The summer doldrums are around the corner, but there was still plenty of news across the software industry to digest this week. Although MicroStrategy (MSTR) had previously outlined a new strategic approach to its capital allocation policies, shares rose as the company began to execute against those plans.
Read MoreWith results from the last of the March quarter reporters out, it remains clear that most vendors experienced elongating sales cycles in the final weeks of Q1 but have seen activity levels rebound thus far in Q2. That said, few have expressed any great confidence that recent trends will remain intact through the more critical selling period near quarter-end and only a small minority are willing to put forth expectations beyond the current quarter.
Read MoreA month after the initial rollout of measures to reduce the spread of coronavirus across the U.S., the economic toll continues to climb with another 5.2 million unemployment claims filed. Even so, the software industry has fared reasonably well considering the circumstances with the group exhibiting gains on average for the second consecutive week.
Read MoreStamps.com (STMP) stole the show this week as shares basically doubled following the release of the company’s Q4 ’19 results. As noted in our recap, Strong Results and Guidance Remove Major Overhang, the big surprise was management’s outlook for growth in FY ’20 when many, us included, had assumed newly negotiated terms between the United States Postal Service (USPS) and its reseller partners would present a headwind to growth over a multi-year horizon.
Read MoreCarbonite (CARB), a provider of data protection services and endpoint security, has agreed to be bought by OpenText (OTEX) for $23.00 per share in cash, a 25% premium to the last closing price preceding the announcement and a 78% premium to the unaffected closing price on the day prior to reports that the company was considering a sale.
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