Online University Sector Booming

A recent study by the Lumina Foundation projects that the United States needs to add a million graduate students a year for the next 16 years if it wishes to remain a competitive nation. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that in the coming 10 years, jobs requiring higher education will be among the

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Micron And NSM In Acquisition Mode

Chipmakers Micron (NYSE:MU) and National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM) have been in acquisition mode. Micron acquired NOR flash maker Numonyx for $1.27 billion while National Semi recently acquired fabless chipmaker GTronix for an undisclosed sum. Let’s take a closer look.

Google Enters Vertical Search With Travel

Something really major happened today. The New York Times reports: “Google has acquired ITA software, a 14-year-old company that makes software that organizes flight and pricing information, for $700 million in cash. ITA, based in Boston, specializes in organizing airline data, including flight times, seat availability and pricing.”

EDA Consolidation Continues

The EDA Consortium recently announced a second consecutive quarter of sequential revenue growth for overall electronic design automation (EDA) revenues. For Q4 2009, EDA industry revenues of $1.26 billion grew 8.1% over the quarter while declining 4.2% over the year. The consortium noted that the biggest upticks came in the categories of CAE, IC Physical

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Accenture Can Be Near-Shore Leader

After five successive quarters of revenue declines, Accenture’s (NYSE:ACN) Q3 revenues finally grew, by 8% over the year to $5.57 billion to exceed the market’s projected revenues of $5.46 billion. On a constant currency basis, revenues grew 4% over the year. EPS for the quarter of $0.73 was significantly higher than the market’s expected $0.69.

Oracle’s Next Move: Data Security

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has successfully integrated Sun, and in the first full quarter after the acquisition the company reported a 25% jump in profit. Now that the integration is complete, Oracle is looking at greener pastures. Last month, it announced another acquisition in a new but important sector: database security. Let’s take a closer look.

Dell-RIM Merger In The Cards?

Last week, Research in Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM) reported a disappointing quarter that narrowly missed its guidance. While RIM made its entry into top 5 mobile phone vendor list, replacing Motorola, its share in the smartphone market declined slightly as Motorola in turn became one of top 5 smartphone vendors. Apple’s iPhone and Android devices from

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New Era Of Personal Computing Pits Apple Against Adobe

After a long wait, Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) has managed to release its Flash Player for smartphones running on the latest version of Android, Froyo. Adobe has shipped Flash Player 10.1 for Mobile to all the major smartphone vendors save Apple. Let’s take a closer look.