Category: Tech Stocks
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Dell Compellent Deal Shows the Sky is the Limit for Cloud-Computing M&A / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
In an indication of how far cloud computing has come - and more importantly where it's headed - tech companies have committed some $5 billion to cloud-related mergers and acquisitions (M&A) since mid-April.
Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) on Monday made the latest move - snatching up data storage company Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CML) for $960 million in cash. The acquisition will help Dell expand its offerings of data-center products - cloud computing.
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Thursday, December 09, 2010
The Hidden Gem of Asia’s Android Smartphone Boom / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Tony_Sagami
It’s true. You have to be smart to use a smartphone. It is also true that my smartphone is a lot smarter than I am because I’ve yet to figure out how to use all of its bells and whistles.
Smartphones are the newest generation of mobile phones that can do a lot more than simply make phone calls and send/receive text messages. Besides offering advanced computing ability and connectivity, smartphones play music, take pictures, surf the internet, send/receive email, voice dial, have GPS services, synchronize with your PC, and have word processing and video game applications.
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Netflix: Will This Movie Ever End? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
After driving Blockbuster out of business and taking a good chunk of subscribers from cable TVs, Netflix (NFLX) is now setting sight on the streaming video business. On Monday Nov. 22, Netflix announced a new subscription service--$7.99 a month for unlimited downloads of movies and television shows, while raising prices (by one dollar) on its existing DVD-related service plans.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Investing in Tech Stocks With Strong Growth Potential / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Uncommon_Wisdom
Rudy Martin writes: After I saw investors dump tech stocks like hot potatoes — after tech-bellwether Cisco (CSCO) recently reported dismal quarterly results — I kept wondering where the values might be for longer-term investors.
How might you avoid the Cisco fallout from slower U.S. and European sales? What if you could select companies with more than 20% of revenues coming from emerging markets such as China?
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Has the Stock Market Internet Index Peaked ? if so, What Now? / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Garry_Abeshouse
I have chosen to highlight the Internet Index at this time, as it represents the business sector that dominates the hearts, minds and the deep wallets of Gen Y - those born during or after the 1980's. It is ironic that prior to the 1980's the stock market was dominated by companies making the necessities of life, while you might say that the stockmarket of today is dominated by companies dealing with services that we are told we cannot live without.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Dell Aims to Double Sales of Service Businesses in Three Years / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
After losing a bidding war for a highly-sought-after acquisition target, many companies would pull in their horns and take time to regroup before venturing back into the murky mergers and acquisitions (M&A) pool.
But personal-computer icon Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL), which lost out in a highly-publicized bidding war for 3Par Inc. (NYSE: PAR), is forging ahead with an aggressive multi-billion dollar acquisition plan.
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Saturday, November 06, 2010
Intellectual Property and the Next Wave of Computers Technological Development / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Phill_Tomlinson
"Microsoft is launching legal action against Motorola over its line of Android-based smartphones, claiming the manufacturer infringes a number of its patents. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of patent infringement cases being fought in the increasingly-competitive mobile market."
Monday, October 25, 2010
Apple’s iPad Continues to Lead Its Rivals / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Investment_U
Tony Daltorio writes: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) reported sales of only 4.2 million units in its most recent quarter. That disappointed some investors, who then took it out on the stock.
But they forgot that iPad sales still look decent for an item only unveiled in January and introduced in April.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Five Tech ETFs to Look at Now / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Ron_Rowland
You can always count on one thing in the technology sector: Change! The cutting-edge inventions that fascinated us so much back in the 1990s are de rigueur now. Where will we be in ten years? I can only imagine.
As I said last year in my Trade Technology with ETFs column, playing tech trends with individual stocks is a high-risk game. You never know where the next big breakthrough will originate. Even a portfolio of 15-20 tech stocks might not catch the big winners.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
How Much Higher Can Apple Go? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
With Apple (AAPL) at $292 or so, many are wondering how much higher it can go from here. Purely from a technical perspective, both the measured upmove off of the July-Sep base formation and the Aug-Sep bullish price channel point to 295.00, with overshoot to 298.00-300.00.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Bright Future for Cloud Computing Tech Stocks / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Jason Simpkins writes:
The cloud computing industry has yet to fully take off, but for an indication of its potential, look at the players getting involved.
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG), and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) - the biggest names in the tech sector - are all racing to take the lead in this burgeoning industry.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Adobe, A Case For Stock Trend Trading / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) shares got slammed big time on Wednesday in heavy volume after the company gave a weaker-than-expected guidance for its fiscal fourth quarter. Price plunged 19% to $26.52 in after hour trading after hitting a 52-week low of $25.81 earlier. (See the ugly chart from WSJ.com)
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Technology, America’s Greatest Wealth Creation Engine / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: John_Mauldin
Those who know me well know that I am in incurable optimist. I think the world is going to be better in ten years than it is today. I thought that 20 years ago and 10 years ago and expect to think that 10 years from now. Part of that reasoning comes from the accelerating pace of change in the technology world. The next 10 years will see more change than the last 20-30 years combined!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Stock Market Warnings From Tech Sector – Bad News For Economy! / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Sy_Harding
Much of the hope for the economic recovery picking up momentum again has been driven by expectations that the technology sector will lead the way, the key expectation being that it’s about time for the ‘computer replacement cycle’ to kick in.Supposedly corporations and households have not been keeping up with the latest computer models, operating systems, and software from Dell, HP, Apple, and Microsoft, etc., and should begin purchasing to catch up.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Tech Sector Watch: Is Mega Merger the Inevitable Solution? / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
While the fierce 3PAR bidding war is becoming even more exciting than a live Sotheby auction, the most active market sector in terms of consolidation is undeniably Technology, and there is a reason for this wave of M&As.
At the forefront of any analysis it is always important to follow the money. This is the real driver of this trend that has been going on for the past year, and will only intensify over the next four months.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Traffic Jam on the Internet Superhighway / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Frank_Holmes
There’s growing congestion on one of America’s highways and reports say the problem will only get worse. In just the past few years, America’s technological network—our information superhighway—has gone from hare to tortoise. Dropped calls, Internet outages and surfing at a snail’s pace now seem to be commonplace.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Tech Stock Sector, HP`s Outlook for 4th Quarter Much Better than Cisco`s / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Dian_L_Chu
I listened to the HP earning`s call, and it was really solid. It appears that HP is integrating the EDS and Palm acquisitions quite well, and will start to gain some upside margin growth in many of their business lines as they start to recognize the synergies of these new acquisitions.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
New Upleg for Cisco / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Without a doubt, CSCO has carved out a 2 1/2-month base-like accumulation pattern since mid-May, which heretofore registered multiple rally failures in the vicinity of 24.00 ... until today, that is.
Let's notice the upside thrust from 24.00 to today's high at 24.65. My work argues that it is the initiation of a new upleg to fulfill the upside potential projected off of the bullish pattern, which points to a minimum target of 24.90-25.20 to the 27.00 area over time.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Apple (APPL) Plunges on Continued iPhone4 Problems / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
While the major market indices climb, Apple (AAPL) plunges in reaction to continued bad PR about iPhone4 and news this morning from AP (in USA Today) that a Federal Judge has given the OK for a monopoly abuse lawsuit against Apple and AT&T (T). AAPL has declined as much as $10, but the loss has stabilized at $8 for now.
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Friday, July 09, 2010
Three Reasons Technology Companies Will Continue to Coast Through 2010 / Companies / Tech Stocks
By: Money_Morning
Kerri Shannon writes: Technology companies had a blowout first half marked by strong earnings and successful product rollouts. But the second half of 2010 could be even bigger, because a flurry of merger and acquisition activity, corporate IT splurges, and high consumer demand - particularly in emerging markets - have set the stage for a serious haul.