Telogis’ 2014 IPO Plans

Over the past few years, advancement in mobile technology has also led to the increased adoption of location-based services. Mobile applications make use of the device’s ability to transmit and store geographical location of the user to provide access to more value added services. According to a Juniper Research report, mobile location-based services market is

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Is Flipboard’s Monetization Strategy Working?

News aggregating service Flipboard recently announced that it had a user base of more than 56 million readers worldwide. Last August, that number stood at 20 million. Flipboard claims to add at least 200,000 users daily to its application to access more than 3.5 million magazines. Here is a quick discussion of how the site

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Marketo Doing Well Following IPO

According to Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Multichannel Campaign Management (MCCM), digital marketing accounts for nearly 25% of an organization’s marketing spending. The researcher anticipates spending on customer relationship management software to grow 7.5% this year to over $14 billion.

Twitter IPO: Some Thoughts

The wait is finally over. After months of maintaining silence over its plans and performance, social media icon, Twitter, has finally decided to go public. The company filed for an IPO under the JOBS Act, which lets companies with less than $1 billion in revenues file confidentially. Companies have to make public their documents at

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Who Would Buy BlackBerry? Why?

BlackBerry’s (Nasdaq:BBRY) troubles continue. Earlier this quarter, the company warned investors of impending disappointing quarterly results. Even with the warning, the quarterly performance was shocking. In last-ditch efforts, BlackBerry announced plans to restructure and lay off 4,500 people, or nearly 40% of its employees, while it looks for private buyers.

Accenture’s Acquisitive Growth Continues

According to IBISWorld’s IT Consulting Market Research Report, the worldwide IT consulting market is estimated to have grown 2% annually from 2008 to 2013 to reach $337 billion. These projections are aggressive when compared with GIA’s report, which pegs the IT consulting market to be worth $255 billion by 2015. But while industry estimates vary, most

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Oracle Pushing Further Into the Cloud

According to TheInfoPro Wave 5 Cloud Computing Study, the worldwide cloud computing market is projected to grow 36% annually to $19.5 billion by the year 2016. The study estimates that of the cloud-related projects being conducted by organizations, the biggest demand is in internal private cloud, followed by cloud provider strategy planning. Cloud projects related

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IPO Anticipated at Wearable Innovator Jawbone

Wearable technology is among the hot technology trends today. Google has been experimenting with Google Glass, Apple is rumored to be in the process of manufacturing the iWatch, and Samsung released the first wearable (albeit clunky) smartwatch, Galaxy Gear. But wearable technology isn’t entirely new. According to IMS Research, 14 million wearable devices were shipped

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