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SAP Driving Growth through HANA

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 17th 2013

According to researchers, Siemer & Associates, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market is projected to grow 16.8% this year to $16.7 billion. The researcher believes that the growth in the market is driven by increased adoption of CRM, ERP, HR SaaS tools and the need for mobile apps for corporate applications. Another report estimates the SaaS market to be worth $22 billion by the year 2015.

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Samsung Giving Apple a Run for Its Money

Posted on Friday, Sep 13th 2013

Earlier last week, Apple released its updated iPhones – the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. Many believe that Apple has lost its innovative streak with the passing of founder Steve Jobs. Many of the company’s new products may be testimony to this belief as they feature rather simple upgrades instead of the radical new developments that consumers expect Apple to deliver. Add to that the fact that some of their key features like the Map application and Siri have failed to deliver.

In addition, while Apple’s iPhone may be the biggest selling smartphone in the U.S., it is still a distant second in the worldwide market. According to a recently released report by Gartner, during the second quarter of 2013, smartphone sales grew from 153.77 million units to 225.36 million units. South Korean electronics giant, Samsung, was the clear leader, with 71.38 million units, accounting for 31.7% of the global market. Apple came in second with 31.9 million units, or a 14.2% market share. Compare that with the previous quarter, when Samsung had 29.7% and Apple 18.8% of the market. Slowly but surely, Samsung is widening its lead, and Apple’s new phones will have a tough time catching up. The main advantage that Samsung is capitalizing on, today, is its much better channel coverage in the low end of the smartphone market, especially in the emerging geographies.

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Adobe’s Cloud Subscription Is a Success

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 11th 2013

Earlier this year, digital publishing solutions provider, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced plans to shift its revenue model to a subscriptions-based one. It planned to gradually shut down support and sales of perpetual license products and instead get users to subscribe to them by charging an annual or monthly fee. The basic subscription costs $19.99 a month, and the entire Adobe Creative Cloud bundle is available at $49.99 a month. But not all customers were pleased with the move as it meant that they would have to shell out more per month instead of the one-time license fee paid earlier. But in the recently ended quarter results, it appears that Adobe has managed to suppress all doubts as its performance exceeded market expectations.

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LivingSocial Continues Its Descent

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 10th 2013

LivingSocial’s troubles in the waning daily deals space are not easing. Analysts were once very positive about the market space and were projecting 47% annual growth rates, with market value that was projected to grow to $6 billion by 2015. But since then, projections have become more conservative. Market leader Groupon has seen its valuations tumble since it went public and disappointing performance led to the company firing founder Andrew Mason from the position of CEO.

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Splunk’s Stock Continues to Soar

Posted on Monday, Sep 9th 2013

Big Data Market – Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2012-2018, a report by Transparency Market Research, projects the worldwide big data market to grow 41% annually from $6.3 billion in 2012 to $48.3 billion in 2018. The researcher estimates software and services segment to be worth 50% of the market in 2012. While software will remain a strong growth industry, big data growth will be dominated by the storage segment, which is projected to grow 45% annually over this period.

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Nimble Storage – An IPO or an Acquisition Target?

Posted on Friday, Sep 6th 2013

According to market reports, the network storage market is estimated to be worth $20 billion this year. Software solutions within this market are projected to grow 15% annually and account for nearly $5 billion of this market. Another report, IHS iSuppli Data Flash Market Tracker, estimates the NAND Flash memory market  to grow 8% in 2012 to $22.9 billion. The researcher estimates that the market will grow to $30.9 billion by 2016.

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SugarCRM’s Path to IPO

Posted on Thursday, Sep 5th 2013

According to a Gartner report titled Forecast: Enterprise Software Markets, Worldwide, 2012-2017, 2Q13 Update, the worldwide customer relationship management (CRM) market is projected to grow 15% annually to $36.5 billion by 2017. While Salesforce.com remains a dominant force in the market, there are others that are showing strong growth potential as well.

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The Microsoft–Nokia Deal: The Real Battle Will Be In Proprietary Services

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 4th 2013

A recent IDC quarterly report on mobile phones estimates that 237.9 million smartphones shipped worldwide during the last quarter. The market was dominated by Samsung, with 30% share, followed by Apple’s 13% share. LG came in a distant third with 5.1% share, closely followed by Lenovo’s 4.7% share. Finnish phone maker Nokia did not even make it on the leader board.

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Gigamon’s IPO Success

Posted on Monday, Sep 2nd 2013

According to an IDC report, the worldwide application performance management software market is projected to grow 13% annually from $2.2 billion in 2012 to more than $3.5 billion by 2016. Another report by Frost & Sullivan expects faster growth. According to the researcher, the industry will see 15% annual growth and be worth $4.5 billion by 2017.

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Jabong Thrives in the Indian e-Commerce Landscape

Posted on Friday, Aug 30th 2013

Recent market reports project the Indian e-commerce market to grow 33% this year to $9.5 billion. Within e-commerce, online travel was the biggest-selling segment, with a 47% market share, followed by sale of apparel and footwear, which accounted for 20% of the market. Books came a close third with a 19% market share, and mobile phones and accessories commanded a 17% market share. Another report estimates the market to grow to $76 billion by 2021.

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