Prominent growth investor Louis Navellier was taking profits in many of his top growth holdings to end Q2 while shifting funds into some notable value-oriented names.
Electronic parts distributor Avnet Inc. recently completed its acquisition of Bell Microproducts Inc. for $7.00 per share or approximately $252 million.
NetApp Inc. is touted to have moved ahead of Hewlett-Packard Company, Dell Inc. and Hitachi in the external data storage equipment segment. It is now second to EMC Corporation.
NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced it will support the Intel® Ethernet X520 family of SFP+10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) server adapters. This extends NetApp's ecosystem of tested Ethernet solutions and offers customers more ways to deploy an end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) infrastructure. By offering customers tested options to make the transition from a Fibre Channel infrastructure to a high-performance FCoE infrastructure, NetApp helps them increase the flexibility of their IT to manage more storage and protocols at lower costs. 2010 07 29 08:00
IDG's CIO magazine recently announced NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) as a recipient of the 2010 CIO 100 award for its innovative vSearch sales enablement tool. The 23rd annual award program recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology (IT). 2010 07 28 08:00
As part of their ongoing collaboration, Cisco, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), and VMware (NYSE: VMW) today announced the industry's first certified end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solution for VMware-virtual environments. This combined solution supports FCoE end-to-end to reduce the number of devices and cables needed and to drive data center consolidation, virtualization, and automation. Cisco data center switches and NetApp® storage FCoE solutions are now validated by VMware to support VMware-based virtualized environments, marking a significant milestone for the progression of the
Cramer says a diversified portfolio is the best bet for investors as the market undergoes a sector rotation from the industrials to consumer staples. 2010 07 27 19:22
I’m optimistic that the bottom of the May-June correction has passed, and that the market is now gathering strength in preparation for a new leg up.
I’m optimistic in part because so many people are pessimistic! I think the unrelenting media focus on the BP (BP) oil leak has really skewed people’s perceptions of reality.
In an upcoming 451 TDM report, we argue that momentum behind SAN and IP networking convergence could fuel M&A in the fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) space. It all started in August 2002, when Cisco Systems (CSCO) paid $750m for Andiamo Systems. Reinforcing that acquisition, the vendor acted again four years later, buying Nuova Systems – the company that was largely responsible for developing the FCoE protocol – for $50m. Not to be outdone, primary...
Virtualization is fast becoming the buzz word much like dot com did in the late 1990s.Converting to virtualization IT departments are looking to slash costs from existing IT spending, but avoid losing any functionality.The move will be friendly to budgets, but IT departments will need to spend on infrastructure to support the move into the virtual world.Storage is a key component to the new virtual world and when we dig deeper a leader emerges within the space.
Netapp Inc (NTAP) is the clear winner in the space with...
Brocade Communications (BRCD) serves the data center, meaning the company is a high-performance networking company. Brocade is also still the new kid in town when it comes to network adapters. This means it can't be just as good as the competition, it has to be better.
So the company set out to prove its Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) are the fastest and on June 29th announced that Brocade 1000-series CNAs lead the industry with the highest IOPS and throughput performance. Brocade also announced its CNAs provided...
The market has struggled to find its footing this week, but there are stocks that remain in up-trends. Below we highlight the Russell 1,000 stocks that have made 52-week highs this week. The names are generally spread across all industry groups, with technology-related names leading the way. Apple (AAPL) is the most notable name on the list, making a new high on Monday. The stock is up 28.59% year to date. Other notable names on the list...
Stocks are broadly higher on hopes for the euro-zone and following a round of mixed economic data Tuesday. The table was set for early gains on Wall Street after European equity markets edged higher and the euro moved beyond 1.23 against the buck. The strength across the Atlantic followed a successful auction of European debt. Meanwhile, in the US, the news was mixed. Data released before the opening bell showed prices of imports falling .6 percent in May, which follows a 1.1 percent increase the month before. Economists...
Since August 2009, with the exception of roughly nine weeks, the S&P 500 has stayed between strong support at 1040 and strong resistance at 1114, and it has been trapped in that range once again for the past month. Earlier today it was close again to testing resistance at 1114, but alas, it failed to break through and dropped back to 1089.
This is likely due partially to the mixed nature of last week’s economic reports. We had generally weaker-than-expected numbers for pure consumer credit and retail sales, but those were...
NetApp (NTAP) and EMC (EMC) are two leading storage players that compete with tech giants such as IBM (IBM), HP (HPQ), Dell (Dell), and Oracle (ORCL).
A recent IDC research report on the external disk storage industry suggests that the storage industry has delivered strong double digit revenue growth in Q1 of 2010, after a lackluster performance for almost all of 2009 due to the weak economy.
As per the latest data published by the technology research firm IDC, the enterprise storage and data management technology company NetApp Inc. (NTAP - Snapshot Report) has moved ahead of its peers Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ - Analyst Report), Dell Inc. (DELL - Analyst Report) and Hitachi in the external data storage equipment segment.
According to IDC, NetApp now shares the second place with another tech giant International...
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is a leading provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions. Competitors include NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP), IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Computer Storage & Peripherals industry as measured by lowest relative performance. This analysis was based on yesterday's trading activity as ...
New York, July 29th (TradersHuddle.com) - Western Digital (NYSE:WDC), the maker of hard drives for computers and entertainment systems is trading at 27.25, which represents -1.98% versus its ...
by ONN Crew in Mad About Options NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) is the stock in the spotlight on this edition of Mad About Options. On July 27, Mad Money host Jim Cramer told investors that NTAP is one ...
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A rather slow day in the markets today with the bulls and bears struggling to take control. Our stocks were fairly mixed as well today. Although not much action we decided to make a couple of ...
SUNNYVALE, CA, Jul 28, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- IDG's CIO magazine recently announced NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) as a recipient of the 2010 CIO 100 award for its innovative vSearch sales ...
By Chip Brian Below are the top five companies in the Computer Storage & Peripherals industry as ranked by gross margin. Gross Margin tells you how many of your sales dollars are profit. If ...
SUNNYVALE, CA, Jul 29, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) today announced it will support the Intel(R) Ethernet X520 family of SFP+10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) server adapters ...
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