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Supplier Report: 2/21/2015

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IBM

Oracle

  • Large Outflow of Money Witnessed in Oracle Corporation

    Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) managed to eke out gains of 0.02% in intraday trade. The share price increased by 0.01 points to $44.11. Till last observation, the net money flow was highly discomforting at a negative $(-12.61) million. The total inflow of $52.08 million in upticks was completely overshadowed by an outflow of $64.69 million in downticks, giving the up/down ratio a value of 0.81. The shares have seen a change of 0.41% in the past week.A block trade occurred in the counter in which the composite value of the upticks was $13.61 million and the composite value in downticks was $29.61 million. The resultant up/down ratio for the block exchange was 0.46. The block trade had a negative money flow of $(-16.01) million.

    http://stafforddaily.com/large-outflow-of-money-witnessed-in-oracle-corporation-2/347374/

  • More on Oracle’s pricing wars:

    The X5 is priced at a mere $562,000, reports Forbes. This would present a 40% discount to similar offerings by VCE, which is backed by Cisco and EMC. Cisco, Oracle, and EMC are among the biggest players in the server market, according to IDC. VCE dominates Infrastructure services segment with a 24% market share, generates $1.3 billion in revenue, and is also the biggest player in the general purpose segment of the server market. Oracle’s edge comes from its strength in software with a 50% chunk of the Platform segment that helped it generate as much as $1 billion revenue in 2QFY14.

    http://www.bidnessetc.com/34982-oracle-corporation-brings-aggressive-pricing-to-server-wars/

HP

Other

  • Philly 311 built on SalesForce technology:

    And that front-office focus is crucial, he added. “For the last 40 years we’ve seen massive investments in [information technology] that, frankly, have not paid off, which were all in the back office,” said Kundra, former chief information officer of the United States. “Now what you’re seeing in terms of the cities is that they’re making these investments in the front office and addressing the problems that citizens actually have.”

    http://gcn.com/articles/2015/02/20/philly-311.aspx

  • Enterprise and wearables:

    F&S puts the market for wearables in Asia Pacific as being worth $US8.5 billion and expects it to grow to $US37 billion over the next five years, a CAGR of around 34 percent. It expects uptake of wearables in enterprises to be much faster, with “volume shipments poised to grow at a CAGR of around 75 percent in the period 2014-2018.”

    http://www.whatech.com/managed-it-services/news/42329-hit446-enterprises-beware-or-be-aware-of-wearables

  • Yahoo is using Splunk for their Hadoop needs:

    Splunk Enterprise and Hunk help us gain insights into all of our data, whether it is streaming in real time or historical data at rest,” said Ian Flint, monitoring architect, Yahoo. “Hunk gives Yahoo deep visibility into our massive Hadoop data stores to help us continuously optimize operational performance. Insights we gain from Hunk help us save millions of dollars per year in hardware provisioning. Splunk Enterprise helps us to maximize revenue by giving product and business teams better insight into our customers, the user experience and any looming issues.”

    http://insidebigdata.com/2015/02/20/yahoo-selects-splunks-hunk-hadoop-analytics/

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Productivity Bulletin: 2/20/2015

Photo: Sean MacEntee, Flickr

Photo: Sean MacEntee, Flickr

  • Best Practices for email marketing:

    Though 73% marketers take email marketing as a key enabler of products and services but majority is concerned about success rate. One of the prime reasons of failure is ‘ill-planned content.’ You need to design a dedicated content strategy for emails, newsletters, and other direct communications with prospects. Content strategy should address What, Why, Where, How, How much, How Often, and Whom. Decide what type of content will be used, in what quantity, and through which medium. In addition, keep “mobile factor” in mind as 68% marketers agree that a responsive design is a key factor in decisions regarding landing page or email template.

    http://www.business2community.com/email-marketing/best-practices-email-marketing-2015-01146210

  • Master the Concept of Leverage to Get What You Want in Business and Life

    Leverage is all about understanding what another party desires and figuring out what you need to fulfill it, then using your position to gain an outcome in your favor. It is important to note, however, that leverage can be used both for good and for bad. Bad leverage results in one person winning and the others losing — typically a consequence of working with bad people — whereas in good leverage situations, all parties can benefit from the outcome of the transaction or deal.

    http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/242813

  • Keep emails to 300 words of less for better responses:

    Concision matters more than almost anything in an email if you aren’t sure it will be read.  Even in the case with people you know it can matter.  When you want something, keep it brief!  Most people can handle a 300 word message that gets right to the point.  I’ve yet to meet anyone who prefers longer, detailed emails they didn’t explicitly request or who would rather read longer, flowery sentences over those that get right to the point.  You can be short and sweet, after all.

    http://awkwardhuman.com/2015/02/12/five-important-questions-i-ask-myself-before-sending-an-email/

  • Some of you might remember the story that I told a few years ago about the band Van Halen and the brown M&M (and how it applies to contracting).  Here is a short version:
    http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232420