Okta Leads in IDaaS

A report by Gartner published in 2010 estimated the global identity and access management market to grow from $9.2 billion in 2009 to $11.9 billion by the end of the current year. Growth will be driven by the emergence of cloud-based identity management being offered as a service, or IDaaS. IDaaS is a growing need for

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Dropbox Plans (Likely Frothy) IPO in 2013

According to an IDC report, IT spending on both public and private cloud storage segments will be worth $22.6 billion by 2015. Growth will be driven by an annual 24% increase in the public cloud segment and a 29% increase in the private cloud segment over the five-year period from 2010-2015.

Evernote’s Capital-Intensive Freemium Model Works

A report by Juniper Research released last year estimated that the market for consumer mobile applications will be worth $52 billion by the year 2016. Growth will be driven by the increasing adoption of smartphones and tablets by consumers. Last year, tablet apps accounted for 7% of global app revenues. That number is projected to

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More on Sky-High Valuations: Palantir

A recent report by Transparency Market Research titled “Big Data Market – Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2012- 2018” projects the big data market to grow at an annual rate of 40.5% to $48.3 billion from $6.3 billion last year. North America will remain the leading contributor to the segment, commanding

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Autotrader.com Backs Out of IPO Plans Yet Again

According to Forrester research, with more than $22 billion spent on automotive advertising last year, the segment is among the largest advertising markets in the country. The researcher estimates that the growth in online viewership by consumers is causing dealers and manufacturers to spend more of their advertising dollars on the Internet. In 2008, just

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Is Workday Worth $10.22 Billion?

According to a Forrester Research report, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market will grow 25% annually to $59 billion this year. The market is expected to be worth $75 billion by 2014. The market opportunity is helping to drive recently listed Workday’s (NYSE:WDAY) stock upward. Despite the high growth in revenues, some analysts believe that the company’s

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Is BlackBerry on the Rebound?

It appears that BlackBerry (Nasdaq:BBRY), formerly known as Research in Motion, is finally seeing a turnaround. Cost control measures and a new product pipeline has steered BlackBerry’s stock performance upward. Furthermore, management is convinced that the recent quarter’s performance was not a “one-time effect” but rather is reflective of the “efficient engine” that has been

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Accenture’s On-site Expansion

According to a recent report by technology research firm Information Services Group, the annual contract value of global outsourcing contracts fell 3% over the year last year to $21.2 billion. During the final quarter of 2012, commercial outsourcing contracts with annual contract values of more than $5 million fell 27% over the year to $4.8

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