Qualys Boosts Its Gov Platform

Early this month, cloud-based security and compliance solutions provider Qualys reported results for its second quarter that beat estimates. It also raised its outlook for the year. >>>

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Tableau’s Focus on Subscription Services Pays Off

According to a recent MarketandMarkets report, the global advanced data visualization products market is estimated to grow 11% annually to become a $3.2 billion industry by 2021. This is among the conservative estimates for the industry. Another report expects the market to grow 22% annually to $7.7 billion by 2023 from $1.9 billion in 2016. Recently, Tableau (NYSE: DATA), a leading player in the industry, reported stellar results.

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Aspen Technology Building Up Portfolio

According to a MarketsandMarkets report, the global Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software market is expected to grow 12% annually over the next few years to become a $6.05 billion industry by 2022 from $3.44 billion in 2017. A leading player in the EAM market is Aspen Technology (Nasdaq: AZPN), which recently hit an all-time high.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Talend Strengthens Ties with Microsoft

Open source integration software vendor Talend (Nasdaq: TLND) had a strong IPO in 2016 inspite of a tough market. It attained the Billion Dollar Unicorn status after going public and continues its good run.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Babytree Prepares to Go Public

According to a Pew Market research conducted a few years ago, more than 75% of parents in the US reached out to social media networks for parenting related issues. It is not just the US, but parents of other nations also rely significantly on the Internet as a source of information. Recently, China-based Billion Dollar Unicorn Babytree announced plans to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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Snap Fumbles

Early this month, social messaging service Snap (NYSE: SNAP) reported its second quarter results that beat estimates. However, the market is diappointed with the sequential decline in the number of its daily active users.  >>>

Square is on the Rise

For nearly a year now, mobile payments firm Square’s stock (NYSE: SQ) has been on the rise. Its recent financial results may not have been spectacular, but the usage metrics continue to impress the market, taking its stock to record highs.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: NuCom Banking on Omni-Channel

According to eMarketer, global retail e-commerce sales have grown 25% to $2.304 trillion in 2017 and is expected to grow to $4.9 trillion by the year 2021. Inspired by the growth in the e-commerce market, Germany-based NuCom Group is expanding its presence significantly. The company recently entered the Billion Dollar Unicorn club.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Circle Soars With New Products

Recent reports from analysts suggest that the global cryptocurrency market will grow to $1 trillion in 2018 from an estimated $417 billion in 2017 in spite of the growing regulatory concerns. But the skepticism has not stopped the US FinTech firm Circle from reaching the Billion Dollar Unicorn status.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Revolut Looks to Expand in the US

According to a 2017 Allied Market Research report, the global neobanking market is expected to grow 51% annually through to the year 2020. Neobanks are the new kinds of banking organizations that use technology to provide complete online banking solutions to its customers. They do not have physical offices and branches and allow customers to complete all transactions online without expecting them to visit a bank. UK-based Billion Dollar Unicorn Revolut is one such neobank that recently acquired the Unicorn status.

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