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Will Airbnb Continue to Grow Past Hotel Chains?
Vacation rental marketplace Airbnb is expected to go public this year. Last year, the company announced that it was delaying its IPO and focusing on improving its business and financial model. It was expected to be ready to go public by June this year. It still hasn’t announced concrete plans so far, but recent news
A Year Since Listing Zuora Struggles to Scale
According to a Zion market research report, the global subscription and billing management software market is estimated to grow 15.5% annually to $10.5 billion by 2025 from $3.8 billion in 2018. San Mateo-based Zuora owns 6% of the market and is looking to expand its presence. But the recently reported financial results were disappointing as
Wix Remains Focused on the Small and Medium Businesses
According to IBIS World Research, US-based web design services industry is expected to grow 6.6% annually to $38.3 billion by the end of 2019. Israel-based Wix (Nasdaq:WIX) recently announced its first quarter results that failed to meet the market’s expectations. But the better than expected outlook helped keep the stock soaring.
Guidewire Counts on Platform Partners for Growth
According to a research report published earlier this year, the global SaaS market is estimated to grow 21% annually over the period 2018 through 2023. The growth in the market is expected to be driven by banking, financial services, and the insurance sectors. Insurance services provider Guidewire Software (NYSE: GWRE) is benefiting from this high
Cloud Stocks: Zoom is Not Bothered by Cisco or Microsoft
According to a Grand View Market Research report, the global video conferencing market is estimated to grow 9% annually through to 2025 from $3.4 billion in 2017. Zoom Video Communications (Nasdaq: ZM) is a strong performer in the industry as was evident from their recent quarterly results.
Cloud Stocks: How Will Cloudera Address the Competition?
Hadoop services provider Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) has been trying different strategies to continue to stay relevant. As part of this effort, it completed the $5.2 billion merger with Hortonworks earlier this year. The stock has fallen by 65% since the start of the year, and there doesn’t appear to be any respite in sight. The
Cloud Stocks: Adobe Leveraging Magento and Marketo to Deliver Blockbuster Performance
Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) is one company that has truly pivoted itself to adapt to the modern subscription economy. The transition has benefited the company significantly. Since 2015, it has reported more than 20% year-on-year revenue growth for each quarter. It is also the eighth consecutive quarter that the stock has delivered double digit growth. And
The Trade Desk Counts on International Markets
According to an eMarketer report, the global digital advertising market is estimated to grow 18% to $333.25 billion in 2019 and reach $517.5 billion by 2023. Digital advertising is expected to account for over 60% of the global advertising market by 2023. Online advertising marketplace The Trade Desk (Nasdaq: TTD) recently announced its first quarter