According to a recent market report, the global cyber security market size is expected to grow to $400 billion by 2027. The growth is expected to be driven by the SMB segment, which will witness a growth of 15% CAGR. Security player Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) continues to tap into the market through product upgrades and partnerships.
>>>According to a Forrester report, the Worldwide Intelligent Process Automation revenue is estimated to grow from $17 billion in 2020 to $30 billion by 2024. Earlier this summer, UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a key player in this market, went public.
>>>Brian discusses a gigantic white space in continuing education that colleges and universities have left open. Modern Campus is trying to address this gap, among other things. Very interesting conversation.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Modern Campus.
>>>We observed the movement of system administrators becoming DevOps engineers.
Sridhar is leading an effort of moving lab administrators becoming LabOps engineers with the help of cutting edge technology like IoT.
>>>Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently reported its second-quarter results that failed to impress the market. The company reported a slowdown within its e-tail segment and attributed the same to tough comparisons from the previous year when Covid had spiked eCommerce sales. As businesses and economies slowly re-open Amazon’s eCommerce segment will face a crunch, but it is looking to address the situation by expanding services such as same-day shipping and by focusing on other segments such as media streaming.
>>>According to IDC, the global communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) market is expected to grow from $4.26 billion in 2019 to $17.71 billion by 2024. Communications PaaS leader Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) has been expanding its focus beyond communication to customer engagement with its recent acquisitions.
>>>Jim is building an AWS or Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service company for rapid deployment of IOT products and use cases.
Startups can also leverage the platform to quickly build IoT products. Fascinating discussion.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Mason.
>>>Among the biases of the Venture Capital industry that need to be categorically ignored, Bootstrapping Using Services happens to be on the top of the list. Read on for yet another fantastic textbook case study.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?
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