Shopify Counting on Cannabis for Growth

According to a Grand View Research report, the global B2C e-commerce market is expected to grow 12% annually to $7,724.8 billion by 2025. The growth in the industry is attributed to increased disposable income levels and rising internet and smartphones penetration. Billion Dollar Unicorn Shopify is helping retailers establish and improve their dot-com presence to drive

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Tableau Counting on Product Upgrades for Market Expansion

According to a recent report published by SBWire, the global Data Visualization Applications Market is currently growing at an annualized rate of 10% each year. The market growth is driven by escalation in big data, advancements in visualization software, and the increasing need for faster decision making. Another report published earlier this year estimates the

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BlackLine Remains ERP Agnostic

According to a Transparency Market Research published earlier this year, the global accounting software market was estimated at $5.7 billion last year. It is expected to grow to $11.8 billion this year and to continue to grow at 9% annually over the next 8 years. Recently, cloud-based financial software provider, BlackLine (Nasaq: BL) announced better

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Apple Fails to Impress the Market

Last month has not been a good one for the stock market with both the Dow and Nasdaq 100 reporting steep declines. Nasdaq 100 was down 11% last month, making it the worst month since the 2008 financial crisis. Those expecting a rebound of the tech stocks were disappointed as Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) lackluster performance

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Qualys Counts on Acquisitions for Growth

According to a recent report by Research and Markets, the global cyber security market is expected to grow from $152.71 billion in 2018 to $248.26 billion by 2023 at a CAGR of 10%. Earlier this week, cloud-based security player Qualys (Nasdaq: QLYS) reported its third quarter results that surpassed market expectations for the fourth consecutive quarter.

eBay Focusing on Payments

According to an eMarketer report published earlier this year, online retailer Amazon is expected to account for 49% of the US ecommerce market by the end of the year. Rival eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) comes in a distant second with a modest 6.6% market share. The report estimates total US ecommerce sales to be nearly $253

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Alphabet Losing Ground to Amazon

Last week was a bad week for the Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG) stock. Its disappointing results coupled with the market’s unease saw the stock fall to 6-month low levels after the results announcement. The investors are also worried about Amazon’s growing strength within the advertising segment.

Microsoft Cloud Outpaces Amazon

Last week, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) reported its fiscal first quarter results that surpassed market expectations for the fourth consecutive time. The company continues to deliver tremendous growth within the cloud segment. In fact, its performance helped Microsoft become the second biggest stock after Apple, stripping Amazon of the title.