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SaaS Acquisition Targets For Biggies
The big names in enterprise software are focusing their acquisitions on the SaaS sector. IBM says that it is going to spend $20 billion on acquisitions over the next five years, and SaaS is going to be one of the focus areas. Let’s take a look at how the acquisition spree of these major companies
Higher Revenues But Also Higher Costs For Indian IT Players
Gartner estimated recently that worldwide IT services revenues declined 5.3% over the year in 2009 to $763 billion. Revenues for all players in the industry declined, with HP and Accenture reporting the biggest drops of 10.4% and 11.8% respectively. But India-based service providers saw revenues increase 3.6% for 2009 in dollar terms. However, growth was
AMD And NVIDIA Gain Graphics Market Share
HP recently introduced seven laptops with AMD’s (NYSE:AMD) chips. This should boost AMD’s efforts to increase its laptop microprocessor share, which has been declining. According to IDC, AMD’s market share dropped from 15% last year to 12.1% in the first quarter, while Intel dominates the market with an 87.8% share (up from 84.3%). Let’s take a
For Now, Advantage Cisco As Networking Sector Consolidates
In my most recent post on Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), we observed how the company is expanding in adjacent markets through acquisitions, while its competitors, including HP and 3Com, are consolidating to attack Cisco’s core networking business. In this post, we will look at the company’s recent performance and try to gauge the impact of both the
Ad Revenue Declines Slow For Newspaper Players
The purse strings controlling ad budgets have loosened, and for 2010, overall ad budgets in the United States are expected to grow 1.2% over the year to $368 billion. The country’s newspaper giants are already seeing numbers improve. Additionally, analysts expect that during this year, digital advertisement spending will contribute 32.5% of the total ad
Acquisition Spree Continues In Talent SaaS
In February of last quarter, SuccessFactors (NASDAQ:SFSF) made its first acquisition move by buying Inform Business Impact, a SaaS vendor in HR, talent analytics, and workforce planning, for about $40.5 million. With its first acquisition not yet closed, SucessFactors is continuing its spree with the recent purchase of CubeTree, a social enterprise platform, for about $50 million.
EMC, VMWare And The Cloud
According to a recent Morgan Stanley report, technology spending is beginning to grow again. After having fallen 1.8% last year, spending is poised to increase 3.2% in the current year, suggesting a return to normal spending patterns. Analysts expect that storage equipment and virtualization software will attract a bigger portion of these funds. IDC’s Worldwide
Payroll Sector Improving
The employment situation in the Unites States is slowly improving: for the third straight month, ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) reported positive job growth. According to the company’s national employment report, private sector jobs increased by 32,000 in April, more than the 20,000 expected by economists. This is a positive sign for the payroll industry. The official report