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Where’s Big Data In ’16? Game Changing, Beyond Better

Trying to identify which among the many enterprise software companies deserve the most attention in 2016 might be impossible, but we’ve cut our list down to six. Among cloud software upstarts, Splunk (SPLK), Tableau Software (DATA) and Qlik Technologies (QLIK) could make noise in the new year. And among the longtime standard-bearers, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), IBM (IBM) and Oracle (ORCL) bear watching. These companies will generate billions

Splunk Guidance Beats; Workday’s Misses

Two up-and-coming enterprise software companies showed divergent paths late Thursday with their guidance, and their stocks responded in kind. Workday (WDAY) gave fiscal Q4 revenue guidance that slightly lagged Wall Street expectations, and stock in the maker of human resources and financial management software was down 5% in after-hours trading, following its earnings release. Data analytics software maker Splunk (SPLK), however, gave fiscal Q4

Splunk Q3 Seen Barely In Black; Will Revenue Beat?

Sometimes fast but hard-fought gains are followed by hard-fought deceleration. That could be the case for Splunk (SPLK), which reports its third-quarter earnings after the close Thursday. The data analytics company typically is right near the profit/loss line, and analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect Splunk to post Q3 earnings per share minus items of just a penny, down from 2 cents in the year-earlier quarter and down from 3 cents in Q2.