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According to Computerworld, Sun filed a quarterly report with the SEC on Friday which included the fact that no fewer than three shareholder lawsuits are in the works to stop the planned takeover of Sun by Oracle. The suits claim that the price is too low and that...Apr 30, 2009 | Hot Topics
As expected, DS reported that the economic conditions seen in the fourth quarter continuedin the first, leading to a constriction in spending on new licenses as companies scaled backimplementations. Total revenue for the quarter was EU309.7 million, up 1% as reported...Apr 29, 2009 | Hot Topics
PTC today reported total fiscal Q2 revenue of $225.3 million, down 13% from a year ago.License revenue was down a staggering 46% to $42.1 million; maintenance at $122.6million was down 1% and services at $60.6 million was actually up slightly over last year.Not...Apr 23, 2009 | Hot Topics
– is lovely. Stark brown scrubby hills surrounding the city of Phoenix — which stretches onforever. I will definitely go back to climb some of those hills someday, if I can convincemyself that the scorpions and rattlers are more afraid of me than I of...Apr 21, 2009 | Hot Topics
AVEVA has announced that it expects to report record revenue for the year ended March 312009, but that delays in new projects by the company’s core vertical customers will result ina 30% to 40% decline in initial license revenue for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. In...Apr 20, 2009 | Hot Topics
It hit the wires this morning: Oracle has agreed to pay $9.50 a share for Sun, a transactionthe companies have valued at $5.6 billion, excluding Sun’s cash and debt. The deal givesOracle the ability to sell hardware as well as its database technology — and...Apr 18, 2009 | Hot Topics
The Wall Street Journal today has a bunch of stats related to investment by venture firmsover the last several months. A quick summary: In Q1 2009, VCs invested only half asmuch as a year ago — still close to $4 billion but the lowest amount since 1998....
