Sentences with phrase «like msft»

I had a few reasonable size position in solid names like MSFT and would sell out of the money front month contracts that would usually bleed down in IV and I could buy them back... making a few $ hundred at a time.

Glad to hear you like MSFT.

Looks like MSFT is probably off the radar for now.

I like MSFT and Visa, both are dividend payers and in my watch - list.

I turned out to be right, though I mistakenly thought blue chips like MSFT were good buys.

In addition, the big enterprise software firms like MSFT and ORCL have large and growing piles of cash on their side.

Not exact matches

Demand for the NES: Classic was so high that a number of retailers like Walmart had trouble keeping enough in stock despite competition from more expensive consoles with more advanced technology like Sony's PlayStation 4 Pro and Microsoft's (msft) Xbox One.

That's pretty small potatoes compared to the much larger deals done by rivals like Microsoft's (msft) $ 26 billion merger with LinkedIn, not to mention the $ 109 billion AT&T (t) is paying for Time Warner (twx).

Yet like Microsoft (msft), Samsung, and IBM (ibm) before it, Sony had enough stalwart businesses to keep fighting.

On the Fortune 500 side, it's powerhouse brands like Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) vs. a slew of large but lesser - known companies like CH2M Hill and Newmont Mining (NEM).

Microsoft (msft) has been pushing its Skype for Business to corporate customers amid increasing competition from companies like Amazon (amzn) and Google (goog).

Additionally, many businesses are foregoing buying data center hardware entirely as they increasingly rent their computing resources on demand from big tech companies like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft).

There's no time to bask in accolades, because AWS faces substantial new challenges, including growing competitive threats from cash - rich rivals like Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT).

Whitman said that the spinoff of HPE's IT services business will be finalized in March 2017, so its likely more restructurings may be coming as HPE tries to keep up in a fast changing technology market against cloud computing giants like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft).

Google (goog), like other big tech companies including Apple (aapl) and Microsoft (msft), has been pushing its digital assistant as a new way for people to interact with their smartphones and other devices like the company's web - connected Google Home speaker.

Adobe's (adbe) decision, announced Tuesday, to stop supporting Flash comes after several big technology companies like Microsoft (msft) and Google (goog) have already said they would phase out the software in their own products due to its numerous security holes and bugs.

More businesses are buying computing resources on demand from tech giants like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft), which has hurt big data center hardware companies like Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (hpe).

That's important to remember, because while many corporate applications are moving to a public cloud like Amazon (amzn) Web Services or Microsoft (msft) Azure, we are still early in the cloud era and many businesses still want to control their own infrastructure for some jobs.

One of the big drivers for the company's higher sales was the partnerships Box signed with bigger business technology companies like IBM (ibm) and Microsoft (msft), explained Levie.

The networking giant said on Tuesday that it will pay $ 260 million for cloud computing startup CliQr, whose technology lets corporate software run more efficiently across internal data centers and public cloud data centers operated by the likes of Amazon (amzn), Microsoft (msft), and Google (goog).

The show will feature other big names in business, like former Microsoft (msft) CEO Steve Ballmer and supermodel Tyra Banks, as they look to lend their business smarts to the celebrity contestants.

Legacy enterprise companies like HPE, EMC (emc), Cisco (csco), and IBM (ibm) have all seen their businesses shrink with the rise of cloud computing in which giants like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft) dominate, with Google (goog) on the rise.

But she still thinks «old money tech» — like Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)-- «that historically have been able to weather any rise in interest rates will be direct beneficiaries of this capital expenditure spending cycle that we anticipate as we move into 2015 and 2016.»

For Dell, a giant business technology company is better suited to thrive in a rapidly changing technology landscape where businesses are increasingly buying less data center hardware and instead renting computing capacity from big cloud computing providers, like Amazon Web Services (amzn) and Microsoft (msft).

The company is such a Silicon Valley celebrity now that legacy technology companies like Red Hat (RHT), Microsoft (MSFT), and cloud computing providers like Amazon (AMZN) Web Services have partnered with it.

Tinti plans to stay competitive by focusing on data management software that provides a common ground between a company's internal data centers and those of cloud computing providers like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft), Harty explained.

HP, like Microsoft (MSFT), IBM, and other long - timers, hope that business customers want hybrid cloud that lets them keep some applications and data in a company - maintained cloud and others in a public cloud where infrastructure is shared.

Although many cloud providers, like Google and Microsoft (msft), would clearly love for companies to only use their own cloud services, they have been marketing their respective cloud services as being compatible with other competing services so they can win customers who fear being locked into a specific vendor's technology.

Still, HPE faces stiff competition from big cloud computing vendors like Amazon (amzn), Microsoft (msft), and Google (goog), which continue to roll out advanced data analytics services and could undercut the need for businesses buy this type of powerful hardware.

The disclosures are voluntary, and firms like Microsoft (msft) and Facebook (fb) have yet to report any figures for 2017.

The round was led by Ford Motor Co. (f) with participation from Microsoft (msft) and earlier investors like General Electric (ge).

All of this at a time when big cloud competitors, like Microsoft (msft) Azure and Google (goog) Cloud Platform are beefing up.

Until AR technology improves to the point that companies like Microsoft (msft) can sell headsets at lower prices, it's likely people will experience AR apps through their smartphones.

Cisco, like other hardware makers, has struggled as more of its customers use shared data centers run by cloud providers like Amazon (amzn) Web Services and Microsoft (msft).

For Alibaba, the e-commerce company has been trying to make its cloud computing unit the dominant cloud provider in China, where it's more difficult for foreign cloud computing companies like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft) to operate due to the country's tough data sovereignty and cybersecurity laws.

But Workplace also faces off against established email and collaboration software giants like Microsoft (msft) and Google (goog).

In pushing into cloud computing, Google faces intense competition from companies like Amazon (amzn) and Microsoft (msft).

The curriculum also includes a digital writing coach that is much like the spelling and grammar check in Microsoft (msft) Word.

Several big technology companies like Twitter (twtr), Google (goog), and Microsoft (msft) have similar bug bounty programs.

Apple debuted its iPad Pro in 2015 as a more business - friendly tablet that, with the help of a detachable keyboard, makes it more suitable for the workplace — much like Microsoft's (msft) Surface tablet.

Digital giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple (AAPL), and Microsoft (MSFT) now compete against each other in up to 11 business areas, including content development, artificial intelligence, e-commerce marketplaces, hardware devices, messaging, financial services, and advertising.

That's why Apple has been partnering with business technology giants like Microsoft (MSFT), Cisco (CSCO), and IBM (IBM).

Increasingly, customers are renting computing power from cloud computing businesses like Amazon Web Services (amzn) and Microsoft (msft) instead of buying their own equipment.

That said, big technology companies like IBM, Google (goog), and Microsoft (msft) are investing heavily in the field because of its potential.

But sharing files still requires extra steps for people who want to share other kinds of files like Microsoft (msft) Word documents.

The idea is that big corporate investors in India like Google (goog) and Microsoft (msft) can reap financial benefits as the country adopts more technology.

And much like Adobe and Microsoft (MSFT), Autodesk is finding that transitioning users of its core franchises from licenses to subscriptions is both making its business more predictable and increasing its long - term revenue opportunity with major clients.

Some of the larger tech dividend stocks like Microsoft (MSFT) even pay yields higher than the overall stock market.

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So, all of these companies, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), old legacy companies that are making a good transition into cloud and like you say have a big retailer like Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), you do n`t think of when you buy something off the Internet, they «re a huge player.