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Wednesday November 4, 2009

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) announced that it has proceeded to launch its consumer stored value rebate card. The consumer rebate card program will offer manufacturers and retailers a new way to process mail-in rebates that ensures increased customer loyalty and decreased overhead costs. Consorteum will work directly with manufactures and retailers to reduce the administration costs associated with mail-in rebate programs while providing a new way to increase consumer awareness. Additional revenue and cost-saving opportunities will be available to all parties through unspent funds remaining on the

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Dell Inc. (DELL) has recently made an announcement, that it will promote the Salesforce.com (CRM) software products to its customers in the United States , which will help Salesforce to access Dell’s small and medium sized (SMB) corporate customer base.  This is in line with Salesforce’s recent strategy to increase its SMB customer base. Under this agreement, Dell will be selling Salesforce software and at the same time, integrating it with its customers’ existing software. Around $9 billion of management software are sold in a single year, which is expected to be one of the fastest growing sectors in technology.  As per a recent forecast by Gartner, web based sales of management software is expected to jump from $1.9 billion in 2008 to around $4 billion in 2013. We believe that this is good news for both Dell as well as Salesforce, since Dell is trying ...

Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) may consider buying Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (BRCD), as the latter has put itself up for sale. Brocade, which sells routers, switches and software to help companies manage networks, is scouting for potential buyers. The process is in the nascent stages and HP is a strong contender in buying the company as both companies share a similar line of business. Hewlett-Packard’s acquisition of Brocade will strengthen its grip on the networking equipment market. The company is one of the leading personal computer (PC) makers in the world. It also manufactures servers, which are used by companies in data center operations across the globe. We believe that the addition of the networking product line will increase HP’s global market share in this segment and strongly position it versus other leading PC manufacturers that are increasingly moving in the same direction. Historically, the ...

* Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) reported fourth-quarter earnings of 46 cents a share, versus estimates of 44 cents, as revenues fell 5.2% to $6.86 billion, up from Street estimates of $6.47 billion

* PetSmart (NASDAQ:PETM) raised its quarterly dividend to 10 cents from 3 cents; the company also announced plans for a $350 million stock purchase plan

* Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) announced efforts to raise over $2.5 billion in fresh capital through the swap of preferred for common shares, which priced at $12.7048

* Chevron (NYSE:CVX) announced production has begun at Brazil's Frade Field, a $3 billion project, which is projected to result in production levels of 90,000 barrels daily by 2011

* BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) reaffirmed its 2010 earnings guidance ex-items of $2.37-$2.47 a share, with operating cash flow expected at $600-$650 million, noting the firm has been gaining market share in IT management software space

* Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) reported first quarter loss of

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Medassets Inc. (MDAS) is a Alpharetta, Georgia provider of revenue cycle and spend management software for hospitals and other healthcare providers that is seeing strong demand for its product and for its common stock shares. Let’s look at the fundamentals of this company (the meat and bones) to see why this mutual fund demand is so strong.

The EPS of MDAS started to turn down in 2006 and that lasted until early 2008 when it finally started to turn around. For the past five quarters, EPS has been growing at 10%, 175%, 999%+, 999%+, and 0%. During the past eight quarters sales growth has been 13%, 32%, 46%, 39%, 42%, 54%, 55%, and 34%. While it is obvious that the EPS and sales are slowing in the most recent quarter, YOY EPS estimates for 2009 and 2010 still see an increase …

Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) said today that it is planning to buy Tidal Software Inc. for about $105 million in cash and incentives.

Tidal Software, a privately held company, develops management software for applications such as SAP, Java, Peoplesoft, and Microsoft's. With this acquisition, the company aims to enhance its range of products and services for corporate data centers.

Cisco said that the deal is expected to close in the quarter ending in July.

Shares of the Zacks #3 Rank ("Hold") company gained a little over 4% today on volume of about 42 million. The company's average volume is more than 58 million.

"CSCO" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

OPNET Technologies (OPNT) is a provider of management software for networks and applications. With its analytical capabilities, OPNET solutions provide powerful modeling tools to rapidly troubleshoot and resolve performance problems and even prevent problems before they occur. By comparison, traditional solutions are more reactive in nature.With encouraging results in the first half of fiscal year 2009, new license revenue growth has accelerated to its highest levels ever. We believe that changes in OPNET's sales process are paying off, and the company will be able to post growth going forward.Growth in high margin license revenue will also help demonstrate operating leverage over the coming quarters. We therefore maintain our Buy recommendation but lower our target price to $12.50 due to the weak economy.Anita Mohata contributed to this report.Read the full analyst report on OPNT "OPNT" Free ...

QuoteStream II has ushered a whole new generation of trade-stations featuring rich new content, tick by tick lightning fast market data, and extensive customization. This robust portfolio management software is the perfect solution for banks, brokerage firms, and online portals that want to provide their clients with streaming real-time market data and full-featured portfolio management.

With QuoteStream II, users can easily manage multiple portfolios, monitor market indices, utilize level II market depth, take advantage of historical and intraday charting, receive real-time news, quickly see the market movers of the day in real-time, watch every transaction with Times and Sales, as well as use real-time streaming option chains.

Even with all these advanced features, the application is intuitive and easy-to-use, as well as offers a very attractive monthly per user fee. Those interested in taking their trading to the next level can visit http://www.quotemedia.com/software_applications/quotestreamII.php for more information and

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Although Alabama is best known as a cotton growing state, the state produces much more, from poultry to automobiles. As a matter of fact manufacturing accounts for more than half of the total income produced within the state. Some interesting facts about Alabama follow:1. Alabama’s GDP of $160.6 billion is the 25th largest in the country.2. The transportation, equipment and manufacturing industry employ over 30,000 workers.3. The agribusiness sector provides the state with 21% (476,000) jobs.4. The aerospace industry in Alabama has grown to provide $6 billion in revenue and employ over 139,000 workers.5. The state offers several incentives to new businesses and businesses relocating to Alabama. The Income tax capital credit, and the property & sales tax abatements are just two of the most common.6. With the second largest contiguous forest is in America, Alabama’s paper industry ...

CommVault Systems Inc. (CVLT:NASDAQ) is a data storage and management software company. The company is the only independent software and service company focused exclusively on data management. CommVault provides companies with a better way to manage data growth, lower costs, and reduce risk by using a single, unified architecture.

The stock of CommVault has been hit hard in the stock market’s latest selloff. The stock is currently trading a bit below $9 per share, which is just off of its 52-week low of $8.35. The stock’s 52-week high was at $23.04. The company’s share price decline accelerated in September after Dell warned that it was seeing softening demand for its products. Dell is a large CommVault customer.

However, most Wall Street analysts are still positive on the company. Of the analysts that follow CommVault, 4 rate the company a ’strong buy’, 2 rate the company a ‘moderate buy’, and 3 rate the

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