eBay Bids Adieu to PayPal

Last week, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced their last quarterly results with PayPal by their side. Today PayPal began trading independent of eBay, leaving eBay to compete with the likes of Amazon who are posting a stiff competition. Last year, the global e-commerce market grew 22% over the year. eBay announced a comparatively modest 6.4% growth while Amazon reported a stellar 19% growth. >>>

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Carnival in the Cloud: Zenefits Threatens Insurance Brokers, HR SaaS Players

IBISWorld published an HR & Payroll Software market research report for the US markets earlier this year. The report estimated the industry to be worth $7 billion in revenues in the country, having grown 7% annually over the period 2010 through 2015. Cloud computing player Zenefits is a two-year-old startup that threatens the industry with a peculiar business model.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Houzz Bootstraps in a Niche Space to Join the Club

According to a recent IBISWorld report, the US interior design market is estimated to have grown 4% annually over the period 2010 through 2015. The market is expected to be worth $12 billion this year. As economic conditions improve, growth rates are expected to improve in the coming five years. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Houzz is helping this industry leverage the benefits of the web.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Auction.com in Expansion Mode

When it comes to online real estate companies, there are very few big names in the industry. The industry continues to be consolidated under the leadership of Zillow. But none of these really cater to the commercial real estate segment, which is estimated to be a $1.6 trillion market opportunity. The big name within online commercial real estate is that of a bootstrapped venture and a potential Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Auction.com.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Spotify Gearing up to Face Apple Music

According to a recent report published by the IFPI, global music industry revenues fell 0.4% over the year to $14.97 billion in 2014. Within the industry, digital revenues improved 6.9% to $6.9 billion and accounted for 46% of all global music sales. The report reveals that during the year, there was an increase in digital subscription revenues which grew 39% over the year to offset the 8% decline in download sales. Globally, paying users of subscription services improved 46% to nearly 41 million. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member Spotify is reaping benefits from this growth.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: Mixpanel Provides Advanced Analytics for SMBs

According to a report by TrustRadius published last fall, when it comes to web analytics, Google Analytics is the most widely used tool across all business sizes. The research reveals that while Adobe’s analytical tool has more power, Google Analytics is able to attract a wide market share due to its freemium option. Within small businesses though, there is a big range of new companies that are targeting the web and mobile analytics market. One of them is a Billion Dollar Unicorn club contender Mixpanel.

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Carnival in the Cloud: Workday Targets Financial Planning Segment

According to an IDC research report, public cloud spending is projected to grow 25% this year to be worth $21 billion and the private cloud IT spending is estimated to grow 16% this year to be worth more than $12 billion. Enterprise services provider Workday is benefiting from this projected growth and interest in the market.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: CloudFlare Offers Website Security over the Cloud

According to a recent RnRMarketResearch.com report, the Global Enterprise Cyber Security Market is projected to grow at 11.84% annually during the period 2014 to 2019. The growth in the market is said to be driven by the increasing demand for cloud security services. Billion Dollar Unicorn club member CloudFlare provides more than just cloud security and is growing at an exhilarating pace.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: MarkLogic Making Waves in Enterprise NoSQL

One of the last things that a CIO wants to change in their organization is the database that they deploy. That is one reason why most companies are still using relational databases and haven’t switched to the relatively new NoSQL versions. A 2014 State of Database Technology Survey found that the biggest pie of the database market was still held by Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle. But that is slowly changing as companies like Billion Dollar Unicorn club entrant MarkLogic improve their offerings.

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Is Varonis An Acquisition Target?

Recent IDC reports suggest that the global Big Data technology and services market will be worth $41.5 billion by the year 2018, recording a growth of 26.4% annually. The proliferation of smartphones and other connected devices is leading to a significant growth in both structured and unstructured data. New York-based Varonis Systems (NASDAQ: VRNS) is helping manage this massive data explosion.

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