IT

Audiences, hungry for something they could sink their teeth into during a bad summer at the box office, were in the mood to be scared “It”-less. "It," the $35-million movie about a kid-killing clown, blew away early predictions and took in $123 million for Time Warner Inc (...

The first-quarter reporting season is done and dusted. And the tidings were mostly positive, evident from the strong run up in the major averages since the commencement of the first quarter reporting season, which is generally early-to-mid April. Market Warms To Reporting Season Since April 10,...

Jefferies analysts led by Amit Singh believe Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE: BAH) is best positioned in the cybersecurity space. This was the outcome of the "Deep Dive On Cybersecurity" call the brokerage hosted last week. The four analysts believe Booz Allen Hamilton is set to take...

Wells Fargo reiterated its Outperform rating on CSRA Inc (NYSE: CSRA), saying the company is "different than other government service providers." "CSRA's primary (75–80 percent of revenue) focus on IT provides them unique positioning, and a significant headstart (in our view), as the client...

On Monday, Drexel Hamilton issued a note on the IT hardware and software industry, specifically highlighting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) as being well positioned to benefit from the Internet-of-Things (IoT) trend. Brian White, an analyst at Drexel Hamilton,...

Shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) are nearly flat over the past three months, but are higher by more than 11 percent over the past year. Cisco is scheduled to report its first quarter 2016 (October ending) results after Thursday's market close. Wall Street analysts are mostly mixed...

  Former Microsoft exec and current Talend CEO Mike Tuchen said open-source players have completely flipped around what used to be the enterprise purchase process.     Open source now allows companies to “try before they buy” (subscribe).  ...

  Visier provides business intelligence (BI) solutions to enterprise in a unique and cost-effective way, eliminating dependence on information technology, architects and data scientists.     The company has been doubling year-on-year and expects to continue to do so for...

The world’s leading mainframe-dedicated software company, Compuware Corporation, has released Topaz, a new software package designed to allow IT professionals integrate mainframe and non-mainframe data in an intuitive manner. Compuware Corporation CEO Chris O’Malley and VP of...

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) Chairman and CEO Fred Smith will deliver the company’s first quarter 2015 earnings report September 17. The occasion would mark the first opportunity for FedEx to show whether it could stage a turnaround from last year. The Wall Street Journal...

You may have heard of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) so-called ‘Silver’ program. Reportedly, Silver is intended to improve customer support for Android devices. And according to the technology business news website The Information (subscription required), there’s more. A lot more. Google’s master...

Since it was first launched by Bill Gates in 1986, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has developed into the world’s premier computer software manufacturer. It has virtually cornered the market on every element of personal computing -- and its flagship software product, Microsoft Windows, is the go...