NEW YORK, March 21- Private equity firms are joining forces in the auction of BMC Software Inc, three people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, making it more likely that the business software maker will be taken private in a deal that would top $6 billion.
*Oracle blames new sales people for missing targets. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20- Oracle Corp blamed its rapidly expanding salesforce for a severe miss in third-quarter software sales and warned that its ailing hardware business will lose more ground this quarter, driving its shares 8 percent lower on Wednesday.
*Oracle blames new sales people for missing targets. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20- Oracle Corp forecast a return to growth in new software sales this quarter, after blaming its rapidly expanding salesforce for a severe miss in third-quarter revenue that drove its shares 8 percent lower on Wednesday.
Feb 25- Human resources software company SilkRoad has selected JPMorgan Chase& Co and Piper Jaffray Cos to lead an initial public offering later this year, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Last year, IPOs from cloud-based companies besides Workday included ServiceNow Inc, Demandware Inc and Guidewire Software Inc..
The 110- year-old company has been working on upgrading the computer systems at its big factories in York, Pennsylvania, and Kansas City, Missouri, for more than a year. "We are seeing the benefits today," Chief Executive Keith Wandell said of the system, based on SAP AG software.
European shares inched higher on Wednesday, with a key index moving back towards a near two-year high hit recently.
U.S. stock index futures were flat Wednesday as investors digested a batch of corporate earnings results and following the recent rally that took major averages to their best levels in more than five years.