The Battle Road Tech Index™ fell 0.5 percent for the week ended July 31, 2009, closing at 1398. For the week, 13 of the 25 Index components were in negative territory. Year-to-date, the index is up 39.8 percent, having started at a value of 1000. Stocks for the most part consolidated gains achieved in the [...]

Google, the king of search, is often touted as Microsoft’s most potent challenger. Fueled by its meteoric rise through a competitive search market and shrouded in secrecy, Google is surrounded by a cloud of confusion. It has rolled out a series of products that compete with Microsoft’s dominant businesses, including GMail (competes with Hotmail and [...]

The Battle Road Tech Index™ lost 1.9 percent for the week ended June 19, 2009, closing at 1304. For the week, 19 of the 25 Index components were in negative territory. Year-to-date, the index is up 30.4 percent, having started at a value of 1000. The following companies were notable movers for the week: Research [...]

The Battle Road Tech Index™ fell 2.0 percent for the week ended May 15, 2009, closing at 1210. Year-to-date, the index is up 21.0 percent, having started at a value of 1000. For the week, 19 of the 25 Index components were in negative territory.

The Battle Road Tech Index™ continues its streak of gains for a seventh straight week, rising 0.25 percent for the week ended April 24, 2009, closing at 1219. Year-to-date, the index is up 21.9 percent, having started at a value of 1000. For the week, 12 of the 25 Index components were in positive territory. [...]

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced in a surprise move this morning that it would acquire Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) for $7.4 billion. With the move, Oracle now competes with nearly all of the largest technology companies, including Microsoft in middleware and server operating systems, SAP and Salesforce.com in business applications, IBM, Cisco, HP, and Dell in [...]