Solar industry observers say market leader SunPower shines bright in a galaxy of rivals for a good reason: a corporate culture that just naturally embraces visionary thinking. The Silicon Valley-based company, which had 431% stock growth in 2013, has a history of recognizing new opportunities and taking advantage of them, says Rhone Resch, who heads the Washington, D.C.-based trade group Solar Energy Industries Association. “They have redefined
Salesforce.com continues to grow its cloud, but soon will go without its longtime chief financial officer. The enterprise software company late Thursday reported fiscal Q4 earnings that beat analyst estimates, as the company leads Oracle (ORCL) and SAP (SAP) in customer relationship management software. Salesforce (CRM) is a pioneer in software delivered as a service via the Internet “cloud.” The company’s revenue outlook for the current quarter
Maybe RSA Security should have changed the R in its name to N when referring to its big conference in San Francisco this week. The RSA Security Conference, which wraps up Friday with a keynote delivered by, of all people, Stephen Colbert, has been dominated by discussion of the Edward Snowden revelations regarding the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities. Keynote speakers admonished the NSA, attendees debated the topic in the halls