Hot Workday To Cool Revenue Growth Down To Near 40%?
at Investor's Business Daily - Sat Nov 14, 7:02AM CST
Analysts expect decelerating revenue growth from upstart enterprise software maker Workday (WDAY) when it reports third-quarter performance after the market close Thursday. But barring any surprises, the 41% sales growth seen by a consensus of...
SAP: 77.96 (-1.18), WDAY: 78.91 (-3.01), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Salesforce May Have Eased Off Throttle, But Not Much
at Investor's Business Daily - Sat Nov 14, 7:02AM CST
Facing tough comparisons with year-earlier numbers, Wall Street expects Salesforce.com (CRM) late Wednesday to ease off its speedy earnings and sales growth rates just a bit. The consensus of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters estimates the leading...
SAP: 77.96 (-1.18), MSFT: 52.84 (-0.48), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33), CRM: 75.60 (-2.70)
Amazon, Microsoft Tighten Grip On Cloud Market
at Investor's Business Daily - Fri Nov 13, 6:14PM CST
For the third consecutive quarter, the three biggest cloud computing vendors gained market share, while smaller vendors lost share, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a report Thursday. Amazon.com's (AMZN) Amazon Web Services continued to hold a...
AMZN: 642.35 (-23.25), RAX: 26.93 (-2.05), GOOGL: 740.07 (-16.46), MSFT: 52.84 (-0.48), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33), CRM: 75.60 (-2.70)
Paylocity Up to Strong Buy: Should It Be in Your Portfolio?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Nov 13, 1:10PM CST
On Nov 11, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY) to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
PCTY: 42.74 (-0.74), ADP: 85.05 (-1.17), CDNS: 22.29 (-0.14), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Oracle Falls 1.05% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Nov 12, 5:08PM CST
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $38.51 to a high of $39.11. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $38.98 on volume of 14.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Watch for Oracle to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.05% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Nov 12, 5:07PM CST
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $38.51 to a high of $39.11. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $38.98 on volume of 14.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Oracle Business Intelligence 12c Helps Organizations Boost Their Digital Transformation Through Agile Visual Analytics
Marketwired - Thu Nov 12, 10:00AM CST
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) today announced the general availability of Oracle Business Intelligence 12c (BI 12c), designed to deliver an entirely new experience for blending and visually analyzing any data in an enterprise-scale analytics platform. The foundation of Oracle's analytics offerings, Oracle BI 12c allows people across the organization to leverage a single integrated platform for self-service, visual data discovery and quickly find answers to pressing business questions while in the office or on the go.
ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Downgrade Alert for Oracle (ORCL)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Nov 12, 7:07AM CST
Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) was downgraded from Overweight to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley today. The stock closed yesterday at $39.04 on volume of 18.9 million shares, above average daily volume of 14.8 million. Over the past year, Oracle has traded in a range of $35.14 to $46.71 and closed yesterday at $39.04, 11% above that low. Over the past week, the 200-day moving average (MA) has remained constant while the 50-day MA has advanced 0.5%.
ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Why Microsoft's Strong Dividend Belongs in Your Portfolio
at The Street - Thu Nov 12, 5:45AM CST
Microsoft had a weak start in 2015, but right now, it's hot, and the case for buying it ahead of its ex-dividend date is solid.
IGV: 101.98 (-1.98), MSFT: 52.84 (-0.48), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33), CRM: 75.60 (-2.70)
Amazon.com Cloud Drives Analyst Price Target Hike
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Nov 11, 6:53PM CST
Amazon.com (AMZN) and its rapidly growing cloud computing business continue to impress analysts on Wall Street and eat away competition. Today, Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak hiked the investment bank's price target 7% to 800 from 750, according...
AMZN: 642.35 (-23.25), VMW: 58.71 (-0.22), MSFT: 52.84 (-0.48), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Finally, Open-Source Model Paying Off For Red Hat
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Nov 11, 3:55PM CST
Open-source software has come a long way -- just ask Red Hat. The leading maker of the Linux operating system, Red Hat (RHT) announced a partnership last week with its once-bitter rival, Microsoft (MSFT). As part of the deal, Red Hat will provide the...
AMZN: 642.35 (-23.25), GSB: 3.80 (+0.05), IBM: 131.75 (-1.29), DAL: 48.99 (-0.99), RHT: 77.83 (-1.98), MSFT: 52.84 (-0.48), ADBE: 89.02 (-1.82), CSCO: 26.21 (-1.62), HPE: 13.39 (-0.31), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Oracle Is Fading Toward a Test of Key Support
at The Street - Wed Nov 11, 11:46AM CST
Oracle will likely continue lower, creating a low-risk entry opportunity for patient investors.
ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Guitar Center Launches New Website
PR Newswire - Wed Nov 11, 9:00AM CST
Guitar Center, the world's largest instrument retailer, has launched its new redesigned website at www.guitarcenter.com. The new site offers a more seamless omni-channel user interface, along with increased scalability, stability and performance. Based on the current Oracle Commerce platform, the site now communicates more directly and efficiently with the rest of the Guitar Center enterprise - offering a more effective, intuitive and beneficial experience for customers, Guitar Center employees and vendor partners alike.
ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Oracle (ORCL) Stock Downgraded at Morgan Stanley
at The Street - Wed Nov 11, 7:52AM CST
Oracle (ORCL) stock was downgraded to 'equal weight' from 'overweight' at Morgan Stanley this morning.
ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Analysts' Actions -- McDonald's, Oracle, EMC, Kohl's
at The Street - Wed Nov 11, 7:40AM CST
Here are Wednesday's top research calls, including new views on McDonald's, Oracle, EMC and Kohl's.
KSS: 42.85 (-2.94), MPG: 21.18 (-0.23), ETN: 54.11 (-0.08), MCD: 109.97 (-2.14), EMC: 25.03 (+0.01), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Education ERP Market Report 2015 by Software Solutions, Services, Deployment, User Type & Region - Global Forecast to 2020 for the $14 Billion Industry
M2 - Wed Nov 11, 3:24AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/n6c5vk/education_erp) has announced the addition of the "Education ERP Market by Software Solutions (SIS, HR/Payroll, Financial Management, Placement Management, Transport Management, Enrolment and Admissions, Others), Services, Deployment, User Type & Region - Global Forecast to 2020" report to their offering. It is expected that the global education ERP market will grow from USD 6.40 billion in 2015 to USD 14.22 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 17.3% during the forecast period. Over the past few years, the market for education ERP has progressed by implementing the latest technologies owing to an increasing demand from academic institutions. This market includes the recent implementation of comprehensive and extremely user friendly ERP system to create a flexible administrative environment that would enable customization according to the institution's requirement. The education ERP market in this report is defined as the summation of solutions such as Student Information System (SIS), Human Resource (HR)/payroll, financial management, placement management, transport management, and enrolment and admissions. The education ERP market categorizes the contemporary arrangements and technologies that are vital for any institute across the globe. This market is in the growth stage in Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America, as K-12 schools and higher education institutions across all regions are not very receptive towards the latest technological changes. Moreover, there is huge return on investment in education ERP; as opportunities for enriched performance are always increasing, hence, education experts and leaders continue to envision more productively about the administrative procedures and technologies that are required to make management of operations more flexible and secure. The major restraints in the education ERP market are growing availability of new administrative systems and restricted customization feasibility. Many academic institutions lack the applicable implementation of these ERP systems due to the insufficient funds and the difficulty to integrate ERP systems with the internal systems. It is projected that the education ERP adoption would decline in a few years, especially in the developed economies of the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Key Topics Covered: 1 Introduction 2 Research Methodology 3 Executive Summary 4 Premium Insights 5 Education ERP Market Overview 6 Education ERP Market: Industry Trends 7 Education ERP Market Analysis, By Solution 8 Education ERP Market Analysis, By Service 9 Education ERP Market Analysis, By Deployment Type 10 Education ERP Market Analysis, By User Type 11 Geographic Analysis 12 Competitive Landscape 13 Company Profiles - Blackbaud, Inc. - Dell Inc. - Ellucian - Epicor Software Corporation - Infor - Jenzabar, Inc. - Netsuite - Oracle Corporation - SAP AG - Unit4 Software For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/n6...cation_erp
BLKB: 58.72 (-1.77), SAP: 77.96 (-1.18), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Rimini Street Survey Finds Oracle Licensees Leveraging Their Mature On-Premise Applications Rather Than Replacing With Oracle Cloud/Fusion Applications
Business Wire - Tue Nov 10, 8:00AM CST
Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support services for SAP SE's (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation's (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion, Oracle Retail and Oracle Agile PLM software, today announced that a majority of global Oracle licensees recently surveyed are leveraging their existing, mature on-premise applications at the core of their ERP application strategy. The top reasons cited for not migrating to Oracle Cloud/Fusion applications are "High Licensing and Maintenance Costs" and "No Strong Business Case." "No Incremental Value over Existing Applications" was also cited as a top reason for not migrating. The results are part of Rimini Street's second annual global survey of 443 current Oracle application licensees including executives, IT and procurement professionals representing a range of industries and company sizes in North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, to understand their challenges, priorities and plans for 2016 and beyond.
SAP: 77.96 (-1.18), ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)
Oracle Introduces Oracle Knowledge Advanced Cloud to Meet Customer Demands for Modern, Multi-Channel Customer Service and Support
Marketwired - Tue Nov 10, 7:00AM CST
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) today launched Oracle Knowledge Advanced, a new cloud solution within the Oracle Service Cloud that helps organizations deliver a better customer experience, while reducing overall customer support costs. Fully integrated into Oracle Service Cloud, the new cloud-based knowledge management solution enables organizations worldwide to effectively create and refine their knowledge assets to deliver a seamless cross-channel customer experience in 33 languages for both end customers and contact center agents.
ORCL: 37.30 (-1.33)