Monday May 20, 2024

HP To Buy Enterprise Software Autonomy For $10.2 Billion In Cash

According to a Bloomberg report, HP is set to buy European infrastructure software company Autonomy for as much as $10 billion. That price would make the acquisition one of HP’s largest deals to date. Autonomy’s enterprise software powers pan-enterprise search, customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery, records management, archiving, business process management, web content […]

Employed IT professionals have trouble making ends meet

A significant percentage of employees are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with a notable share of them missing routine bill payments, according to a recent survey from CareerBuilder. Even a six-figure income may not be enough to stave off bad times – a surprising number of those making more than $100,000 per year are having trouble in meeting […]

Salesforce’s Radian6 Takes Social Media Monitoring Platform Mobile With New iOS App

Radian6, which was acquired by Salesforce for $326 million earlier this year, has offered some of the world’s largest brands a web-based social media monitoring platform. But the company has not offered a mobile component to clients to monitor brands on the go, until now. Today, Salesforce’s Radian6 is announcing its first mobile presence with […]

Salesforce Posts Record Quarterly Revenue Of $546M; Raises Guidance

Salesforce just posted its Q2 2012 earnings today, posting record quarterly revenue of $546 million, which is up 38% Year-Over-Year. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 3% year-over-year to $0.30. Analysts expected EPS of $0.30 and $529 million for revenue. Subscription and support revenues were $509 million, an increase of 38% on a year-over-year basis. […]

HP To Buy Enterprise Software Autonomy For $10 Billion

According to a Bloomberg report, HP is set to buy European infrastructure software company Autonomy for as much as $10 billion. That price would make the acquisition one of HP’s largest deals to date. Autonomy’s enterprise software powers pan-enterprise search, customer interaction solutions, information governance, end-to-end eDiscovery, records management, archiving, business process management, web content […]

Square Co-Founder And Others Put $17M In Online Merchant Lender Kabbage

Atlanta-based startup Kabbage, which provides working capital to online merchants, has raised $17 million in Series B funding led by Mohr Davidow Ventures with BlueRun Ventures, David Bonderman, founder of TPG Capital; Warren Stephens, CEO of Stephens; the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Square; and others participating in the round. This brings […]

Red Hat CEO At LinuxCon: I Have No Idea What’s Next

Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, just delivered a terrific opening keynote presentation for LinuxCon. Whitehurst isn’t just a businessman, he’s also a geek. He used Linux and open source before joining Red Hat, and the opportunity to be CEO of the world’s most successful open source company was a dream come true for him. […]

SEC Watch: Cloud Storage Startup Box.net Raises $18.6 Million More

Box.net has raised $18.6 million out of a $35 million round according to an SEC filing. We’ve confirmed this with the company. This brings Box’s total funding to $96 million. Box, which has 6 million users and stores 300 million documents, is a cloud storage platform for the enterprise that comes with collaboration, social and […]

Dell Misses On Q2 Revenue, Net Income Up 60 Percent But Cuts Q3 Outlook

Dell reported mixed earnings this afternoon for the second quarter of fiscal year 2012. Revenue in the quarter was $15.7 billion, up 1 percent over last year. GAAP earnings per share was $0.48, up 71 percent; non-GAAP EPS was $0.54 cents, up 69 percent. The company blew past EPS expectations, Dell missed slightly on revenue. […]

Time Warner Cable Buys Cable Company Insight Communications For $3 Billion

Rumors about the news swirled yesterday, but Time Warner Cable just confirmed it has acquired Midwest cable operator Insight Communications for $3 billion in cash. Insight serves over 750,000 customers in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, according to the press release. Insight offers bundled video, high-speed Internet and voice telephony services to residential and business customers […]