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Oracle Expands in the Telecom Sector
Gartner’s report on worldwide enterprise IT spending projects enterprise IT spending to grow 4% over the year to $3.8 trillion during the current year. Spending on devices, which includes PCs and mobile devices, will grow 8% to $718 billion this year. Worldwide enterprise software spending is projected to grow 6% to $297 billion this year.
Tableau Software’s IPO Path
According to an IDC report released earlier this year, the worldwide big data technology and services market is projected to grow annually at 31.7% in 2012 to $23.8 billion in 2016. The biggest increase should be seen by the storage market, which is projected to report annual rates of over 53%. Services for big data
eClinicalWorks Is and Planning to Stay Private
According to an IDC report, the electronic health reform (EHR) market is projected to grow from $1.9 billion in 2009 to $3.8 billion by 2015, with outpatient EHR contributing $1.41 billion of the market and inpatient EHR services bringing in the remaining $2.4 billion. One of privately held players in the industry, eClinicalWorks, is seeing
Valuation Without Revenue
Facebook’s IPO may not have gone nearly as well as hoped. But that hasn’t stopped the market from placing big bets on another social media site, Pinterest. Despite Pinterest’s much lower usage statistics, analysts believe that it is a strong IPO candidate. I have my reservations. In general, as you know from my writing, I
Kids Want iPads, Not Toys
Research firm NPD Group’s recent toy industry report showed that overall toy sales in the U.S. fell 0.6% last year. The industry was able to contain the decline in sales due to stronger demand reported in the last two weeks of the year, when sales grew 10% over the year. Overall, domestic toy sales last
SAP’s Acquisitions Keep Stock Price Up
According to Gartner’s Forecast Analysis: Enterprise Application Software, Worldwide, 2011-2016, 4Q12 Update, global spending on enterprise application software is projected to grow to $158 billion by the year 2016. Enterprise Software spending stood at $115.1 billion in 2011. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) will dominate spending on software with 20.8% being spent on them by the
IBM’s Big Data Moves
Gartner’s latest estimates on worldwide IT spending peg the market to grow 4.2% this year to $3.7 trillion. Earlier last year, Gartner was anticipating growth of 3.8% for the year 2013. The report estimates that worldwide spending on devices, which includes PCs, tablets, mobile phones, and printers, will rise 6.3% to $666 billion. Enterprise software
Salesforce Rides High on Strong CRM Growth
According to Gartner’s report, sales of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are projected to grow 7% annually over the period 2011 through 2016 to $32.9 billion. Within the industry, the global CRM market will see strong growth at annualized rates of 9% over the period to $18.6 billion. The report also reveals that enterprise application