RIM Looks Grim

According to market research, in August of this year BlackBerry manufacturer RIM’s market share of the U.S. smartphone market fell from 11.4% a year ago to 8.3%. RIM may have managed to retain the third position in the market and is far ahead of Microsoft’s 3.6% market share. But it still has a big gap

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The Market Likes Workday

Last week, SaaS-based enterprise services provider Workday (NYSE:WDAY) finally went public. According to Fortune/CNN Money, its IPO was among “the largest venture-backed IPO since Facebook.” It sold 22.8 million shares at $28 each, raising $637 million through the IPO.

A Peek Into Newly Public Qualys

A Gartner report, Market Trends: Cloud-Based Security Services Market, Worldwide, 2012, estimates that the cloud-based security market will be worth $4.2 billion by 2016. Researcher IDC is more optimistic: One of its reports on cloud security–based solutions estimates a compounded growth rate of 16% over the period 2011 to 2015, projecting that the market will

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Jumptap on Amazon’s Radar

Research firm eMarketer estimates that $2.6 billion, or just 2% of all U.S. marketing budgets this year, will be spent on mobile advertising. But it’s clear that importance of mobile advertising is growing. StatCounter estimates that smartphone and tablet users now account for more than 10% of Internet traffic in the country. Recently the IAB

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E2open Will Find the Public Market Tough

According to Forrester’s research, the cloud computing market will be worth $241 billion by the year 2020. Forrester projects the market to be worth $55 billion by 2014. Driven by such growth potential, E2open, one of the leading providers of cloud-based, on-demand software solutions for supply chain management, went public.

Shutterstock Ready For IPO

Market researcher BCC Research estimates that the market for pre-shot commercial digital imagery will grow to $5 billion by 2013. The expansion will be driven by growing demand from organizations such as businesses, marketing agencies, and media organizations. In 2008, the market was worth $2.7 billion. Within the pre-shot market, the microstock market is an

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Oracle’s Cloud Strategy

Gartner estimates that the worldwide cloud computing market will be worth $58 billion this year, compared with $50 billion last year. Big players are focusing on growth within this market. Earlier this week, at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference, Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison announced the company’s plans to grow in cloud computing in his keynote address.

No IPO for Twitter Anytime Soon

Not all social media players are looking to go public. Recently, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo reaffirmed his intentions to keep Twitter private. Costolo claims that “five years from now Twitter will remain an independent company.”  Twitter’s belief is that remaining private and independent is the best course of action.