Actuate Corp (BIRT) 6.60 $BIRT
Global Cloud Analytics Market 2015-2019 with HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle & SAP Dominating
M2 - Fri Feb 06, 6:01AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nl3cbh/global_cloud) has announced the addition of the "Global Cloud Analytics Market 2015-2019" report to their offering. The Global Cloud Analytics market to grow at a CAGR of 26.29% over the period 2014-2019 Cloud analytics has emerged from the integration of cloud computing and data analytics solution. It also acts as a service model, where data analysis takes place and provided through public or private cloud. Cloud analytics vendors offer services under subscription based or pay-per-use model. Various cloud analytics products are hosted data warehouse, cloud-based BI solution, and SaaS-based social media analytics. Hosted data warehouse is a main data repository system from where the data are made available for analysis. Cloud business intelligence solution involves providing business analytics solutions to customers in low cost and in effective way. SaaS-based social media analytics involves remote positioning of various tools which help collect data and analyze the trend and pattern of visitors and serve customers in a better way. Increased growth and adoption of Big Data is one of the major trends in the market. Big Data has gained more focus because of the massive growth of structured and unstructured data. Cloud analytics deals with the management of unorganized data, which helps organizations access important data and make timely decisions regarding their business. According to the report, increased adoption of data analytics is one of the major drivers in this market. Many organizations are adopting data analytics to understand consumption patterns, customer acquisition, and various other factors to increase revenue, save costs, and maintain customer loyalty. Further, the report states that one of the major challenges in the market is data security concerns. Cloud analytics uses data from various databases and integrates them to predict patterns in an organization. Thus, there are chances of critical data leakage that can adversely affect an organization. The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors. Key Vendors - HP - IBM - Microsoft - Oracle - SAP Other Prominent Vendors - Actuate - Adaptive insights - BIME - Birst - Cloud9 Analytics - Exafort - GoodData - Google - Host Analytics - Indicee - Infor - Informatica - Information Builders - Jaspersoft - Kognitio - MicroStrategy - Newvem - Panorama Software - PivotLink - Qlik Technologies - Rackspace hosting - SAS Institute - Tableau Software - Teradata - Tibco Software - VMware For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nl...obal_cloud
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), IBM: 160.40 (+1.88), DATA: 99.90 (+1.40)
Merger Arbitrage Mondays - January 19, 2015
Asif Suria - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 8:22AM CST
Merger activity increased last week with three new mergers announced and five deals closing. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: ...
QUAD: 21.75 (+0.15), GFIG: 6.03 (-0.03), CRRC: 22.96 (+0.22), BGCP: 9.34 (+0.19), BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), ABC: 100.34 (+0.51), WPG: 17.09 (+0.04), MWIV: 189.72 (-0.17), ROC: 79.20 (+0.33), ALB: 54.59 (+0.63), IRF: 39.98 (-0.01), SHPG: 239.82 (+6.11), NPSP: 45.88 (+0.03)
OpenText Buys Actuate Corporation
PR Newswire - Fri Jan 16, 8:36AM CST
OpenText(TM) (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), today announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Asteroid Acquisition Corporation, it has successfully completed its acquisition of Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: BIRT), the leader in personalized analytics and insights. Actuate brings powerful analytics to the OpenText portfolio of products that enable customers to analyze and visualize a broad range of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), OTEX: 61.19 (+0.99), OTC.TO: 76.24 (+1.06)
Customer Analytics Market by Solution 2014-2019 - Global Forecasts and Analysis of the $4 Billion Market
M2 - Wed Jan 14, 5:58AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7rq3r9/customer) has announced the addition of the "Customer Analytics Market by Solution - Global Forecasts and Analysis (2014 - 2019)" report to their offering. The customer analytics market is expected be $1.62 billion in 2014 and forecasted to be $4.05 billion by 2019 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.1% for 2014 to 2019 In customer analytics, each solution and service plays an important role in the overall market. These solutions and services support a broad spectrum of multi-functional applications such as customer acquisition, retention, loyalty management, behavioral analysis, predictive analysis, pattern analysis, customer segmentation, and various others. The customer analytics market solutions are being deployed in the industrial sector such as Healthcare, travel and hospitality, media and entertainment, transportation and logistics, Utilities, BFSI, manufacturing, and others (includes real estate sector, oil and gas, and energy sector), Telecommunication and IT, wholesale and retail. The BFSI sector has the greatest analytical capabilities and also the media and entertainment industry has widely adopted the analytical tools. But the retail sector considered as the top vertical for obtaining the transaction data about the customer lags behind for the deployment of the Customer Analytics solutions. The challenging factors for the retail industry for deployment of Customer Analytics solution is the high initial cost of deployment and the lack of awareness about the technology. Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Research Methodology 3 Executive Summary 4 Premium Insights 5 Market Overview 6 Industry Trends 7 Customer Analytics Market By Solution 8 Customer Analytics: Market By Service 9 Customer Analytics Market By Deployment Model 10 Customer Analytics: Market By Organization Size 11 Customer Analytics Market By Vertical 12 Customer Analytics Market By Region 13 Competitive Landscape 14 Company Profiles - Actuate Software Corporation - Angoss Software Corporation - Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) - International Business Machine (IBM) - Oracle Corporation - Pitney Bowes Inc. - SAP AG - SAS Institute Inc. - Teoco Corporation - Verint System Inc. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7rq3r9/customer
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), SAP: 69.09 (unch), PBI: 22.96 (+0.18), IBM: 160.40 (+1.88), FICO: 82.00 (+1.50), ORCL: 43.93 (+0.04)
OpenText Announces Pricing of Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes
PR Newswire - Mon Jan 12, 11:38AM CST
Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX) (TSX: OTC) ("OpenText" or the "Company"
announced today that it has priced its offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the "notes" , guaranteed initially on a senior unsecured basis by OpenText's existing and future wholly-owned subsidiaries that borrow or guarantee the obligations under the Company's existing term loan credit agreement dated January 16, 2014. The offering was upsized from the previously announced $600 million aggregate principal amount. The notes will carry a coupon of 5.625% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, commencing on July 15, 2015. The offering is expected to close on January 15, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), OTEX: 61.19 (+0.99), OTC.TO: 76.24 (+1.06)
OpenText Announces Proposed Offering of Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes
PR Newswire - Mon Jan 05, 3:01PM CST
Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX) (TSX: OTC) ("OpenText" or the "Company" announced today a proposed offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured fixed rate notes due 2025 (the "notes" , guaranteed initially on a senior unsecured basis by OpenText's existing and future wholly-owned subsidiaries that borrow or guarantee the obligations under the Company's existing term loan credit agreement dated January 16, 2014. The precise timing, size and terms of the offering are subject to market conditions and other factors. OpenText intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to repay the outstanding indebtedness under its existing term loan facility dated November 9, 2011, and subsequently amended by a first amendment dated as of December 16, 2013 and by a second amendment dated as of December 22, 2014, and add the remaining proceeds to its cash balances for general corporate purposes, including potential future acquisitions. OpenText expects to fund its previously announced acquisition of Actuate Corporation with cash on hand.(1)
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), OTEX: 61.19 (+0.99), OTC.TO: 76.24 (+1.06)
Automated Report Conversion Software Is Enhancing Business Intelligence
PRWeb - Wed Dec 31, 3:36PM CST
Dynasoft Synergy Inc, a Business Intelligence consulting firm and report conversion service, is making its mark in the Business Intelligence arena. As part of its automated report conversion service, Dynasoft has developed the Dynaflux System to achieve accurate report conversion between any BI system (e.g., WEBI to OBIEE / BI Publisher , Crystal reports to OBIEE, Actuate to Cognos, BRIO to OBIEE, BRIO / IR to BI Publisher, Actuate to OBIEE, Discoverer to OBIEE). "Dynaflux offers several advantages to enterprise companies, including a significant reduction in conversion costs and a quick return on investment (ROI)," says owner Jayavel Murugan. "Now, enterprise companies can stay up-to-date with current BI software, without needing to burden their IT department with hours of meticulous manual conversions."
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01)
Zacks Rank #1 Additions for Wednesday - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Dec 31, 8:30AM CST
Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List for Wednesday
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), ACRX: 7.29 (-0.06), AWR: 39.04 (-0.23), ABBV: 58.05 (+1.00), ALGT: 178.42 (-4.07)
Can The Uptrend Continue for Actuate (BIRT)?
Global Cloud Analytics Market 2015-2019 with HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle & SAP Dominating
M2 - Fri Feb 06, 6:01AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nl3cbh/global_cloud) has announced the addition of the "Global Cloud Analytics Market 2015-2019" report to their offering. The Global Cloud Analytics market to grow at a CAGR of 26.29% over the period 2014-2019 Cloud analytics has emerged from the integration of cloud computing and data analytics solution. It also acts as a service model, where data analysis takes place and provided through public or private cloud. Cloud analytics vendors offer services under subscription based or pay-per-use model. Various cloud analytics products are hosted data warehouse, cloud-based BI solution, and SaaS-based social media analytics. Hosted data warehouse is a main data repository system from where the data are made available for analysis. Cloud business intelligence solution involves providing business analytics solutions to customers in low cost and in effective way. SaaS-based social media analytics involves remote positioning of various tools which help collect data and analyze the trend and pattern of visitors and serve customers in a better way. Increased growth and adoption of Big Data is one of the major trends in the market. Big Data has gained more focus because of the massive growth of structured and unstructured data. Cloud analytics deals with the management of unorganized data, which helps organizations access important data and make timely decisions regarding their business. According to the report, increased adoption of data analytics is one of the major drivers in this market. Many organizations are adopting data analytics to understand consumption patterns, customer acquisition, and various other factors to increase revenue, save costs, and maintain customer loyalty. Further, the report states that one of the major challenges in the market is data security concerns. Cloud analytics uses data from various databases and integrates them to predict patterns in an organization. Thus, there are chances of critical data leakage that can adversely affect an organization. The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors. Key Vendors - HP - IBM - Microsoft - Oracle - SAP Other Prominent Vendors - Actuate - Adaptive insights - BIME - Birst - Cloud9 Analytics - Exafort - GoodData - Google - Host Analytics - Indicee - Infor - Informatica - Information Builders - Jaspersoft - Kognitio - MicroStrategy - Newvem - Panorama Software - PivotLink - Qlik Technologies - Rackspace hosting - SAS Institute - Tableau Software - Teradata - Tibco Software - VMware For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nl...obal_cloud
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), IBM: 160.40 (+1.88), DATA: 99.90 (+1.40)
Merger Arbitrage Mondays - January 19, 2015
Asif Suria - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 20, 8:22AM CST
Merger activity increased last week with three new mergers announced and five deals closing. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: ...
QUAD: 21.75 (+0.15), GFIG: 6.03 (-0.03), CRRC: 22.96 (+0.22), BGCP: 9.34 (+0.19), BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), ABC: 100.34 (+0.51), WPG: 17.09 (+0.04), MWIV: 189.72 (-0.17), ROC: 79.20 (+0.33), ALB: 54.59 (+0.63), IRF: 39.98 (-0.01), SHPG: 239.82 (+6.11), NPSP: 45.88 (+0.03)
OpenText Buys Actuate Corporation
PR Newswire - Fri Jan 16, 8:36AM CST
OpenText(TM) (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), today announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Asteroid Acquisition Corporation, it has successfully completed its acquisition of Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: BIRT), the leader in personalized analytics and insights. Actuate brings powerful analytics to the OpenText portfolio of products that enable customers to analyze and visualize a broad range of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), OTEX: 61.19 (+0.99), OTC.TO: 76.24 (+1.06)
Customer Analytics Market by Solution 2014-2019 - Global Forecasts and Analysis of the $4 Billion Market
M2 - Wed Jan 14, 5:58AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7rq3r9/customer) has announced the addition of the "Customer Analytics Market by Solution - Global Forecasts and Analysis (2014 - 2019)" report to their offering. The customer analytics market is expected be $1.62 billion in 2014 and forecasted to be $4.05 billion by 2019 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.1% for 2014 to 2019 In customer analytics, each solution and service plays an important role in the overall market. These solutions and services support a broad spectrum of multi-functional applications such as customer acquisition, retention, loyalty management, behavioral analysis, predictive analysis, pattern analysis, customer segmentation, and various others. The customer analytics market solutions are being deployed in the industrial sector such as Healthcare, travel and hospitality, media and entertainment, transportation and logistics, Utilities, BFSI, manufacturing, and others (includes real estate sector, oil and gas, and energy sector), Telecommunication and IT, wholesale and retail. The BFSI sector has the greatest analytical capabilities and also the media and entertainment industry has widely adopted the analytical tools. But the retail sector considered as the top vertical for obtaining the transaction data about the customer lags behind for the deployment of the Customer Analytics solutions. The challenging factors for the retail industry for deployment of Customer Analytics solution is the high initial cost of deployment and the lack of awareness about the technology. Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Research Methodology 3 Executive Summary 4 Premium Insights 5 Market Overview 6 Industry Trends 7 Customer Analytics Market By Solution 8 Customer Analytics: Market By Service 9 Customer Analytics Market By Deployment Model 10 Customer Analytics: Market By Organization Size 11 Customer Analytics Market By Vertical 12 Customer Analytics Market By Region 13 Competitive Landscape 14 Company Profiles - Actuate Software Corporation - Angoss Software Corporation - Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) - International Business Machine (IBM) - Oracle Corporation - Pitney Bowes Inc. - SAP AG - SAS Institute Inc. - Teoco Corporation - Verint System Inc. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7rq3r9/customer
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), SAP: 69.09 (unch), PBI: 22.96 (+0.18), IBM: 160.40 (+1.88), FICO: 82.00 (+1.50), ORCL: 43.93 (+0.04)
OpenText Announces Pricing of Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes
PR Newswire - Mon Jan 12, 11:38AM CST
Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX) (TSX: OTC) ("OpenText" or the "Company"
announced today that it has priced its offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the "notes" , guaranteed initially on a senior unsecured basis by OpenText's existing and future wholly-owned subsidiaries that borrow or guarantee the obligations under the Company's existing term loan credit agreement dated January 16, 2014. The offering was upsized from the previously announced $600 million aggregate principal amount. The notes will carry a coupon of 5.625% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, commencing on July 15, 2015. The offering is expected to close on January 15, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions. BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), OTEX: 61.19 (+0.99), OTC.TO: 76.24 (+1.06)
OpenText Announces Proposed Offering of Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Notes
PR Newswire - Mon Jan 05, 3:01PM CST
Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX) (TSX: OTC) ("OpenText" or the "Company"
announced today a proposed offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured fixed rate notes due 2025 (the "notes" , guaranteed initially on a senior unsecured basis by OpenText's existing and future wholly-owned subsidiaries that borrow or guarantee the obligations under the Company's existing term loan credit agreement dated January 16, 2014. The precise timing, size and terms of the offering are subject to market conditions and other factors. OpenText intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to repay the outstanding indebtedness under its existing term loan facility dated November 9, 2011, and subsequently amended by a first amendment dated as of December 16, 2013 and by a second amendment dated as of December 22, 2014, and add the remaining proceeds to its cash balances for general corporate purposes, including potential future acquisitions. OpenText expects to fund its previously announced acquisition of Actuate Corporation with cash on hand.(1) BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), OTEX: 61.19 (+0.99), OTC.TO: 76.24 (+1.06)
Automated Report Conversion Software Is Enhancing Business Intelligence
PRWeb - Wed Dec 31, 3:36PM CST
Dynasoft Synergy Inc, a Business Intelligence consulting firm and report conversion service, is making its mark in the Business Intelligence arena. As part of its automated report conversion service, Dynasoft has developed the Dynaflux System to achieve accurate report conversion between any BI system (e.g., WEBI to OBIEE / BI Publisher , Crystal reports to OBIEE, Actuate to Cognos, BRIO to OBIEE, BRIO / IR to BI Publisher, Actuate to OBIEE, Discoverer to OBIEE). "Dynaflux offers several advantages to enterprise companies, including a significant reduction in conversion costs and a quick return on investment (ROI)," says owner Jayavel Murugan. "Now, enterprise companies can stay up-to-date with current BI software, without needing to burden their IT department with hours of meticulous manual conversions."
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01)
Zacks Rank #1 Additions for Wednesday - Tale of the Tape
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Dec 31, 8:30AM CST
Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List for Wednesday
BIRT: 6.60 (+0.01), ACRX: 7.29 (-0.06), AWR: 39.04 (-0.23), ABBV: 58.05 (+1.00), ALGT: 178.42 (-4.07)
Can The Uptrend Continue for Actuate (BIRT)?
