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The Art of Reinvention: SAP Puts Its Weight Behind A Better, Faster And Stronger Cloud Computing Strategy

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:07:08 -0400

When many think of SAP, the first thing that comes to mind is an extremely large, profitable, yet expensive, software company. And, for the most part, they would be right. But a growing group of up-starts are attempting to disrupt SAP’s business model by offering faster, cheaper and more flexible options. Recently SAP has taken notice and implemented an audacious new cloud strategy to fight back. It’s a part of a bold new strategy that if successful, will fundamentally change not only how SAP sells enterprise software, but moreover, how the rest of industry buys and consumes it. To understand SAP is to understand a giant in the enterprise software space. According to Forbes Global 2000 ranking of the largest software companies, SAP comes in at #3 with a combined market value of $103.9 billion. Only Microsoft and Oracle are bigger. To put the company in perspective, in fourth place is Symantec, with a market value of roughly $17 billion. SAP isn’t just big; it’s bigger than most other software companies combined. Changing its course is much like turning a container ship. Something a growing group of its competitors have been using to their advantage.

10 Myths About Social Networking For Business

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:40:49 -0400

Adobe's Behance: The Creative Graph Lets Your Work Do The Networking

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:40:49 -0400

The web is full of portfolios. Photographers, designers, motion graphics artists, videographers and (some) developers all make themselves visible through the familiar slideshows and light boxes. But for all that Pinterest bait, how smart are these portfolios, really? Do they achieve their objective of getting the creatives discovered? Can the act of sharing your work help you learn new things, connect to new people and get more (and better) work?

Adobe Plans to Abandon Packaged Software Biz

Tue, 07 May 2013 05:33:26 -0400

Adobe says it will no longer release packaged versions of its Creative Suite software; users will have to pay a monthly subscription to access the applications.

Adobe Plans to Abandon Packaged Software Biz

Tue, 07 May 2013 05:33:26 -0400

Adobe's Creative Cloud And The Expansive Future Of The Digital Workplace

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:52:22 -0400

When does a set of tools become a platform? This is the question asked by the latest release of Adobe's Creative Cloud, announced today at its MAX Creativity Conference in Los Angeles. Last year, the company packaged its popular Creative Suite software into a subscription bundle. This year it is expanding the offering to include more robust methods of collaboration, education and self-promotion.

Adobe's New 280,000 Sq. Foot Campus in Utah

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:52:22 -0400

Adobe Halts New Software Releases In Big Shift To The Cloud

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:13:56 -0400

With iconic brands like Photoshop and Illustrator used almost universally by creators of websites, games, advertising, and other digital media, Adobe probably still looks to many people like a classic traditional software company. Today, it's trying to hammer some of the last few nails into that coffin.

Adobe’s Primetime Makes It a Promising Play

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:00:20 -0400

Adobe's tackling streaming video with its new Primetime platform and investors are confident it will dominate the segment as it has many others.

Adobe’s Primetime Makes It a Promising Play

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:00:20 -0400

By Putting Over-the-Air Online Legally, Aereo Clears The Way For ALL TV Everywhere

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:49:06 -0400

This week is the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Las Vegas, with the attendent announcements relating to television distribution. Adobe and Brightcove are both introducing products to facilitate the concept of Television Everywhere, or TVE. But what the broadcast industry considers TV does not include all of the video that is already accessible everywhere through the web. It is the amount and availability of that internet video that is driving the immediacy of broadcasters to embrace TVE. And I think there is a good case to be made that Aereo, the Barry Diller-backed startup that lets people watch live broadcast TV channels (over-the-air or OTA) on internet-connected devices, is about to push Television Everywhere definitively towards ALL Television Everywhere (ATVE!)

New Adobe Product Makes ‘TV Everywhere’ Cheaper, Easier

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:01:00 -0400

Adobe has released Adobe Primetime, a new software package designed to make it easier for companies to provide streaming video.

New Adobe Product Makes ‘TV Everywhere’ Cheaper, Easier

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:01:00 -0400

Adobe Goes Primetime With Comcast, NBC Sports To Jumpstart TV Everywhere

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:41:52 -0400

TV Everywhere, the television industry's attempt to respond to viewer demand for more TV content on other screens such as tablets and computers so they don't cut the cable cord, has been seen even by industry insiders as disappointing, even embarrassing.

Friday Apple Rumors: iPhone 5S, iWatch Get Fingerprint Tech

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:40:20 -0400

Apple will bring fingerprint scanners to iPhone 5S and iWatch; Apple's iMessage frustrates law enforcement; and no anti-poaching class action lawsuit, for now.

Friday Apple Rumors: iPhone 5S, iWatch Get Fingerprint Tech

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:40:20 -0400

The World's Most Ethical Software Companies: What They All Have in Common

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:19:35 -0400

Earlier this month The Ethisphere Institute announced their seventh annual list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. Jacquelyn Smith wrote an excellent analysis titled The World’s Most Ethical Companies where she provides an overview of the methodology and selection process. You can review the methodology and see a full list of the winning companies here.

Apple's New Tech VP Lynch Gets Unwelcome Reception From Some Apple Fanboys

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:34:44 -0400

Apple watchers were a bit taken aback by the news yesterday that Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch will be joining the company as a vice president of technology, with some Apple fanboys saying they are surprised by the choice and pointing out that Lynch has been a vocal critic of the company in the past.

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch Joins Apple As VP of Technology

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:25:02 -0400

Adobe System's longtime chief technology officer Kevin Lynch is leaving the software maker to join Apple as a vice president of technology.

Adobe's Revenue and EPS Above Expectations

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:37:12 -0400

Adobe reported its fiscal first quarter results after the close on Tuesday, March 19, with revenue of $1.008 billion vs. guidance of $950 million to $1 billion and the Street estimate of $986 million.

Critics Beware: TV Everywhere Delivers in 2013

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:47 -0400

By Jeremy Helfand, Vice President, Monetization at Adobe

Blue Chips Making Waves and Changing Ratings

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:30:14 -0400

With the runup in the markets over the past week a lot has changed in the valuations of companies. Take a look at our latest listing to find out where we stand

Blue Chips Making Waves and Changing Ratings

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:30:14 -0400

ADP Says U.S. Added 198,000 Jobs In Feb.; Dow Stays At Record High

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:37:49 -0500

U.S. job growth kept apace last month, a new report this morning shows, a bright sign for the economy that allowed stocks to continue to set new highs.

Adobe Aims To Streamline Marketing Cloud With Pinterest-Like Social Dashboard

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:01:24 -0500

For at least a couple of years, ad industry folks have been predicting--and hoping for--a consolidation among hundreds of ad technology firms, most famously illustrated in the investment bank Luma Partners' Lumascape. That hasn't really happened, but a few big companies such as Google, IBM, Adobe, and Oracle have made plenty of ad tech acquisitions.

Adobe Releases New HTML5 Edge Reflow For Responsive Web Designers

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:38:34 -0500

Two years ago, when Ethan Marcotte invented responsive web design, developers around the world had a huge Ah-Ha! moment. All of a sudden, it seemed that there was a conceptually easy way to make a single website look good on multiple screen sizes—just worry about the pixel width of the viewport.

30 Under 30: Art & Design

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:38:34 -0500

What Microsoft’s 2013 Might Look Like

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:46:38 -0500

It's on a roll with releases of scads of new products across a range of fronts. The question is: Will they spark new growth?

What Microsoft’s 2013 Might Look Like

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:46:38 -0500

Google Offers $3.14159 Million In Total Rewards For Chrome OS Hacking Contest

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:17:49 -0500

Google has never been stingy when it comes to paying for information about security vulnerabilities in products. Now it's offering an especially large--and especially nerdy--sum of money.

2013: More IPOs for Enterprise Social Operators

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:01:34 -0500

12 Intraday Movers and Shakers

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:19:03 -0500

Adobe’s Cloud of Support Could Dissipate

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:51:25 -0500

Adobe’s Cloud of Support Could Dissipate

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:51:25 -0500

A strong fourth quarter seems already baked into Adobe shares, which are currently overbought. Consider this options trade for a 'sell the news' event.

Top 11 Stock Charts to Watch in December

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:15:11 -0500

These 11 stock charts could be a source of compelling trading opportunities as we move into 2013.

Top 11 Stock Charts to Watch in December

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:15:11 -0500

5 Software Stocks to Buy Now

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:00:52 -0400

Five Software stocks are moving up in their overall rating this week, according to the Portfolio Grader database. Every one of these is graded an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy").

5 Software Stocks to Buy Now

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:00:52 -0400

Adobe Says Q4 Will Be Light

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:54:40 -0400

Adobe Says Q4 Will Be Light

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:54:40 -0400

Adobe Systems (ADBE) was up slightly Thursday morning after releasing Street-matching Q3 earnings but also worse-than-expected Q4 forecasts.

Look at the Bright Side of Adobe Pessimism

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:31:47 -0400

Look at the Bright Side of Adobe Pessimism

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:31:47 -0400

Analysts and traders both seem bearish heading into Adobe's Q3 earnings report, but that actually could be a bullish indicator. Try this spread play to profit.

7 Software Stocks to Buy Now

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:50:23 -0400

7 Software Stocks to Buy Now

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:50:23 -0400

This week, 7 Software stocks are improving their overall rating on Portfolio Grader. Each of these rates an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy").

7 Software Stocks to Buy Now

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:00:11 -0400

7 Software Stocks to Buy Now

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:00:11 -0400

The grades of seven Software stocks are on the rise this week on Portfolio Grader. Each of these stocks is rated an "A" ("strong buy") or "B" overall ("buy").

Zynga Appoints First Female Board Member

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:47:11 -0400

Zynga Appoints First Female Board Member

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:47:11 -0400

Ellen Siminoff, president and CEO of Shmoop University, and former Yahoo executive, joins Zynga's board of directors and will serve on its audit committee.

Bernanke’s Markets Twist Again: Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:05:19 -0400

Bernanke’s Markets Twist Again: Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:05:19 -0400

The Fed Open Market Committee opted to extend Operation Twist, and the stock markets reacted with a bit of a shrug, finishing mixed on the day.