Cloud Stocks: HubSpot Focuses on Its Platform

Earlier this week, inbound marketing specialist HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS) reported its third quarter results. While the quarter’s performance outpaced market expectations, a rather lackluster outlook failed to impress the Street. Its stock fell 6% in the after-hours trading session post the announcement of the results.

Pluralsight Growing Through Large Partnerships

A Global Markets Insight report published earlier this year estimates the global e-learning market to grow 7% annually to over $300 billion by 2025. The academic sector is expected to grow at over 50% CAGR and the corporate or enterprise segment is expected to grow at 8%. Cedar Valley, Utah-based Pluralsight (Nasdaq: PS), a leading

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Qualys Uses Free Products to Retain and Grow Subscribers

Cloud-based security service provider Qualys (Nasdaq: QLYS) continues to surge past market expectations. The recently reported quarterly results were significantly better than the Street’s forecast, yet again.

Facebook’s Stance on Political Advertising in Stark Contrast with Twitter

Despite the various antitrust, privacy, and FTC issues that Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) is dealing with, it recently announced a stellar third quarter performance. The better than expected revenue and earnings results helped the stock climb 2% in the after-hours session.

Proofpoint Expands Partnerships

According to a Mordor Intelligence research report, the global cyber security market is estimated to grow 14.5% annually over the next few years to $267.7 billion by the year 2023. The growth in the industry is expected to be driven by the adoption of IoT, Bring-your-own-device, AI, and machine learning technologies in the coming years.

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Cloud Stocks: Will Google Acquire Fitbit?

This quarter has been one where most technology giants have delivered mixed results. Google’s parent, Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG), is no exception. Its recently reported third quarter revenues outpace market estimates, but continued investments in its cloud strategy resulted in a lower than expected earnings result. The market wasn’t too pleased, and the stock fell 1%

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Cloud Stocks: ServiceNow CEO Change Signals Focus on Acquisitions

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) recently announced its third quarter results that surpassed market expectations and sent the stock climbing 7% in the after-hours trading session. ServiceNow also announced a change in leadership, and investors believe that the company’s growth will continue under the new leader.

Cloud Stocks: Amazon’s Faster Shipping Hurting its Earnings

It was a surprising quarter for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). For the first time in more than two years, the company saw its earnings fall. The market was clearly not impressed, and the stock fell 7% in the post announcement trading.