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Phoenix
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Re: fact vs reality
Phoenix   4/26/2012 1:28:01 PM
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Thank you for the update. As Noreen mentioned the departure of a CEO can have a great impact on the company's stock. Although they have hired someone to look into the matter I assume a company like this would have had some form of succession planning. I wonder who is in the running.

Scott Raynovich
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Tech Growth is Good
Scott Raynovich   4/26/2012 11:50:53 AM
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Excellent report, Rob. A lot of these medium-sized tech companies are really humming along.

I also see some media reports this AM of the 1,000 AKAM acquisition rumor.

TechStockProspector
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Re: fact vs reality
TechStockProspector   4/26/2012 10:35:01 AM
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Noreen,

Of this group, Citrix was conservative when it offered Q1 guidance in its Q4 report. But it was still a legitimate beat. It helps that Wall Street is raising CTXS price targets: FBR upgraded Citrix to 'outperform' and increased its target to $100 from $80 based on the ramping desktop virtualization cycle, while Citi went to $97 from $88.

Sagan has been a solid CEO at Akamai. I think that's one reason why AKAM shares are retreating today.

Noreen Seebacher
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Akami
Noreen Seebacher   4/26/2012 10:26:45 AM
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Rob,

As you know, Akamai CEO, Paul Sagan will "transition out of his role" at the end of 2013. In a press release, Sagan said he had had an "incredible journey" with Akamai over the course of nearly a decade, and that with Akamai showing "strong growth and business results has "concluded this is the ideal time for the Board to select the company's next leader." Akamai has retained Heidrick & Struggles to lead a CEO search, it said.

Here's my question. Was Sagan a big part of Akamai's success? Will his departure have any significant impact on the company as it moves forward?

Noreen Seebacher
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fact vs reality
Noreen Seebacher   4/26/2012 10:20:12 AM
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Rob,

Did the vast majority of companies telegraph low expectations to analysts so they could get a bump in stock prices by beating the consensus estimates? In other words, are these really solid wins or do they just look good because we expected things to be bad?

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