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Driving Innovation Culture to Thrive in Lean Times
Understanding the coming change is stimulating renewed discussion among executives on how to establish a culture that drives sustainable innovation to build value in lean times. Yet, executive commitment to an innovation culture does not necessarily translate into high performance execution of the innovation agenda. Surveys from leading consultancies and analyst firms also confirm that…
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Oracle Hangs a Solid Q2 on a Thick Neck
Oracle surprised Wall Street analysts and investors Dec. 20 by reporting better than expected fiscal second-quarter 2008 earnings, particularly in the area of software license revenue, much of which can be attributed to the fact that its acquisition strategy is finally paying off. Oracle announced Dec. 20 that its earnings were up 35 percent to…
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NetSuite Closes IPO at $26 per Share
On-demand enterprise resource planning vendor NetSuite said Dec. 26 that it has closed its initial public offering. The much-vaunted IPO, launched Dec. 10, has raised $185.4 million in the sale of 6.2 million shares at $26 each—a take that far exceeds the company’s initial expectations. NetSuite officials said in a Dec. 6 statement that they…
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Dell to Push Chameleon Kiosk
Dell will introduce in January a retail kiosk designed to change function throughout the day, eWEEK has learned. Similar kinds of kiosks are already in use by retailers, but the retailers have to define their purpose before deploying them. The new kiosks can be deployed at different spots in a retail location, perhaps at the…
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Dell Inks Tesco Deal
NEW YORK (Reuters)—Dell Inc said on Friday British retailer Tesco will sell Dell personal computers in outlets across Europe. Dell said, starting January, customers will be able to purchase Dell XPS and Inspiron computers in Tesco stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Earlier this month Dell said it had reached…
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Red Hat Has a Great Quarter; CEO Leaves
Red Hat announced outstanding financial results for its third fiscal quarter, which ended Nov. 30. How outstanding? The Linux company’s revenue for the quarter jumped to $135.4 million. That is an increase of 28 percent from the equivalent 2006 quarter and 6 percent from the second quarter of this year. Drilling down, Red Hat Enterprise…
