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Care.com Needs Some TLC for Itself

Posted on Thursday, Sep 3rd 2015

According to a recent IBISWorld research report, the US home health care market is estimated to be worth $73 billion this year, having grown a modest 1.5% annually over the period 2010 through 2015. Another IBISWorld report pegs the country’s spend on child day care to be worth $45 billion this year, having declined 0.8% annually over the five year period ending 2015. While 59% of this day care revenue is derived from services provided in licensed day care centers, a reasonable portion is also spent on in-home care providers. Online care destination Care.com (NYSE: CRCM) diversified into the social commerce segment last year to drive growth.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Splunk Beefs Up Cyber Security

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 2nd 2015

According to a MarketsandMarkets report published earlier this summer, the global cyber security market is estimated to be worth $170.21 billion by 2020, recording a growth of 10% annually over the five year period 2015 through 2020. The market is projected to be worth $106.32 billion this year. Big Data analytics software solutions provider and Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) is making a foray into this market.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Delivery Hero Gets Multi-Billion Dollar Valuation for Food Delivery

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 1st 2015

Recent market reports peg the global food ordering market to be worth $70 billion with nearly $9 billion of it being conducted online. A report by Cowen and Company suggests that the online food ordering market will be more than the offline food ordering market by the year 2020. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Delivery Hero is growing rapidly in the online food ordering segment.

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Yelp Plunges to 52-Week Low

Posted on Monday, Aug 31st 2015

A BIA/Kelsey report forecast that US local ad spending via mobile would soar more than 54% in 2015, from $4.27 billion to $6.58 billion. However, the sector is also seeing increasing competition, that is affecting the consumer review site Yelp. >>>

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: New Relic Moves Deeper into Enterprise

Posted on Friday, Aug 28th 2015

IT organizations are increasingly under pressure to optimize the availability and performance of their applications and key business services. According to a Research and Markets report, the application performance management (APM) market is expected to grow from $2.72 billion in 2014 to $ 4.98 billion by 2019, at a CAGR of 12.86%. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member New Relic is a key player in this market. >>>

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Salesforce Eyeing Europe For Growth

Posted on Thursday, Aug 27th 2015

According to Gartner, worldwide customer relationship management (CRM) software sales grew 13.3% to $23.2 billion in 2014. While the top 10 ranking order hasn’t changed and Salesforce continues to reign at the top, competition has been stiff in the market with price wars and consolidation. While the market share of Salesforce and Microsoft has increased, most vendors in the top 10 have lost market share. >>>

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Online Travel Consolidating Rapidly

Posted on Wednesday, Aug 26th 2015

The online travel industry is seeing rapid consolidation as Priceline and Expedia look to dominate the industry in the face of competition from new rivals like Google. While Priceline is expanding into new areas with acquisitions like OpenTable, Expedia has been on an acquisition spree to gain scale.

Priceline’s Financials

Priceline’s (NASDAQ: PCLN) second quarter revenues grew 7.4% over the year to $2.28 billion, close to the analyst estimate of $2.29 billion. Gross travel bookings for the quarter increased 10.5% to $14.96 billion. EPS was $12.45 versus $12.51 a year ago and analyst estimate of $11.85.
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India Becomes a Key Center for Analytics Outsourcing

Posted on Tuesday, Aug 25th 2015

Across the globe, enterprises are making huge investments for leveraging data analytics tools and technologies to provide customized offerings and improved digital engagement with customers. By 2018, the market for data analytics is expected to be worth $48.3 billion. Enterprises are now increasingly outsourcing the data analytics processes to less expensive locations like India. According to TechNavio, the Global Data Analytics Outsourcing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30.54% over the period 2014-2019. >>>

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Carnival in the Cloud: Aria Helps Recurring Revenue Companies Bill

Posted on Monday, Aug 24th 2015

According to market reports, companies with businesses focused on recurring revenue models, such as those of cloud technologies,  telecom, digital entertainment, and even retail contribute nearly $300 billion to the global economy. There is a growing demand of cloud-based billing services especially tailored for these companies. Recent market reports suggest that the cloud-based billing market will be a $9.5 billion market by the year 2018.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Mode Media Takes on Video Streaming

Posted on Friday, Aug 21st 2015

It is rare to see an Internet company that has impressive user metrics for over a decade and has still not decided to go public. One such company is a content curator and Billion Dollar Unicorn club hopeful Mode Media, formerly known as Glam Media.

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