Wedbush analyst Steve Koenig says his firm's 2017 IT Spending Survey should soothe fears that macro uncertainty caused by the U.S. presidential election will negatively impact IT budgets. The analyst thinks recent disappointments from Workday (WDAY), Oracle (ORCL), Red Hat (RHT), and other software vendors were more company-specific than the management teams were willing to admit. As a result of the survey, Koenig has a more positive view of 2017 software spending trends, and thinks beneficiaries will include well-positioned cybersecurity vendors and cloud vendors. He notes that Proofpoint (PFPT) is a Wedbush Best Idea and his top software pick for 2017 along with salesforce.com (CRM).

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Vertex (VERX) announced that it has been selected to join the Oracle Independent Software Vendor, ISV, Accelerator for SaaS Initiative. With expertise in Oracle (ORCL) Cloud Fusion Cloud Applications integrations, Vertex continues to leverage the power of contract and tax data to optimize customer operations and outcomes. "Building on our longstanding relationship with Oracle, we are thrilled to join the Oracle ISV Accelerator," said Bradd Wildstein, Vice President, Indirect Sales at Vertex, Inc. "Through this partnership, Vertex can now enhance our customers' finance and sales processes by integrating essential tax solutions into Oracle Fusion Applications. It's more than just data integration - it's about unifying disparate functions, streamlining operations, and amplifying benefits for our mutual customers."

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, Ashley Capoot of CNBC reports. Ellison said Oracle is moving to a "huge campus" and it is closer to "the center of the industry we're most concerned about, which is the health-care industry." Reference Link