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VMWare (VMW): A Funeral For Virtualization

Virtualization was supposed to be the next big thing in enterprise software. Virtualization allows one computer do the job of multiple computers by sharing the resources of a single machine .The software makes it…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Oracle & Surprisingly Light Revenues (ORCL)

Larry Ellison & Co., a.k.a. Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), is seeing shares hit rather hard in after-hours trading.  Shares closed down 0.6% at $20.94, which was above that 200-day moving average we had cited.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

IPO Filing: SolarWinds, Inc. (SWI)

SolarWinds, Inc. has filed to come public via an initial public offering.  It noted an amount in the IPO of up to $250 million in equity sales and has applied for he ticker "SWI"…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

VMware Increases Operations in India (VMW)

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has announced that it is opening a new R&D facility in Bangalore.  The leader in virtualization also noted that it plans to double its development team in India to more…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Apple (AAPL) Safari Targets Microsoft (MSFT) Windows

According to The Inquirer, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is releasing the latest version of its Safari operating system to Windows users. It may get some of them to switch. Hard to see that the move…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Adobe Barely Off 52-Week Lows Ahead of Earnings (ADBE)

Tuesday after the close, we’ll get to see earnings out of Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE). The estimates from First Call are $0.45 EPS on $875.8 million in revenues.  Adobe frequently offers longer-term guidance…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

BMC Acquires BladeLogic For Data Center Automation (BMC, BLOG)

BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) has announced that it will acquire BladeLogic (NASDAQ:BLOG) for $28.00 per share of BladeLogic common stock.  The data center automation company acquisition is valued at $800 million, net of cash acquired. …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Microsoft Acquisition Furthers Virtualization Efforts (MSFT, VMW, CTXS)

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced its intended acquisition of Kidaro.  This is said to be a leading provider of desktop virtualization solutions for enterprises. Microsoft noted that combining Kidaro’s virtualization with the "Microsoft…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Google (GOOG) Driven Linux PCs Killed At Wal-Mart (WMT)

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) launched a PC product loaded with its software and an operating system from open source Linux. The product was being sold in Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Unfortunately, Wal-Mart customer seem to like Microsoft (NASDAQ:…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago