Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 10 at 8:29 am PT
Big deals with Facebook and in the finance industry ahead of Salesforce.com’s earnings report are spurring its shares upward today. The trouble will be in setting expectations for next quarter.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 9 at 5:32 am PT
In the wake of last year’s SAP-SuccessFactors deal, Taleo was said to be the next company to be acquired. Funny how these things work out.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 7 at 1:50 am PT
Unhappy with a judge’s ruling that slashed a judgement from $1.3 billion to $272 million, Oracle says it wants a new copyright infringement trial against rival SAP.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 2 at 2:50 pm PT
Cloud software player Netsuite’s earnings beat the Street, and its shares are surging.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on February 2 at 1:14 pm PT
Meanwhile, he turned down a nearly identical job offer from Hewlett-Packard.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 31 at 1:35 pm PT
IBM said today it had reached a deal
to acquire Worklight, a privately held Israeli mobile software company. Terms weren’t disclosed, but at least one report put the deal at $70 million. IBM said 75 percent of CIOs it had recently surveyed considered spending on mobile devices and software a priority.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 30 at 11:27 am PT
BMC Software said today it would
acquire Numara Software, a privately held company that specializes in IT management software. The move, BMC said, will expand its software-as-a-service offerings into the mid-market. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 26 at 6:24 am PT
Autodesk proves that the Mac is a serious contender for running software in the workplace.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 20 at 7:25 am PT
Meet the 20-year Microsoft veteran who’s now in charge of steering HP’s strategic vision.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 19 at 10:26 am PT
Big Blue reports earnings today after the markets close. Expect some troubles related to currencies and maybe from service bookings. Also? It will be Ginni Rometty’s first earnings report as CEO.
