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Strong Growth In SaaS CRM
According to research firm Gartner, SaaS within the customer relationship management (CRM) industry is expected to exceed $4 billion in total software revenue in 2014, representing more than 32% of the overall CRM market. Salesforce.com, the pioneer of SaaS CRM, recently reported strong sales and said it expected cross the $2 billion revenue milestone this
Dell Needs To Up The Ante On Its Tablet Strategy
HP this week reported weak sales in its consumer PC business. Rival Dell also saw consumer sales decline slightly. However, according to IDC, Dell had solid growth in emerging markets that helped it to grow at 4.2%, a rate slightly above the market, and regain the No. 2 position in total PC shipments. The consumer
HP’s Strategy Under Apothekar
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) this week reported mixed results and gave a weak outlook that missed analyst estimates and sent the stock tumbling about 12%. This was Leo Apotheker’s first quarter as CEO, and though it doesn’t reflect on his performance, there is no question that it highlights the challenges he will face.
Shutterfly, Vistaprint Morphing With The Social Web
According to The U.S. Photo Industry 2010: Review and Forecast Report, the digital camera market is estimated to be worth $5.2 billion in the U.S., with 81% of the population owning digital cameras. The country is estimated to have generated 13.9 billion digital prints in 2010. As more 8-by-10 inch photos are now being printed at
Should Disney Buy LeapFrog?
Cord-cutting has remained a serious threat to cable services providers over the past several months, and Time Warner and Disney recently came together to try to combat this threat. The two are bundling ESPN broadband streams with cable, and TV Everywhere customers can now view ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU programming online. Through the tie-up, Warner hopes
New Threats Bring New Opportunities For Websense, Symantec
According to the Websense 2010 Threat Report, the number of malicious websites increased 111.4% over the year in 2010. What’s more, 79.9% websites with malicious code were legitimate sites that had been compromised. As cybercrime continued to grow, 52% of data-stealing attacks were conducted over the Web and 34% of malicious Web/HTTP attacks included data-stealing
News Corp, NYT Eyeing More Digital Subscription Revenue
According to ComScore and the Newspaper Association of America, 62% of all adult Internet users in the U.S. accessed newspaper sites last quarter. Worldwide, 105.3 million unique visitors went to U.S. newspaper Web sites in the fourth quarter of last year. The visits accounted for an average 4.1 billion page views per month and 3.4
What’s Next For Motorola?
Gartner’s latest report on worldwide smartphone operating systems (OS) puts Android in the No.2 position, overtaking RIM and iOS. From a 3.9% share in 2009, Android has leapt to a massive 22.7%. Its success comes from being part of the smartphone strategy of multiple vendors, including Samsung and Motorola. Motorola has managed a successful turnaround