After the close of trading today, we have an earnings attention war with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), the software and IT giant, going head to head for earnings attention with Google. While these companies…
Many observers who look at Microsoft’s (MSFT) move into server-based software think that the company will fall. Google (GOOG) already markets Google Apps which offers word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail, and presentation products. This software…
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has made an announcement of a significant management change this morning. Diane Greene is departing as the company’s President and CEO. VMware’s Board of Directors has appointed Paul Maritz as…
The Wall Street Journal has unearthed a memo from Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (MSFT). In it, he lays out some of his plans for the company. The program falls into four buckets. The…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) might be getting more attention over its virtualization launch of Hyper-V if it wasn’t for the market. This is being interpreted as the equivalent of "Public Enemy #1" to VMware…
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) reported earnings after the close of trading today. Its earnings were $0.47 non-GAAP EPS on $7.2 Billion revenues. The First Call estimates for the enterprise software giant were $0.44 EPS…
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) reports earnings after today’s close, but it is getting the same amount of attention as an ant across the field. While everyone is focused on R-I-M, this is the stock…
Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) and IONA Technologies plc (NASDAQ: IONA) are going to see active trading today. Progress is acquiring IONA in a cash buyout of $162 million and approximately $106 million net…
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) is set to report earnings this coming Wednesday. This will be the stock used by analysts to judge the strength of enterprise business spending for technology. The First Call estimates…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is expanding its strategic collaboration in virtualization with VMware (NYSE: VMW) to introduce new integrated software offerings. The aim here is to more easily assist customers to seamlessly automate the management of…
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) has reported it earnings after the close. The software maker posted $0.40 net EPS and $0.50 non-GAAP EPS on $886.9 million in revenues, and both were above First Call…
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) is set to report earnings after today’s close of trading. The estimates from First Call are $0.46 EPS on $880 million in revenues. As far as what is ahead,…
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) just announced that it has agreed to sell 5,575,000 shares of its common stock in an public secondary offering of its stock. Thomas Weisel Partners is the sole underwriter…
Microsoft (MSFT) has started to show-off a touch-screen function for its next version of Windows. That would allow a PC to function sort of like an Apple (AAPL) iPhone, as The Wall Street Journal…
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) has slowly caught on fire over the last month. In fact, shares are now up close to 20% in the last month. We noted earlier in 2008 that John Thompson…