Pinterest Next In Line, After Instagram

Recently, Facebook acquired Instagram, a mobile photo-sharing platform with over 30 million users, for $1 billion. The acquisition put some of the other social media companies under the spotlight as well. Palo Alto, CA-based Pinterest is one such company, which some believe has many potential suitors or a possible IPO in the waiting.

Cloudera the Next Splunk?

The recent successful IPO by big data player Splunk has sparked interest in some other, albeit smaller, players in the market. According to a recent report by open source analyst and researcher, Wikibon, the big data hardware and software market is estimated to be worth $5 billion. The market size is projected to grow annually

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Recently Listed Infoblox Looks Good

Among the recently listed technology IPOs, Santa Clara-based Infoblox is one that is doing rather well. The company is a leading provider of automated network control and appliance-based solutions that enable dynamic networks and next-generation data centers. It was founded in 1999 by the present CTO Stuart Bailey.  Inflobox offers combined real-time IP address management

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SAP Poised to Take On Oracle With HANA

SAP is banking on emerging technologies including big data, cloud and mobile to help drive growth in the coming quarters. The company is focusing on becoming the fastest growing database provider in the world by the year 2015 as it continues to invest in memory database technology product, HANA and additional new products.

Nokia Banks on Lumia for Turnaround

Nokia hasn’t yet found a way out of its troubled waters. The company has been the leading handset maker since 1998 and reached a 40% global market share by 2008. However, the market share has significantly shrunk since to less than 29% last year. And market share continues to shrink. According to Strategy Analytics, Samsung

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Netflix In Challenging Market

Market reports estimate that over 180 million users of the Internet in the US watch online video content. Within the U.S., 44 billion videos are viewed each month. Netflix remains the leader within the online video-by-subscription segment. According to NPD research, Netflix accounted for a 55% share in the digital movie rental business as of

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Apple Continues to Execute on Steve’s Product Roadmap

Nothing seems to be stopping Apple’s growth path, as the company regained the title of the most valuable company in the world. Their strong product line-up helped them surge past market expectations on all fronts and quash analyst doubts of whether the company would be able to deliver after the loss of their visionary founder. Their

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Yahoo’s New Direction

Yahoo’s management overhaul seems to have done good for the company. Recently released quarter results look promising as Yahoo saw performance beat market expectations. This was the first quarter since the third quarter of fiscal 2008 that the company’s revenues reported growth over the previous year.