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April 27, 2007
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A Scary Vignette for Investors Though the software developer has been revamping its business, there are signs that its efforts may be coming undone. Investors have grown alarmed as the company's stock price plunged following its first-quarter earnings results. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2010
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Oracle Is Cheaper Than You Think Oracle's free cash flow multiple suggests it is much cheaper than many investors think. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Progress Software Has Some Bugs The enterprise software developer had a sterling record, until recently. Investors should stay away at least until the audit of its stock options program is completed. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Progress Software Invites Obvious Pun Living up to its name, the software developer announced promising quarterly results, driving shares 8% higher to $30.44. With several major products now hitting the market, it's a good bet the company's progress will continue. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2012 |
How to Play the Tech Giant's Earnings Venerable tech giant IBM reported its quarterly earnings after market close today, and the numbers appeared pretty impressive. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2010 |
IBM Boasts Customer Wins Amid Oracle-HP Feud IBM boasts that it signed up a record number of customers from competitors in the first three quarters of the year, luring hundreds away from Oracle and HP. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Beleaguered BEA Middleware developer BEA turns in a good quarter, despite juggling an options investigation and a hostile takeover attempt from Oracle. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2005
Rob Perri |
Growing Pains Dim Oracle's Outlook The software giant's latest quarter holds steady, but it's got tricky integrations ahead. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
November 3, 2011
Brian Wilson |
IBM and Oracle: 2 Competing Bets on IT The IT industry is booming; IBM and Oracle have been fighting over it. Who is better positioned? |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2010
Eric Bleeker |
IBM Delivers, Then Drops Like A Rock Big Blue's earnings growth can't hide revenue woes |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Gloats It's not common business practice to launch verbal volleys at your competitors in an earnings report. But Oracle is now doing exactly that on a regular basis. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Tangosol: Oracle's New Dance Partner Oracle's tiny deal for Tangosol has big potential. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Gets Zapped SAP has always been conservative on guidance, but the company finally missed its numbers -- in a big way. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 4, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Hummingbird Sings for Wall Street Open Text's major software acquisition takes flight. Investors looking for a software opportunity may find Open Text attractive. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2008
Tim Beyers |
An Oracle Sell-Off? Woo Hoo! Shares of the database company get cheaper. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Oracle's $19 Billion Payoff For the past few years, Oracle's Larry Ellison has talked about the benefits of consolidation. Now, it looks like the company is seeing some of those benefits. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2006
Tom Taulli |
2006 in Review: Oracle The brash company had a smashing 2006. Certainly, Oracle investors have nothing to complain about. |
InternetNews
June 16, 2006
Paul Shread |
Analysts Mixed on Gates Departure Wall Street's response to news of the departure of Bill Gates from Microsoft was largely muted... The broader market finished lower Friday... Adobe edged higher... California Micro tumbled... etc. |
InternetNews
May 9, 2007 |
Markets Find Footing on Fed Rate Hold Inflation's tame enough... Cisco hit by investors for growth outlook that's just not enough... Borland Software was ticking downward slightly after-hours... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2011
Evan Niu |
Big Blue Fails to Impress IBM puts up a decent quarter, but investors were expecting more. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2009
Tim Beyers |
Big Blue's Pink Slip Party Turns Green Who says you can't cut to grow? Once more, IBM is a growth story. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: IBM Will Rock for Ages Big Blue reports third-quarter earnings shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see. |
InternetNews
December 19, 2007
Paul Shread |
Oracle, Accenture Deliver the Goods The tech sector got some welcome news late Wednesday: better than expected quarterly results from Oracle and Accenture... AMD finally broke its losing streak... ADC telecom fell on a $400 million debt offering... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2010
Eric Bleeker |
No Respect for Big Blue For IBM, it's another beat, another drop. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Larry Ellison Doesn't Dig the Net According to its CEO, Oracle's strategy will not include a major shift to web-based business software anytime soon. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Oracle Struts Its Software An acquisition spree over the past several years pays off nicely for Oracle. The enterprise software giant just closed out another impressive quarter, and it may just be getting warmed up. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2007
Tom Taulli |
DataMirror on IBM's Wall The computer giant sees potential in a small-cap company. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2007
Anders Bylund |
Oracle Bakes a Fine Cherry Pie Some of the deals for which Oracle paid out $5 billion last year are starting to pay big dividends for the company. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Business Objects Is Buyout Bait? The enterprise software company is again the subject of takeover rumors, after reports that they hired Goldman Sachs to field buyout overtures from five parties. |
InternetNews
July 26, 2010 |
Will SAP's Earnings Renew Investor Optimism? SAP has seen better days and now must find away to break out of its recent stupor to give investors some hope and perhaps regain a bit of its own swagger. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Stanley Works It A strong start to 2004 has the tool and hardware company boosting estimates. |
InternetNews
April 20, 2009
Paul Shread |
Sun, IBM Headline Eventful Day for Stocks Sun was the biggest story on a historic day for stocks. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Larry Ellison: Rule Breaker Oracle's CEO once again defies conventional thinking for the benefit of shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2011
Chris Hill |
Coke's Next Big Market and IBM's Next Supercomputer On today's podcast: Coca-Cola continues strong international growth... Goldman Sachs' reports a rare loss... Bank of America has a $6.2 billion profit... |
InternetNews
October 16, 2006
Clint Boulton |
IBM Introduces Integration Super Server IBM today unveiled a new piece of software designed to help customers integrate applications. The all-in-one Information Server that will come with the company's WebSphere application server and DB2 database. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Still Not Serious About M&A Third-quarter results were much improved, but intense competition from Oracle clouds the picture. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Has Larry Ellison Gone Crazy? With the PeopleSoft proposal unresolved, the Oracle chief preaches more acquisitions. |
InternetNews
June 26, 2007
Paul Shread |
Oracle's Best Not Good Enough Oracle's quarterly results topped Wall Street's expectations last Tuesday, but traders appeared inclined to sell first and ask questions later... American Software surged on its results... Adobe fell on a downgrade from the Wall Street firm... etc. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Progress Software Avoids Crash and Burn The software company produces results in a tough market, but investors really don't care. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
Eric Bleeker |
Adobe and Oracle Deliver After Hours, Microsoft's Dividend Grows Running down the day's top tech news. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Oracle Plays Both Sides Oracle goes shopping again -- for small fry companies. Despite spending nearly $20 billion in acquisitions over the past few years, it is not impressing shareholders. |
InternetNews
May 24, 2005
Clint Boulton |
IBM Blitz Targets Oracle DB Users IBM tries to attract Oracle's database customers with a sales blitz. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Score One for Oracle The battle continues among the software giants, as SAP makes a surprising admission. The main thing for investors to consider is that Oracle has a clear strategy for growth: buying up companies. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2010
Jeremy Phillips |
Time to Sell Progress Energy? Let's focus on Progress Energy and evaluate its price, valuation, margins, and liquidity to search for danger signs. |
InternetNews
April 19, 2011 |
IBM Kicks Off First Quarter With Strong Results IBM exceeds expectations and raises outlook for the full year. |
InternetNews
October 16, 2007
Larry Barrett |
IBM Nips 3Q Estimates But Hardware Sales Slip Some of IBM's server and mainframe units suffered through a lackluster quarter but the company said it's still on track to meet its lofty earnings targets for this year and through 2010. |
BusinessWeek
April 4, 2005
Steve Hamm |
Larry, You Picked A Nasty Fight In taking on heavyweight SAP in the corporate applications software market, Oracle faces very long odds. |
InternetNews
July 26, 2010 |
IBM Reorg Points to Integrated Systems With the consolidation of its software and hardware divisions, IBM is positioning itself to better compete with rivals like Oracle with integrated servers, software and middleware. |
InternetNews
September 18, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Oracle Sees Tougher Days Ahead The spate of acquisitions that Oracle has made over the years seems to be paying off. |
