With a Focus on Growth, How can this Major CRM Company Beat Earnings Expectations?
ESTMZ - 2 hrs 36 mins ago
Salesforce.com , the leader in customer relationship management (CRM) and imminent player in cloud computing solutions, is set to report 3Q2016 earnings tomorrow after the closing bell. In the previous two quarters, the company has been backed by...
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Don't Bet Against Warren Buffett on IBM
at The Street - Tue Nov 17, 10:00AM CST
Berkshire Hathaway keeps buying Big Blue. You should, too.
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IBM Expands U.S. Federal Cloud Ecosystem with Five New Partners
PR Newswire - Tue Nov 17, 8:14AM CST
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that five new cloud partners have joined its growing ecosystem serving the U.S. federal government. Together with IBM, these resellers and distributors will focus on delivering new hybrid cloud innovations to help spur wider cloud adoption across federal agencies. Arrow, Avnet Government Solutions, Ingram Micro, Tech Data Corporation and ViON will combine and bundle their solutions with IBM Cloud.
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23)
IBM Rallies Developers to Help Build New Cloud Apps for First Responders
PR Newswire - Tue Nov 17, 8:10AM CST
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is providing access to the IBM Cloud as part of the First Responder Application Challenge that runs through Dec.14. IBM and its partner Vencore, Inc., in coordination with USGIF and APCO, have teamed up to develop an application ecosystem that enables the development and delivery of predictive analytic and mobile applications that can significantly improve the operational capability of first responders, be built and delivered on the cloud, and apply data and innovation to solve real-world problems.
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23)
For Second Year in a Row, Cloud Benchmark Reveals IBM SoftLayer Nearly Three Times Faster than Amazon Web Services
PR Newswire - Tue Nov 17, 8:00AM CST
VoltDB, a leading provider of the industry's only in-memory fast data platform to power mission-critical real-time applications, today announced the results of a VoltDB-sponsored YCSB cloud performance benchmark. Conducted by an independent third party, using VoltDB, the benchmark illustrates the performance and price/performance of the leading cloud platforms from Amazon Web Services, Google, IBM and Microsoft.
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23)
Global Procurement Outsourcing Market worth CAGR of 14.97% by 2019: MarketResearchReports.Biz
GlobeNewswire - Tue Nov 17, 7:52AM CST
This report covers the growth prospects of the global procurement outsourcing market in the power industry. It includes market segmentation based on procurement outsourcing services. It also discusses standalone procurement outsourcing and procurement outsourcing as a part of BPO services offered until 2019. The major geographies included in this report are the Americas, APAC, and EMEA. Accenture, Capgemini, Genpact, GEP, IBM, and Xchanging are the major market vendors.
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23)
HPC Leading Institutes Announce Formation of the UCX Consortium to Expand Collaboration within HPC Community
Business Wire - Tue Nov 17, 7:30AM CST
SC15 - The OpenUCX community today, under the leadership of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, announced its intention to form the UCX Consortium, an industry group focused on the proliferation and continued evolution of the UCX High-Performance Computing Communication Framework. The Consortium will be formed to increase collaboration between government laboratories, universities and commercial businesses within the HPC community, expanding the possibilities for discovery and advancement. Members of the Consortium will benefit from shared knowledge and resources, a fast and flexible access to a wide range of worldwide utilities and communication directives. Furthermore, they will profit from a production-grade low-level flexible communication software environment, which can be used as a vehicle for revolutionary research, a key to foster innovation.
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23)
Seagate Brings HPC Performance and Data Management to the Enterprise with ClusterStor G200 Storage System
Business Wire - Tue Nov 17, 7:01AM CST
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) today introduced the Seagate ClusterStor(TM) G200 Spectrum Scale, high performance computing (HPC)-class storage solution to help data-driven enterprises manage massive storage growth. The G200 integrates with Seagate's new 3.5-inch ClusterStor HPC drive specifically designed for the HPC market, highlighting the company's commitment to industry-leading HPC storage solutions.
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23), STX: 34.15 (-0.14)
IBM and OpenPOWER Members Deliver Accelerated Technologies to Break Big Data Speed Barriers
M2 - Tue Nov 17, 2:37AM CST
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and several fellow OpenPOWER Foundation members today revealed new technologies, collaborations and developer resources to enable clients to analyze data more deeply and with incredible speed. The new offerings center on the tight integration of IBM's open and licensable POWER processors with accelerators, dedicated high performance processors that can be optimized for computationally intensive software code. The accelerated POWER-based offerings come at a time when clients are seeking the ideal server platform for Internet of Things, machine learning and other cognitive computing applications. Through an open, collaborative model, IBM and more than 90 members participating in the OpenPOWER Foundation's Accelerators Working Group are developing and delivering a wide range of accelerator-based solutions.
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23)
Berkshire Hathaway
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Nov 16, 5:41PM CST
Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) added to holdings in IBM (IBM), Charter Communications (CHTR) and GM (GM), while trimming stakes in Goldman Sachs (GS) and Wal-Mart (WMT). The move by the Warren Buffett-led holding company frees up capital for its Precision...
GS: 192.04 (-0.12), IBM: 133.94 (+0.23), CHTR: 185.87 (+0.18), WMT: 60.16 (+2.29), GM: 35.30 (+0.13), PCP: 230.96 (+0.12)
Stocks Warren Buffett Bought, Sold And Held In Q3
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Nov 16, 4:00PM CST
Amid the stock market tumult in the third quarter, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) added to its holdings in IBM (IBM), Charter Communications (CHTR) and General Motors (GM). Meanwhile, the legendary investor cut stakes in Goldman Sachs...
KO: 41.81 (-0.15), PSX: 91.68 (+0.61), T: 33.36 (+0.32), GS: 192.04 (-0.12), AXP: 71.45 (-0.21), IBM: 133.94 (+0.23), CHTR: 185.87 (+0.18), WMT: 60.16 (+2.29), GM: 35.30 (+0.13), WFC: 55.35 (+0.08), PCP: 230.96 (+0.12)
SOC Prime Announces Technology Alliance With Qualys
Marketwire Canada - Mon Nov 16, 3:48PM CST
Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, today announced a technology alliance with SOC Prime, an innovator in solutions for predictive maintenance and automated integration. The alliance enables SOC Prime to offer several solutions that utilize the capabilities of Qualys Cloud Platform and Qualys SSL Labs to increase the efficiency of existing security infrastructure through automated workflows, reducing the amount of time and effort spent on routine tasks, and improving visibility by combining greater intelligence with real-time correlation capabilities.
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23), QLYS: 35.97 (-0.14)
Berkshire Hathaway reduces Goldman Sachs, Wal-Mart stakes
By JOSH FUNK - AP - Mon Nov 16, 2:20PM CST
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett's company sold some of its Goldman Sachs and Wal-Mart shares during the third quarter, and made several smaller changes to its stock portfolio.
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Why Microsoft Corporation Will Win the Cloud Wars
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Nov 16, 2:00PM CST
The day before announcing fiscal 2016 Q1 earnings Oct. 22, Microsoft stock was sitting at $47.20 a share. Fast-forward to the close of trading on Nov. 12, and Microsoft shareholders find themselves with a 13% jump in share price since CEO Satya...
IBM: 133.94 (+0.23), MSFT: 53.25 (-0.51)
12 Stocks Warren Buffett Is Buying in 2015
at The Street - Mon Nov 16, 1:17PM CST
Here are 12 stocks Buffett acquired in the third quarter of the year.
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3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Wealthy Investors Should Consider Buying
Andrés Cardenal, Matthew DiLallo, and Timothy Green, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Nov 16, 1:00PM CST
Dividend stocks have proved their ability to outperform the market in the long term. Wealthy investors, or those with a relatively large portfolio in relationship to their financial goals, can generally assume more risk, which means they can take...
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Tesla Chipmaker Nvidia Scores Gaming Wins: Analyst
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Nov 16, 12:52PM CST
Tesla (TSLA) chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) scored PC gaming wins in 2015, with U.S. gamers shifting from Sony (SNE), Microsoft (MSFT) and Nintendo console systems to more online games, and took share from rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), an analyst...
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Salesforce (CRM) to Report Q3 Earnings: What's in Store?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Nov 16, 11:20AM CST
salesforce.com, Inc. (CRM) is set to report third-quarter fiscal 2016 results on Nov 18.
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Warren Buffett's Top 10 Dividend-Paying Stocks for 2015
at The Street - Mon Nov 16, 11:09AM CST
These 10 dividend stocks are some of the highest-yielding holdings in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway portfolio.
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