Venture Wire reports: Software giant Oracle Corp. said it agreed to acquire retail software maker ProfitLogic Inc. for an undisclosed sum – its second acquisition in the retail software sector this year – as it bolsters its challenge to publicly traded SAP AG. Oracle and SAP, bitter rivals in the $9 billion business -management software [...]
MovieLink has apparently not got much traction for two reasons:
(1) It takes way too long to download a film
(2) Once you download on your PC, there is no wireless PC-to-TV connection to watch it on the TV easily
Wonder what is going on in Intel’s head, to fix these two adoption road-blocks on the Video-on-Demand roadmap and what Morgan Freeman knows, that the major studios don’t!
Rumbles can be heard on both sides of the business today, as both the VCs and the Buy-out guys are waking up to the potential of tech Buy-outs. The larger venture funds are trying to figure out LBO methods, while the Buy-out guys are assessing how to bring strategic leverage into their portfolios.
That tiny ember of rage flared bright and on dry regrets caught hold.
