Lawson Software (NASDAQ: LWSN) may be in a strange spot now as the enterprise software and consultant firm issued earnings. The company posted earnings of $0.08 EPS on a non-GAAP basis on an 11.3%…
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…
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.…
After today’s close we’ll get to see earnings out of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL). The estimates for the enterprise software company from First Call are $0.30 EPS on $5.42 billion in revenues. Next quarter…
24/7 Wall St. had a chance to interview Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on a few subjects including why some large companies were late to the search business, his view of how…
On Wednesday afternoon, we’ll get to see earnings out of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL). The estimates for the enterprise software leader from First Call are $0.30 EPS on $5.42 billion in revenues. Next quarter…
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"…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is not going to wait any longer for Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) to put off the larger company’s $26 a share offer. Take-Two claims it is looking for a better deal,…
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…
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:…
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) is being reinstated as a "Buy" rating in new coverage this morning at Goldman Sachs. The firm notes that with macroeconomic concerns being front and center, shares of the enterprise…