Vice Media is Gearing for an IPO

Where most newspaper and traditional media companies have struggled, few of the players who have adapted themselves to the Web have found a lucrative business model. One such company is New York-based Vice Media which is cashing in on online, and specifically, video streaming content to become one of the leading players in the space.

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Honeymoon Period Over For Marissa Mayer

Yahoo has been distracting shareholders and analysts ever since Marissa Mayer took office with hyper-hyped acquisitions. Until recently, the actual financial performance of the company has not been called into scrutiny. Meanwhile Alibaba’s deservedly hyped IPO has provided a welcome shield (Yahoo is a big shareholder).

But now, Marissa’s honeymoon period is over. The market says: show me the money!
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Vidyo’s Innovative Videoconferencing Services

According to an Infonetics Research report, there is a global improvement in the market for videoconferencing and telepresence services. The worldwide market for videoconferencing and telepresence equipment grew 5% over the year to $3.2 billion in 2013. The growth is driven by the emerging markets of Asia Pacific and EMEA which recorded an 8% growth over the year. The report projects that the market will grow 3% annually over the next five years.

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Good Technology’s Losses Continue, but IPO Plans Remain

According to a recent report by Visiongain, the global mobile security market was estimated to be worth $3.49 billion in 2013. The market is expected to show rapid growth in the next few years driven by rapid adoption of mobile device technology in emerging markets. IDC estimates that by the end of the current year, more than 1 billion mobile devices will be used within organizations by the end of this year.

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TubeMogul Files for an IPO

According to a report by Magna Global, the worldwide advertising market was estimated to be worth $490 billion in 2013. TV advertising remains the largest ad segment, accounting for $197 billion in spend globally. However, like in other areas, digital video advertising is growing rapidly. The researcher estimates that spending on digital video advertising globally will grow 28% annually over the period 2013 through 2017 to be worth $22.5 billion.

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RetailNext is Offering Big Data Capabilities to Traditional Stores

According to a comScore report, e-commerce sales in 2013 grew 14% over the year while total retail sales grew in single digits in the US. While online sales may be increasing at a rapid pace, physical store sales still account for a big portion of total retail consumption. To ensure continuous improvement in brick-and-mortar store sales, marketers are relying more and more on effective data analytics. According to a market report, retailers were expected to spend nearly $2 billion in 2013 on business intelligence. Retail giants like Macy’s have invested in big data analytics services and believe that these services have helped them increase store sales by at least 10%.

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Varonis Systems – Securing Unstructured Data

According to an IDC study, 2.8 zettabytes of digital data was generated globally in 2012. The study estimates that the digital information that is created and replicated globally will grow 39% annually over the period 2012 through 2020. The study estimates that more than 90% of the data created in 2020 will be unstructured data, thus increasing the need for organizations to be able to effectively manage and utilize it.

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Nasty Gal Doing Nastily Well

Chances are you have not heard of Nasty Gal. Well, you should learn about them. They are doing nastily well!

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2U Making Online Education Possible

In a report by Docebo, the worldwide market for self-paced E-Learning market, which was worth $35.6 billion in 2011, is projected to grow 7.6% over the five year period to be worth $51.5 billion by 2016. The report projects that the market for Learning Management Systems (LMS) that support the rapid growth in online education will grow from $40.6 billion in 2013 to $51.2 billion by the year 2016.

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Amber Road Growing Without Profits

According to the US Department of Commerce, US companies had imported $2.3 trillion of goods and exported $1.5 trillion of goods in 2012. Another report points out that China is now the world’s largest trading economy, with exports of nearly $2.1 trillion. Recently listed Amber Road (NYSE: AMBR) is using cloud-based solutions to help companies conduct international trade with ease.

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