21 Habits of Highly Successful Billionaires Like Warren Buffett and Mark Cuban
Morgan Quinn, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Feb 14, 1:00PM CST
Were billionaires like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffet just born lucky -- or were they made to succeed? Aside from the size of their bank accounts , billionaires possess a unique series of traits that most people don't exhibit. Maybe...
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The 10 Most Overpaid CEOs Running Multi-Billion Dollar Companies
at The Street - Fri Feb 13, 8:22AM CST
Which CEOs have the most egregious pay packages?
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Meet the 23 Women Who Are CEOs of S&P 500 Companies
at The Street - Thu Feb 12, 9:50AM CST
Just 4.6% of the biggest companies in the country are run by women.
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Oracle Triggers Price War In The Server Market
Trefis - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 4:46PM CST
Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL ) recently introduced a new generation of aggressively priced engineered systems. Engineered systems are a type of server, or "converged" system, into which data storage and networking systems have been integrated...
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Sumo Logic Chief Executive Looks To Challenge Splunk
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Feb 11, 3:43PM CST
Ramin Sayar appears to have a predilection for building things. The Silicon Valley executive had no misgivings joining Sumo Logic in December as its new chief executive after spending nearly five years building a cloud business for VMware (VMW), the...
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FBR: Oracle's "one-stop shop" cloud approach paying off
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 1:43PM CST
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EMC: At A Truce With Activist Investor Elliott Management
Marshall Hargrave - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 12:00PM CST
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Align Matters Launches First Planning Cloud for Legal, Turns Lawyers Into Business Leaders
Marketwired - Wed Feb 11, 6:00AM CST
Align Matters, the first company to deliver business-driven legal management, today announced Align. Align is an easy to use dashboard that automatically plans, budgets and analyzes risk from the department level down to individual legal matters. Built on the secure Microsoft Azure cloud, it continuously captures, tracks and analyzes matter metrics to help you align resources with client business objectives. Armed with accurate data, lawyers can rein in runaway budgets and recoup precious time to focus on advising the business. This powerful combination gives lawyers the insight they need to be better business leaders.
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Worldwide Smart Grid Analytics Market 2014-2019 by Solution: (AMI Analytics, Demand Response Analytics, Asset Management, Grid Optimization, Energy Data Forecasting/Load Forecasting and Visualization Tools)
M2 - Wed Feb 11, 5:03AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/pwffr9/smart_grid) has announced the addition of the "Smart Grid Analytics Market by Solution (AMI Analytics, Demand Response Analytics, Asset Management, Grid Optimization, Energy Data Forecasting/Load Forecasting and Visualization Tools) - Worldwide Forecast and Analysis 2014 - 2019" report to their offering. Smart grid analytics market is expected to grow from $12 billion in 2014 to $5.5 billion by 2019, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25.0% from 2014 to 2019. In the smart grid market space, the solution vendors such as Siemens AG, IBM Corporation, Opower, SAPAG, and Oracle Corporation as well as the service providers such as Accenture, Capgemini SA and Wipro offer high end data analytics solutions and professional services. The solutions include AMI analytics, demand response analytics/ advanced analytics for Demand Response Management System (DRMS), asset analytics, analytics for grid optimization, energy data forecasting/ load forecasting, and visualization tools. Also, the services include professional services such as consulting services, and system integration services as well as the support and maintenance services. Smart grid analytics market is growing at a rapid rate and is stirred by various growth drivers such as the deployment of smart metering infrastructure giving rise to gigantic volume of data generation, limited nature of non-renewable energy sources, and the rising demand for consumer engagement. The smart grid analytics market can also thrive in the near future leveraging numerous opportunities in this market space such as the rising demand for system integrators, rise of the Software-as-a-Service/ cloud-based solutions and need of high end analytics solutions for optimization of grid operations. This market is however influenced by a few restraining factors such as lack of skilled workforce and upkeep of prevailing data regulations and standards. Globally, smart grid analytics adoption rate is increasing in the APAC, LA and MEA region due to the increasing awareness of the benefits of big data analytics amongst the businesses running in the utility industry, particularly the smart grid. This increasing awareness level is significantly pushing the smart grid enterprises to deploy comprehensive big data analytics solutions for their grid assets, their operations and functions as well as for enhanced consumer engagement. Also, the smart grid analytics solutions are deployed in two major models: on-premise deployment model and on-demand or cloud-based deployment model. Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Research Methodology 3 Executive Summary 4 Premium Insights 5 Market Overview 6 Industry Trends 7 Smart Grid Analytics Market, By Solution 8 Smart Grid Analytics Market, By Service 9 Smart Grid Analytics Market, By Deployment Model 10 Smart Grid Analytics Market, By Organization Size 11 Smart Grid Analytics Market, By Region 12 Competitive Landscape 13 Company Profiles - Accenture - Capgemini S.A. - EMC Corporation - Hewlett-Packard Company - IBM Corporation - Opower - Oracle Corporation - SAP AG - SAS Institute, Inc. - Siemens AG For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/pwffr9/smart_grid
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SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of Oracle After 1.36% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Feb 10, 3:51PM CST
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $43.56 to a high of $44.06. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $43.63 on volume of 12.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
ORCL: 43.93 (+0.04)
Watch for Oracle to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 1.36% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Feb 10, 3:50PM CST
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $43.56 to a high of $44.06. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $43.63 on volume of 12.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
ORCL: 43.93 (+0.04)
Why Shares of CyberArk Software Ltd Popped
Alex Dumortier, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 10, 2:28PM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What : Shares of cybersecurity company CyberkArk Software ...
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Oracle Communications Network Service Orchestration Solution Helps Communications Service Providers Accelerate and Optimize Service Deployments in Virtualized Network Environments
Marketwired - Tue Feb 10, 7:02AM CST
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) today introduced the new Oracle Communications Network Service Orchestration Solution, which is designed to enable communications service providers (CSPs) to more quickly create new network services to respond to market demand. The solution can also help CSPs reduce service development and management costs as they introduce virtualized network capabilities -- the beginning of a transformation to network function virtualization (NFV) that will simplify their networks and minimize dependence on expensive, inflexible proprietary hardware.
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3 Technology Stocks Driving The Sector Higher
at The Street - Mon Feb 09, 11:06AM CST
TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the technology sector higher today.
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In Perspective: The Ridiculously Large Market Caps Of America's 20 Most Valuable Companies
Mark J. Perry - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 9:33AM CST
Rank Company Market Cap (NYSE: B ) Country Market Cap ( B ) 1 Apple $693 United States $26,331 2 Exxon Mobil $384 Japan $4,378 3 Google $363 China $3,933 4 Berkshire Hathaway $360 Europe (Euronext) $3,319 5 ...
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Latest Release of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System Delivers Enhanced Functionality and Greater Agility in Decision-Making
Marketwired - Fri Feb 06, 10:21AM CST
Continuing to provide industry-leading solutions that help customers unlock business potential and streamline performance management processes, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) today announced Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System Release 11.1.2.4. This new release incorporates key updates to the entire portfolio of EPM applications that enable organizations to engineer predictable performance, connect the enterprise, and further improve decision-making.
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Oracle Set to Possibly Pullback After Yesterday's Rally of 1.74%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 05, 3:59PM CST
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $42.50 to a high of $43.24. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.7%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $43.16 on volume of 9.5 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
ORCL: 43.93 (+0.04)
Oracle Rises 1.74% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Feb 05, 3:58PM CST
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $42.50 to a high of $43.24. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.7%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $43.16 on volume of 9.5 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
ORCL: 43.93 (+0.04)
Teradata (TDC) Beats on Q4 Earnings, Revenues Drop Y/Y - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Feb 05, 1:36PM CST
Teradata Corp.'s (TDC) fourth quarter 2014 adjusted earnings per share (including stock-based compensation expense but excluding other items) of 84 cents beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
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It's A Good Time To Be A Consumer
Thomas Barnard - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 05, 7:45AM CST
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