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Amazon’s Growing Digital Empire
According to a Forrester report, e-commerce sales in the U.S. are projected to grow 13% this year to $262 billion. e-commerce sales are estimated to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 9% over the period 2012 through 2017 to be worth $370 billion by 2017. E-commerce may be growing, but Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is counting
Apple Needs to Do Something Big
According to IDC, the smartphone market is projected to grow from 918.6 million units estimated this year to 1.52 billion units by the year 2017. The researcher projects growth to be driven by emerging markets of Brazil and India and continuing strength of the Chinese market. iPhones were the best selling smartphone in the U.S.
Netflix Becomes HBO; Target for Apple?
The latest quarter continued to see Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) on the rebound as the stock recovered from its large drop more than a year ago when the company was forced by market sentiment to retract plans to increase subscription charges. The stock had also seen significant devaluation when the company failed to add subscribers at a
Microsoft After Windows 8
IDC’s PC shipment report continues to suggest an imploding PC market. Globally, PC shipments fell 14% over the year to 76.3 million units, a much bigger reduction than the 8% decline that the researcher had estimated earlier. IDC attributed the higher-than-anticipated fall to the weak market response for Windows 8 and the growth of tablets
eBay Aims to Expand PayPal Significantly
According to a Forrester report, online retail sales in the U.S. are projected to grow annually at 10% from $231 billion this year to $370 billion by 2017. Despite the continuing slowdown in European economies, the researcher expects the market to pick up as well as online retail sales grow from $165.6 billion during the
Yahoo’s Talent Acquisition Drive
eMarketer’s latest report projects the U.S. display advertising market to be worth $23.87 billion by 2015. Display advertising in the country was estimated at $14.98 billion last year and is projected to grow to $17.70 billion during the current year. The market should see strong growth in display ad revenues by Twitter, Google, and Facebook.
Zscaler’s Security-as-a-Service Offering
According to Gartner, the cloud-based security services market is estimated to be worth $4.2 billion by 2016. The researcher estimates that by 2015, the cloud will be the delivery platform for 10% of total IT security enterprise product capabilities. San Jose–based Zscaler is one organization working to transform enterprise security by building the world’s largest
GoodData’s Big Data Success
IDC’s report Worldwide Big Data Technology and Services 2012-2016 Forecast, released earlier this year, estimates the big data market to grow 32% annually over 2012 through 2016 to be worth $23.8 billion in 2016. The services segment for the market is projected to grow 21% annually over the period, and the storage market catering to