Oracle to Acquire Informatica in ’09?

The leading data integration enterprise, Informatica (NASDAQ:INFA), recently announced their Q4 results. Revenue of $124.4 million grew 9% over the year but fell short of the Street’s expectations of $127 million. During the quarter, license revenue grew a record 4% over the year and contributed 46% of the total revenue. Services revenue grew 14% over the

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VMWare Outperforms, Cisco Watching?

VMware (NYSE:VMW) kept up with its previous quarter’s performance of exceeding the market’s expectations in the recently announced Q4 results. Revenues for the quarter of $515 million exceeded the market’s expectations of $512 million and reported 25% annual growth. EPS for the quarter of $0.36 was significantly higher than the market’s expectations of $0.26 and

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McAfee May Be Recession Proof

McAfee doesn’t seem to be terribly bothered by the recession. The Security software category should be relatively recession proof, and McAfee will continue to benefit from that. Also, the company has a good track-record of M&A, and in this market, with valuations compressed, they can pick up whatever is missing in their portfolio at attractive

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Intuit Needs To Acquire Into SaaS

Yesterday, Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU), the tax preparation and small business accounting software maker with annual revenue of $3.1 billion, reported mixed second quarter results that beat earnings estimates. We recently looked at the latest US employment statistics reported by ADP. Intuit is another company that provides a fair idea about the health of the

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Media Sector: Viacom, NYT

Time to take a look at the Media sector, and how things are going there. Viacom (VIA) has made some smart moves in the past that are now enabling the company to perform better than media industry peers. In its recently announced results, Viacom reported flat Q4 revenues of $4.24 billion. For the year, revenue

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HP Succumbs, But Likely to Acquire

Hewlett Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ), the leader in the PC market with annual revenue of $118.4 billion, had been reporting strong quarters till now and had seemed to be recession-proof. Not any more. Yesterday, the company reported a mixed first quarter, missing revenue estimates but meeting earnings estimates. It experienced growth only in the Services segment,

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Semi Infrastructure: KLA, Novellus, Amkor

Let’s do a quick roundup of the semiconductor infrastructure sector. KLA-Tencor, (NASDAQ: KLAC) the world leader in yield management and process control solutions for semiconductor manufacturing and related industries, announced Q2 results on January 29. Though they managed to exceed the Street’s expectations on revenue, they fell short in their EPS figures.

Struggles at Seagate, SanDisk

Seagate and SanDisk, both storage solutions companies, are having a hard time in this economic environment. Both are leaders in their markets, but need massive restructurings to stay afloat. On January 21, Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX), the leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions with annual revenue of $12.7 billion, reported dismal results for

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