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Middle East and Oil & Gas Help ERI
According to the World Resources Institute, demand for clean water in the emerging markets of the world is projected to grow by 50% over the next 15 years, and analysts estimate that water demand in India alone will double over the next 20 years. Demand in the developed markets is projected to grow 15% by
Intuit’s Performance May Point to Bright Spots in Economy
Economic indicators, such as the number of jobs this past month, may not look very promising for the U.S. right now. However, the country’s small and medium-sized businesses are performing extremely well, recording both revenue and employment growth rates. Intuit’s Small Business Employment Index improved by 0.2% for May, as small businesses added 40,000 jobs
Opportunities Abound for Pandora, But at a High Cost
According to the Radio Advertising Bureau, advertising dollars spent on U.S. radio increased just 1% over the year to $17.4 billion last year. Digital advertising reported the highest growth among all forms of radio advertising of 15% to $0.71 billion. Off-air advertising, also known as non-spot advertising, increased 7% to $1.5 billion and network revenues
With New Products, Rovio Seeks to Maintain Explosive Growth
Researchers estimate the worldwide mobile games market to be worth $2.7 billion in annual revenues this year. The market is projected to grow to $7.5 billion by 2015. Asia is the biggest market for mobile games and is expected to account for $3.2 billion of the global market by 2015. Angry Birds is known to
Concur, NetSuite Look Toward Commerce
According to Gartner, global spending on software-as-a-service (SaaS) is projected to grow 18% this year to $14.5 billion. The market is projected to be worth $22.1 billion by 2015. Growth will come from emerging markets of Asia Pacific and Latin America, both of which will grow nearly 27% to $934.1 million and $419.7 million, respectively. North
Yelp Looks to Be Integrated into Cars
Online review site Yelp.com (NYSE:YELP) recently reported their first ever quarter results as a publicly traded company. Although the company’s revenues may have grown beyond market expectations, they are coming in at significantly higher costs. The company continues to bleed and fails to deliver on a strong monetization plan.
Salesforce.com vs. SAP for CRM Market Share
According to Gartner’s report, in 2011, the customer relationship management (CRM) software market was dominated by SAP, which captured a 19.3% market share. Salesforce.com came in second with a 16.7% market share, followed closely by Oracle at 16%. Microsoft was a distant fourth, with 7.5% worldwide CRM market share. But Salesforce is rapidly increasing sales
As Competition Intensifies, Dell Embraces New IT Models
According to Gartner’s recently released global PC shipment report, worldwide PC shipments for the first quarter this year grew 1.9% over the year to 89 million units. Analysts projected growth of 1.2% during the period. HP expanded their market share from 16.9% a year ago to 17.2%, with shipment of over 15.3 million units. This