Apple (AAPL) OS Picks Up Ground
Microsoft (MSFT) kept the Linux desktop people at bay for years. The open source operating systems wanted a piece of Redmond’s huge Windows PC franchise. The problem with Linux software is that moving it…
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Newest first · Page 53Synchronoss Technologies Earnings Expectations (SNCR)
On Monday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR). The estimates from First Call for the transaction management software developer are $0.20 EPS on $35.65 million in revenues. Estimates for…
VMWare (VMW) Could Fall 50% Further
VWWare (VMW) lost about a third of its value on a disappointing quarterly report. The stock is now down to $56, near a 52-week low and off a period high of better than $125.…
VMware’s Revenue Punt Destroys Its Shares & EMC Shares (VMW, EMC)
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has posted earnings of $0.26 non-GAAP EPS on $412 million in revenues. First Call had estimates pegged at $0.24 EPS and $417.37 in revenues. Even though this represents an 80%…
VMware Initiation Today Looks Conservative (VMW, EMC)
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has been one incredible post-IPO after EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) partially spun-off the virtualization leader in August 2007. It picked up new coverage this morning after William Blair & Company…
Gates Finally Trumps Jobs: MSFT Vs. AAPL
For Bill Gates the wait must have seemed to last more than a lifetime. Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) both became modest-sized businesses in the early 1980s. But the Bill Gates’ company murdered Apple…
Microsoft Maintains Strong Business Spending Climate (MSFT)
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted earnings of $0.50 EPS on revenues of $16.37 Billion. First Call had analyst estimates at $0.46 EPS on $15.95 Billion. Its previous guidance offered had been $0.44 to $0.46 EPS…
Microsoft Earnings May Make Or Break Tech (MSFT)
We’ve had a wild ride in the markets lately and investors are looking for the stocks that they think are A) still going to show growth and B) that offer a degree of safety…
Does Microsoft (MSFT) Buy Citrix (CTXS)?
Microsoft (MSFT) is behind in the virtualization software business. Way behind. Wall St.’s perception, which is probably correct, is that recent IPO VMWare (VMW) has the industry lead. The company now has a market…
Microsoft (MSFT) Details Plans To Take On VMWare (VMW)
One stock which may come under more than normal pressure tomorrow is virtualization software company VMWare (VMW). Microsoft (MSFT) disclosed detail of its plans to take on the successful IPO with offerings of its…
Symantec Trying To Change Its Stripes (SYMC)
There was one small bit of good news last night out of Symatec (NASDAQ: SYMC). The data security and storage leader announced that it was actually selling a unit. San Francisco-based private equity firm…
Goldman Sachs Raises Microsoft Ahead Of Earnings (MSFT, INTC)
We already noted some changes out of Goldman Sachs in the beverage sector this morning, but there is a more decisive call today on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and that is after a recent estimate…
BEA Capitulates; Oracle Wins (BEAS, ORCL)
After essentially a near-decade of rumors, bids, rejections, and infighting, BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) is finally being acquired. The company has capitulated and Larry Ellison’s empire is the winner. Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) is…
VMware, An Acquirer Again (VMW, EMC)
VMware (NYSE: VMW) is out with news that it is making another acquisition this morning. The virtualization leader is acquiring desktop virtualization provider THINSTAL, which it calls a best of breed agentless application virtualization…
EU Won’t Leave Microsoft (MSFT) Alone
Now that Microsoft (MSFT) and the EU seems to have come close to settling differences on the Window Media Player, the government body is back after Redmond again. According to Reuters "a European Union…