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Enterprise Security Software Carries Symantec to $21.60

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Friday, February 3rd, 2012 by

Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) announced its Q3 FY12 earnings last week with revenues of $1.725 billion last quarter, up 7% year-over-year. Its revenue growth was driven primarily by revenue from security software for businesses increased 17% year-over-year. On the other hand, revenue from consumer security software and storage software increased only 5% and 3% respectively, weighing on revenue growth. Symantec also managed to improve its overall gross margin to 84.2%. Following the results, we have revised our Trefis price estimate for Symantec to $21.60, which stands nearly 20% above the current market price. Symantec competes primarily with Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) via McAfee in security software and IBM (NYSE:IBM), EMC (NYSE:EMC), HP (NYSE:HPQ) and NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) in storage software. Read More »

Weekly Tech Review: Microsoft and Zynga

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Friday, February 3rd, 2012 by

This week was a very eventful one for several companies in the technology space, with many of them announcing their earnings for Q4 2011. Besides that, there were some significant developments related to companies like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), which could impact their value in the coming years.

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Microsoft Begins Technical Preview of Office 15, Beta Launch in Summer 2012

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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 by

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that it has released a Technical Preview version of Office 15 to select customers, who will test the software, point out bugs and suggest usability improvements, if any. It also announced that it will be releasing a public beta of Office 15 in Summer of 2012. Office 15 is the next version of Microsoft Office expected to be launched in 2013. Office 15 will offer a completely redesigned interface, optimized for touch-based tablets as well as standard notebooks. Microsoft Office competes primarily with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Docs, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iWork and open-source alternatives like Open Office and Libre Office. Read More »

Microsoft & RIM to Launch Blackberry Business Cloud Services for Office 365

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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) have announced the launch of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365. The new service enables enterprise Office 365 customers to manage employee Blackberry devices using Exchange Online, Microsoft’s hosted email offering which is included in the Office 365 suite.
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After Consoles and Desktops, Microsoft Plans to Bundle Kinect with Notebooks

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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 by

The Kinect sensor for the Xbox gaming console has been Microsoft‘s (NASDAQ:MSFT) greatest product success in recent times. It was the fastest selling consumer electronics device ever, selling more than 18 million units since its launch in late 2010. Microsoft recently announced that it would launch Kinect for Windows desktops in February 2012. Recently, it also confirmed that it plans to bundle Kinect sensors with notebooks. It is already working on prototypes of Kinect enabled notebooks with Asus, and may launch some models following the launch of Windows 8 in mid-2012. Read More »

Salesforce Launches Desk.com, Social Customer Service Platform for SMBs

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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 by

Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) has launched Desk.com, a mobile and social customer service platform targeted at small businesses. Salesforce.com acquired Assistly, a social customer service startup back in 2011. Desk.com is built on Assistly’s technology, but is a more polished product with a new user interface, additional APIs, a new reporting service and a HTML 5 based mobile client. Read More »

SAP’s Cloud, HANA and Mobile Plans Lift Earnings and Outlook

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Friday, January 27th, 2012 by

SAP (NYSE:SAP) announced its earnings for Q4 FY11, reporting strong revenue growth in its core businesses, as well as from its new initiatives. It managed to show double digit sales growth in software revenue from all major markets despite the global economic slowdown threatening enterprise software spending. Q4 2011 was its best quarter yet in terms of earnings with total revenue of around €4.5 billion. We expect strong revenue growth in the coming years. Following the earnings update, we have updated our model to reflect the latest numbers. Our $62 Trefis price estimate for SAP stands nearly 5% above its current market price. SAP competes primarily with Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM). Read More »

Weekly Tech Review: Microsoft and Zynga

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Friday, January 27th, 2012 by

This week was a very eventful one for several companies in the technology space, with many of them announcing their earnings for Q4 2011. There were some significant developments related to companies like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), which could impact their value in the coming years. Read More »

Microsoft Ready to Launch Windows 8 App Store in February

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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 by

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) revealed some more details about the Windows 8 App Store, an online application marketplace for Windows users, which will be launched with Windows 8. Microsoft will be doing a beta launch of the Windows App Store as well as Windows 8 in February 2012. It is holding a contest to encourage developers to build Metro style Windows 8 apps, which will be made available with the App Store. Windows 8 is expected to be Microsoft’s biggest launch in years, and one of its most crucial ones, as Windows accounts for nearly 25% of Microsoft’s $32 Trefis price estimate and brings in a significant portion of its revenues. Windows 8 will compete with Apple‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Mac OS X, Linux and to some extent, Google‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Chrome OS. Read More »

Salesforce.com Helps Companies Sift Social Network Chatter

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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 by

Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) is one of the leading players in the cloud-based enterprise software space, in which it competes with Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), SAP (NYSE:SAP) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). It leads the market for cloud-based, on-demand CRM products, which has seen the entry of several enterprise software giants in 2011. It recently unveiled the new Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud, which enables companies to monitor their social network presence and leverage social media to interact, collect feedback and engage with their customers. Read More »

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