfillment centers by year’s end and it continues to provide customers with miniscule markups on its inventory. But it’s not enough for Amazon to become the shopping destination for millions of consumers. It recently set its sights on completely conquering the virtual world of cloud computing.

  Conquering more »

• Why Does George Soros Love This Beaten Down Tech Stock?

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 24, 2012 | Tickers: EMC, NTAP, SNDK, STX, TDC

  George Soros is one of the most successful investors of the modern financial world, and while he’s most famous for making $1 billion in the Black Wednesday UK currency crisis, the Hungarian-American is quite the stock picker. Soros Fund Management currently manages a 13F portfolio of close to $7 billion, and is overweight in the technology sector. Here’s a full look at George Soros’s portfolio, conveniently organized more »

• Is HP Cheap Now?

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 8, 2012 | Tickers: ACN, DELL, HPQ, IBM, TDC

  Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman recently gave earnings guidance for the 2013 fiscal year (which ends next October) that disappointed the street, naming “multiple changes in CEOs” as one of the company’s largest problems over the past several years -- subtly suggesting that she should be allowed to continue running HP.

  The guidance numbers came in at a range centered at $3.50 per share in earnings, driving the more »

• The 3 things James Bond knows about Big Data

  By Liz Hoffmann - September 26, 2012 | Tickers: EMC, GOOG, HPQ, IBM, ORCL, PG, TDC

  I've watched all the James Bond movies and my favorite scenes always involve high-tech spy gadgets.  You probably have some favorites of your own, but I've always loved the Aston Martin DB5 and the Lotus Esprit that can function as a submarine.  I'd also give high marks to the Stun Gas Cigarette and the ski pole that doubles as a gun.  So what does all this have more »

• BIG DATA: Is it Artificial Intelligence, or Authentic Stupidity?

  By sylvia kronstadt - August 24, 2012 | Tickers: ACN, EMC, HPQ, INTC, IBM, TDC

  When I began coming across web pages about me -- my associations, my tone, my impact, my achievements and my "threat level" -- all of which were grossly but delightfully incorrect, I decided to reverse-engineer all that snooping and do a bit of "robust authentication" myself. My look into the big-data phenomenon indicates that it is grossly oversold, overused and often just plain hilarious.

• 5 Stocks Poised to Beat the Street

  By Karen Rogers - July 11, 2012 | Tickers: ACT, AAPL, BRCM, TDC, TXN

  So far there've been no big surprises this earnings season. The market has already factored in the retail sector’s weakness along with the gains industrial and manufacturing continue to make.  Investors closely watch technology stocks and hope that any changes in earnings estimates will be positive.

  The one big surprise this summer would be if Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wasn’t at the top of the beat the street more »

• Big Data Takes Off with Splunk

  By Brandy Betz - April 25, 2012 | Tickers: IBM, M, SPLK, TDC

  Is the era of Big Data upon us? The strong debut of the Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) IPO last Thursday has investors scrambling to find its successor. Splunk debuted up 108% from its listing price of $17, adjusted from an earlier $8 to $10 range pricing, making it the best initial performance since LinkedIn debuted at 109% last spring.

  What is Big Data? Used properly, the term refers to software that more »

• Splunk: The Google of Big Data

  By Thomas J Lavan III - April 23, 2012 | Tickers: IBM, ORCL, SPLK, TDC

  If you are anything like me, and I trust that you are given you are reading my article, you have been skeptical of all the pop and drop tech IPOs of late. I can assure you that Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) is not another brick in the crumbling wall of new companies to go public. Splunk’s IPO was expected to price in the $11-$13 per share range. Instead, it more »

• IBM Finds Big Dollars in Big Data

  By Thomas J Lavan III - March 27, 2012 | Tickers: HPQ, IBM, ORCL, TDC |

  IBM (NYSE: IBM) claims that so much data has been generated in recent history that 90% of all data ever captured was obtained in the past two years. That is an astonishing number when you consider the long history of the computer. ENIAC, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was introduced in 1946. The Internet was commercialized in 1995. The massive amounts of data being captured and crunched today herald more »