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Company & Industry OverviewsWhat Is Salesforce’s Value Proposition in the Software Space?
Earlier in this series, we discussed Salesforce’s (CRM) recently announced fiscal 1Q17 earnings. Now, let’s look at the company’s value proposition. Earnings ReportWhy SAP’s Fiscal 1Q16 Results Failed to Meet Analysts’ Expectations
The Fed’s cautious approach and global growth concerns are weighing heavily on the US dollar, whose decline has impacted SAP’s fiscal 1Q16 performance. MiscellaneousUnderstanding Resilient Systems: IBM’s Latest Acquisition in the Security Space
Resilient Systems, a heavy hitter in the cybersecurity space, is best known for its “incident response” platform and is IBM’s most recent acquisition. MiscellaneousTruven: IBM’s Latest Buy, Attempt to Push Watson
On February 18, 2016, IBM announced the acquisition of Truven Health Analytics for $2.6 billion. Truven provides cloud-based healthcare data and analytics. Company & Industry OverviewsWhy Is Apple So Concerned about Currency Fluctuations?
Last month, Apple (AAPL) declared its fiscal 1Q16 results, reporting revenues of $75.9 billion. Revenues rose 2% YoY (year-over-year) and 8% on a constant currency basis. Earnings ReportHow Cognizant Hopes to Increase Market Share in 2016
Cognizant’s (CTSH) revenues in 2015 rose by an impressive 21% to $12.4 billion from $10.3 billion in 2014. Company & Industry OverviewsWhich IBM Partnerships and Acquisitions Have Boosted Watson?
Apart from acquisitions to further push the chances of Watson Health’s success in the healthcare space, IBM has partnered with Apple (AAPL), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), and Medtronic (MDT). Earnings ReportStrong Holiday Sales Will Likely Drive Amazon’s Growth in December
Amazon is the largest e-commerce player in the world. It could beat its own guidance for the December quarter. It will announce its earnings next month. Company & Industry OverviewsComparing the SG&A Expenses of Accenture, IBM, and Wipro in 3Q15
In 3Q15, the selling, general, and administrative expenses for Accenture rose to $1.41 billion from $1.38 billion in 3Q14 and $1.36 billion in 3Q13. Company & Industry OverviewsEvaluating Signet Jeweler’s Marketing Strategies and Initiatives
Signet Jewelers’ well-known, exclusive brands aim to influence consumers in their buying decisions. Sterling Jewelers thus provides 32% branded assortments. MiscellaneousWhy Did Hewlett-Packard Split Its Business?
Hewlett-Packard split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. On the first day of trading, the companies’ shares moved in opposite directions. Company & Industry OverviewsMacroeconomic Factors Affecting Microsoft’s Performance
Competition in the technology sector Microsoft (MSFT) faces competition from a number of companies in the tech (technology) sector due to low barriers of entry and continuous evolution of the tech space. As seen in the above chart, Amazon (AMZN), IBM (IBM), and Google (GOOG) are Microsoft’s major competitors in the cloud business segment. Microsoft focuses on […] MiscellaneousWhat Synergies Does the Dell-EMC Merger Bring?
The revenue synergies of the Dell-EMC merger are likely to be the result of EMC’s converged infrastructure making use of Dell servers and networking products. Company & Industry OverviewsData Storage Systems Overview
We live in the “Information Age,” where a huge amount of data is generated every second and storage systems are needed to store this data. Company & Industry OverviewsSouth Korea: Second Largest Global Semiconductor Manufacturer
After memory chips, LEDs comprise the second most produced semiconductor products in South Korea. The country accounts for ~13% of the global LED market. Earnings ReportRackspace Is the Leader in the Hosted Private Cloud Market
Rackspace leads the hosted private cloud space with a 20% market share. This market is a “highly fragmented market.” Earnings ReportOpen-Source Databases Pose a Threat to Oracle’s Dominance
The growing preference for open-source technologies and databases plays a crucial role in Oracle’s recent struggles. Earnings ReportWhat Prompted HP to Sell Its Majority Stake in H3C in May?
Through the sale of H3C, HP became one of the first prominent US technology companies to give control to native Chinese owners. Earnings ReportOracle’s Cloud Strategy Is Different from Its Peers
Oracle’s strategy of transitioning to cloud seems to be yielding results. The revenue from overall software continues to dominate its top-line revenue. Company & Industry OverviewsStocks Beat Bonds over the Long Run By a Big Margin
The majority of investors believe bonds are safer than stocks. The main reason is that bonds pay regular interest. Earnings ReportWhy IBM Has Spent Billions in Cloud Acquisitions
IBM (IBM) intends to fuel its growth in the cloud space through the investment of billions of dollars, as well as strategic acquisitions. MiscellaneousCisco Acquired Insieme to Focus on the Important SDN Trend
In November 2013, Cisco responded to the SDN trend by introducing its application-centric infrastructure (or ACI). Earnings ReportWhy Oracle is targeting the CRM market for its growth
Oracle has been growing its CRM segment rapidly by making strategic acquisitions to expand its position in the CRM market. Fund ManagersHighlights of Renaissance Technologies’ key positions in 3Q14
Renaissance Technologies is an investment management firm. The fund’s portfolio decreased to $36.52 billion in the third quarter—compared to $42.89 billion in the second quarter. Earnings ReportAmazon continues to invest in technology and content
Technology and content costs include expenses incurred on new product development, data centers, and licensing costs associated with music and videos. Earnings ReportSalesforce.com seeks growth through data centers
Salesforce.com is focusing on expanding its presence and operations across Europe by opening data centers. Technology & CommunicationsWhy increased cloud adoption helps Salesforce.com’s business
Salesforce.com (CRM) got ~94% of its fiscal 2014 and six months ending FY15 revenue from subscription and support fees. The fees are associated with cloud services. This implies that it has a huge investment in cloud-based application services. Salesforce.com offered solutions as a system for customer relationship management (or CRM) through cloud.Technology & Communications Why EMC, VMware, and Pivotal form a unique business model
EMC, Pivotal, and VMware’s (VMW) virtual infrastructure collectively forms the “federated” business model of EMC Corp. The business model is unique because although all three businesses focus on their core functions separately, they all play a vital role in the delivery of IT as a service (or ITaaS).Consumer Why Microsoft Azure may be the key to Microsoft’s future success
Microsoft Azure might not be a leader, but it is expanding very fast in terms of applications and geography. Its hybrid cloud approach offers some hope regarding its future in the cloud space. Technology & CommunicationsWhy “big data” and “virtualization” go hand in hand?
“Big data” analysis requires large data set analysis and the creation of advanced analytic algorithms that are designed to identify insights, patterns, and trends that aren’t understood yet. Technology & CommunicationsMust-know: “Big data” gave way to the arrival of NoSQL and Hadoop
Google and Yahoo broke large databases and distributed them across multiple servers, that led to distributed databases—which then founded advanced databases like NoSQL and new processing platforms like Hadoop.Technology & Communications Why traditional database systems fail to support “big data”
The volume and velocity of business data has changed dramatically in the last couple of years—it’s skyrocketing every day. Technology & CommunicationsOverview: What is “big data”?
Big data is high volume, high velocity, and high variety information assets that require new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight, discovery, and process optimization.Technology & Communications Why Global Services are integral for IBM’s revenue generation
IBM’s Global Technology and Global Business Services combined form Global Services. Jointly, they contribute 57% of IBM Corp.’s (IBM) consolidated revenues. Technology & CommunicationsWhy the software industry commands high margins
Major contributors to the operating expenditure are marketing costs and research and development (R&D) expenses that leads to value added products and services development. Technology & CommunicationsMust-know: Why the software industry is cyclical
The “Internet of Things” is the network of physical objects, that connects them to the internet.Technology & Communications Must-know: An overview of the software industry
“Software” refers to computer program or data (bits and bytes stored), that can be stored electronically.