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Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years

Oracle capped off its OpenWorld conference with a powwow with analysts where management was described as extremely confident about the company's prospects. Although I'm not sure you could ever describe Oracle management as timid---does Larry Ellison allow that?---analyst notes seem to portray executives as exceedingly confident. Judging...

Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Ross MacMillan, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-16

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SAP: Is the worst over?

Analysts have been tripping over themselves trying to call the trough of demand for SAP applications. SAP detailed quote has been upgraded twice in two days. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch upgraded SAP to buy from neutral on Thursday given "the low expectation level." Simply put, business isn't...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Outsourcing, Financial Planning, Financial Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-09

E-file flap dings Intuit tax revenue outlook

Remember that flap over Intuit's decision to charge fees for multiple tax returns and its call to rescind them? We now know what the tab was.  In an otherwise fine third quarter, Intuit revealed that the fee issues did put a dent in results. Intuit's consumer tax...

Tags: Revenue, Intuit Inc., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

SAP Sapphire: Reading the tea leaves demand, margins and M&A

SAP's Sapphire customer powwow concluded this week and the takeaways appear to focus on what wasn't there: Subscription pricing, a sign of an enduring rebound and confidence that the company can maintain its profit margins.  Among the notable business points Dennis Howlett has the product overview: ...

Tags: M&A, SAP AG, MacMillan, Merger And Acquisition Speculation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pricing, Roi/Tco, Marketing Research, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Intuit nixes TurboTax prep and printing fees for additional returns

Intuit has removed fees for preparing and printing additional returns in TurboTax following a groundswell of complaints. On Wednesday I detailed how user complaints were surfacing over Intuit's new fees. Intuit had planned to charge a fee of $9.95 per additional return, which covers preparation, e-filing and...

Tags: Intuit Inc., Fee, TurboTax, Printing, Document Management, Pricing, Taxes, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Financial Planning, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-12

Adobe on Google Gears, Flex success and CS3 uptake

Adobe reported strong fiscal second quarter results and gave some color on Creative Suite 3 demand, which is strong, and AIR's role in the jam-packed rich internet application space.Fueled by Creative Suite 3 sales--the product launched in April--Adobe reported record revenue of $745.6 million, up 17 percent from a year...

Tags: Adobe, General, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-06-15

SAP under the microscope post Agassi

The departure of SAPs Shai Agassi may not change much for the enterprise software companys daily operations, but the company is likely to be examined more closely now that its software architect is gone. On Wednesday, SAP announced that Agassi...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, SAP AG, Shai Agassi

Blog posts 2007-03-29

SAP, Oracle under the SOA, on-demand gun

SAPs first fourth quarter miss in seven years has analysts painting a grim picture in the enterprise applications market as new trends such as services oriented architecture SOA win out. The picture goes something like this: SAPs big miss in...

Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, SAP, Oracle, SAP AG

Blog posts 2007-01-12