Oracle discovers the SaaS appeal of bookings over revenue This article is sponsored by:

Oracle has started defining its success in SaaS in terms of bookings rather than revenues growth. Is it signalling a strong cloud future, disguising its currently lacklustre SaaS performance — or both?

SAP previews modest Q4 results This article is sponsored by:

SAP marginally misses analyst expectations for Q4 2013 but doesn't rock the market. Even so, important questions remain.

TIBCO rounds out lumpy year with bumper Q4 This article is sponsored by:

TIBCO rounded out a rocky year with record numbers and both top and bottom lines. 2014 promises to be interesting as it pivots to a cloud model and redoubles its efforts to capitalise on operational analytics

Good day, bad day for HP's Meg Whitman This article is sponsored by:

As Meg Whitman tucks into her turkey today, the woman whose mission it is to save Hewlett Packard from itself may well be reflecting on what can only be described as a mixed bag of a day yesterday.

Xero's half year report - firing on all cylinders This article is sponsored by:

Xero has understood the value of building a platform for growth and not just another software. This is helping it bring new functionality while instilling confidence to expand aggressively.

Workday posts record revs, ups forecast and appoints Jerry Yang to board This article is sponsored by:

Workday not only  blew out its numbers, it upped its full year forecast and announced the appointment of Jerry Yang to the board. It all makes for heady stuff.

Teens give Facebook an $18bn Halloween fright night This article is sponsored by:

NetSuite blows out Q3, forecasts strong 2014 This article is sponsored by:

NetSuite did well in Q3 but the top line numbers belie a sales mix that was skewed by a handful of very large deals.

UNIT4 continues transformation as Financial Force grows 80 percent This article is sponsored by:

UNIT4 turned in a credible Q3 result. FinancialForce is the beneficiary as it grows 80 percent.

SAP's Sikka acknowledges core decline as it transforms This article is sponsored by:

Vishal Sikka, executive board member SAP gave out a number of important signals about the company's future. This is what it means.

Commentary on SAP Q3, ByDesign and mobile This article is sponsored by:

We spoke with Bill McDermott, co-CEO SAP about the Q3 results. In particular we wanted to understand more about the ByDesign position.

SAP Q3 2013 software revenue down for second successive quarter This article is sponsored by:

Weakness in SAP's core ERP business was more than compensated by accelerating HANA and cloud revenues during the last reported quarter.

Can we forget about Microsoft? This article is sponsored by:

As Microsoft rejigs its financial presentation methods in an effort to highlight services and show a clear delineation between consumer and enterprise, we ask whether the company has lost its relevance in the current market.