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Hadoop Market Gets Thumbs Up; Hortonworks More Iffy

Hadoop is hot, but one investment bank is unsure whether that description also applies to Hortonworks (HDP) despite hiking its price target on the stock. Hortonworks is the first publicly traded provider of Hadoop, an increasingly popular type of open-source software optimized for processing large amounts of data. Hadoop poses a challenge for database leaders Oracle (ORCL) and others in this field. Hortonworks launched its IPO in December at 16

Workday Seen Facing Bigger Challenge From Oracle

Workday’s (WDAY) mixed earnings report late Tuesday could be the result of several factors ranging from seasonality issues and lower average deal sizes to increased competition from business software giant Oracle (ORCL), analysts say. Workday, the No. 1 provider of human capital management software, reported a per-share loss and revenue that beat analyst estimates, but its Q1 billings and Q2 revenue outlook were less than what Wall Street wanted

Workday Cloud Q2 Revenue Guidance Light, But Q1 Beats

Workday (WDAY) continues to find more growth in the cloud, but the HR software maker’s revenue outlook fell a bit short of expectations after Q1 earnings easily beat. The maker of cloud-based HR software late Tuesday reported fiscal Q1 earnings that showed it continues to outpace rivals Oracle (ORCL) and SAP (SAP) . But the company forecast revenue for the current quarter of $270 million to $274 million, up 45% to 47% from the year-ago period,