Cloudera Makes a Comeback

Big Data vendor and Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) went public earlier this year. Earlier this summer, the company announced its first quarter results after it went public. But the earnings miss did not please the market and the stock fell nearly 30%. Tables appear to have turned with the second quarter as the

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Workday Makes Two Key Moves To Compete Against Salesforce

According to a market research report by MarketsandMarkets published earlier this year, the global Human Capital Management (HCM) market size is expected to grow 9.2% annually over the next five-year period. The industry is expected to grow from $14.50 billion in 2017 to $22.51 billion by 2022.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Pinterest Delays its IPO Plans

Many believed that content discovery app, Pinterest, was looking to go public soon. But recent reports reveal that Pinterest may have delayed its IPO plans to the next year, at least. Meanwhile, the company’s Billion Dollar Unicorn status continues to thrive.

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Rubrik Gears up to go Public

A Gartner report published last year estimates the backup and recovery software market as the largest segment of the overall storage software market. The backup and recovery software market was estimated to be a $5.7 billion industry in 2015, recording a growth of 5.5% over the year. Palo Alto-based Rubrik is a Billion Dollar Unicorn

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Yext Makes it to the Club and on the Exchange

An emarketer report published earlier this year estimates the US digital ad spending to grow from $83 billion in 2017 to $129.23 billion in 2021. Mobile is expected to remain the biggest driver of digital’s growth in the current year. The researcher expects mobile ad spending to surpass TV ad spending in the next two

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MadeiraMadeira Makes its Mark from a Small Town in Brazil

According to a recent report, the Brazilian e-Commerce segment grew 7.4% last year to $13.4 billion. The market is projected to grow to $15.1 billion this year. The growth in the industry is driven by a 22% increase in the number of consumers making at least one virtual purchase last year. Brazil is the largest

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The Mattress Industry has Woken up to e-Commerce

Till a few years ago, no one would have thought that the hottest trend in e-commerce would be to buy mattresses online. People wanted to be able to feel the comfort of a mattress before they purchased it. But as e-commerce sweeps through our lives, some of these formerly-unthinkable categories are also becoming Internet friendly.

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Should IBM Buy ServiceNow?

A recent report published by MarketsandMarkets expects the IT Service Management (ITSM) market to grow from $4.41 billion in 2016 to $8.78 billion by 2021, which translates to an annualized growth rate of nearly 15% over the next five years. The growth in the industry is driven by the continuing adoption of mobile and Bring

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