Oracle Ready to Battle Amazon AWS

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) may have delivered a rather tepid quarterly outlook as part of its recent result announcement. But the market is very hopeful of its cloud strategy as the company continues to battle it out with Amazon and adds more companies to its arsenal. First, the financials.

2018 IPO Prospects: Lyft Appears to be Changing Gears to List

According to a Goldman Sachs report, the global ride-hailing market is expected to grow from $36 billion in 2017 to $285 billion by 2030. The average number of ride-hailing trips a day globally are expected to grow from 15 million in 2017 to 97 million by 2030. The ride-hailing companies are expected to charge an

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Roku Streams a Successful IPO, for Now

According to a an eMarketer report published earlier this year, nearly 38.9 million viewers in the US would have streamed a video program at least once a month this year using Roku. The number of users for Roku are estimated to have grown 19% over the year this year. Alphabet’s Chromecast and Amazon’s Fire TV

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Razer IPO – Yet Another Story of a Non-Profit Stock

According to a Newzoo report, the global gaming market grew 7.8% to $108.9 billion in 2017 driven by a 19% growth in gaming on mobile devices. Recently, San Diego-based gaming company Razer, a proud member of the Billion Dollar Unicorn club, went public on the Hong Kong Stock exchange.

For Adobe, Cloud Gains have Just Begun

If there is one stock that has managed to figure out how to transform itself to adapt to the cloud business, it is Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE). Since Adobe began transitioning its offerings onto a SaaS model, the stock’s performance has steadily climbed. It has climbed nearly 80% since a year ago, and analysts believe that

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AI Player Veritone Lists Despite Weak Financials

According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the global artificial intelligence (AI) market will be worth $16.06 billion by the year 2022. The researcher estimates the industry to grow at a phenomenal rate of 62.9% annually over the period 2016 to 2022. Earlier this year, AI-driven media services provider Veritone (Nasdaq: VERI) went public. It had a

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Tintri’s IPO Fails to Spark Interest

According to a Research and Markets report, the global cloud storage market is expected to grow from $25.171 billion in 2017 to $92.488 billion by the year 2022, at an annualized growth rate of 29.7%. The growth is expected to be driven by the increasing adoption within the BFSI, healthcare, and media and entertainment verticals.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Splunk Outpaces Market Expectations

According to an IDC report published earlier this year, the global Big Data Analytics market is forecast to grow from $130.1 billion in 2016 to over $203 billion in 2020, translating to an annualized growth rate of 11.7%. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) is benefitting from this rapid growth.