Will Apple Expand into Smart Speaker Services?

Last quarter Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) announced plans to bring overseas cash stock back into the country in view of the change in the tax code. This quarter, it announced a record share repurchase plan to utilize some of that cash. This begs the question whether the incentives to allow corporations to bring overseas cash back

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Alphabet Counting on YouTube, Cloud, and the Smart Home

Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG) recently announced its first quarter results. The revenues for the quarter outpaced market expectations, as the company continued to drive growth through its growth engines of YouTube, Cloud, and Smart Home.

Amazon Soars Beyond All Expectations

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) recently announced its first quarter results that surpassed all market expectations and sent the stock soaring. The market is very pleased with its performance. Besides increasing the stock’s price target, analysts believe that it may well be on its way to becoming a trillion-dollar company. Clearly the recent remarks by President Trump

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Will C3 IoT Look to Acquire a few Indian Startups?

Analysts estimate the global Internet of Things (IoT) market to grow 29% annually over the next few years to become a $457 billion industry by the year 2020 from $157 billion in 2016. Redwood City-based C3 IoT is a leading player and a Billion Dollar Unicorn member in the sector.

Equinix Continues Consolidating the Datacenter Market

According to a ResearchandMarkets report published earlier this week, the global Data Center Colocation Market is estimated to grow 15% annually over the next five years to $73.8 billion by 2023 from $31.25 billion in 2017. Redwood City-based Equinix (NYSE:EQIX) is a leading player in the segment.

What is Gainsight’s Competition Today?

Over the last few decades, there have been several SaaS players who have helped organizations acquire customers through a cloud-based CRM model. But it is only recently that organizations have realized the importance of managing customer success. Customer success has been defined as the ability of an organization to ensure that their customers are happy

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: What is Okta’s Inorganic Growth Narrative?

According to a Market Research Engine report published earlier this week, the global Identity and Access Management is estimated to grow 12% annually over the next few years to become a $14 billion industry by 2023. Recently reported results of the Billion Dollar Unicorn Okta (Nasdaq:OKTA) corroborate this rapid growth.

IBM Fails to Convince the Market

Over the last few quarters, IBM (Nasdaq: IBM) has been trying to recover from its streak of over five years of revenue declines. It managed to turn the growth around at the end of last year, but there is still a lot more work left to do. It recently reported its first quarter results for

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