New Products And Acquisitions For Fusion-io

Market reports estimate worldwide spending on traditional data centers to be worth $1.24 trillion annually. According to Fusion-io, nearly $260 billion of that spend is value wasted waiting for data owing to data center inefficiencies. Fusion-io, the recently listed storage memory platform provider, is targeting these annual data center inefficiencies.

>>>

Featured Videos

Electronic Health Record Market Poised For Huge Growth

According to researchers, the U.S. electronic health records (EHR) is expected to grow to $31.9 billion in 2015 from $15.8 billion in 2010. The market grew 10.5% in 2009 and 13.6% in 2010 and is expected to grow even faster in the coming years – 18.3% in 2011 and 20.1% in 2012 according to researchers. Growth is expected to slow down in subsequent years to 15.9% in 2013, 11.2% in 2014 and 10.5% in 2015. In this post, we cover Epocrates’s entry into the EHR market, as well as take stock of WebMD’s recent performance.

>>>

Angie’s List IPO On Track, Monetization Needs Attention

The bearish market trend isn’t deterring internet players from filing for an IPO. Local business review site, Angie’s List was among the latest to file in their S-1 for a listing. The company plans to raise $75 million through the stock exchange listing, most of which is expected to be used for advertising and general corporate expenses.

>>>

Concur And NetSuite Continue To Expand

Concur (NASDAQ:CNQR), a leading SaaS expense management vendor, after its TripIt acquisition earlier in the year, continued expanding with its recent acquisition of GlobalExpense for about £14 million (US$22.2 million). NetSuite (NYSE:N), a SaaS ERP vendor, on the other hand, expanded its services to the enterprise class and landed leading companies like Groupon and Qualcomm as customers. Let’s take a closer look.

>>>

Yelp Shifts Focus From Daily Deals To Mobility

Online review site Yelp is slowly moving ahead with their IPO plans. They had been scouting for a CFO with an IPO experience earlier this summer and filled the position by hiring Rob Krolik, former CFO of Shopping.com. Given the present bearish market conditions, Yelp is now looking for an IPO launch by next year.

>>>

Chinese E-Commerce Company DangDang Faces Challenges

According to Bloomberg data, last year, Chinese companies raised $107 billion in IPOs, amounting to 38% of the global total. Chinese Internet companies are leading the brigade in listing at the U.S. stock exchanges. DangDang, the Chinese e-retailer, listed on the NYSE in December 2010.

>>>

Like Groupon, LivingSocial Spreading Thin Internationally

If recent market data on the daily deals site were to be analyzed, it would appear that the overall market share of leading deal providers is rather fickle. The market share for these sites is dependent largely on the quality of offers they come up with. According to research firm, Yipit, LivingSocial has been quietly gaining ground over the past few months. In May of this year, LivingSocial saw their market share reach 24% compared with 20% a month ago. During the same period, Groupon’s market share fell from 52% in April to 48% in May. In July, though, the trend reversed: Groupon’s market share expanded to 49% while LivingSocial’s fell to 21%. With players like Facebook and Google entering a market estimated to be worth $2.7 billion this year, competition will be all the more interesting and dynamic. No wonder both Groupon and LivingSocial are in a big rush to get their IPOs through.

>>>

ERII, A Battered BUY

According to report published by SRI Consulting Process Economics Program titled “Reverse Osmosis for Seawater Desalination,” large-scale seawater reverse osmosis growth rates will increase at rates of more than 15% annually in China and the U.S. after 2015. The researcher expects that by that time, these two countries will have established both the financial and political models needed to be able to pursue large-scale plant projects. The current market conditions, however, are making it tough for countries to put money toward high-investment desalination projects.

>>>

Intuit Performs Despite SMB Woes

Small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. are rather pessimistic about the current economic conditions. In a recent survey of 1,719 CEOs of SMBs, 31% of the respondents surveyed expect the performance of the country’s economy to improve over the course of the year. A quarter ago, that number stood at nearly 50%. Most CEOs are worried about the lack of consumer demand, which is leading them to delay investment in plants, equipment, and people. Fifty-two percent of those surveyed confirmed plans of holding back on permanent hires and compared with 48% a quarter ago, and 42% of those surveyed said they planned to invest in new plants and equipment. Despite the dim outlook, accounting and tax software solutions provider Intuit (Nasdaq:INTU) continued to deliver strong business results driven by their continuous expansion into the SMB sector.

>>>

Newly Public Zillow Shines In Otherwise Damp Sector

According to market reports, the total market for local real estate listing is expected to be worth $6 billion annually. Online real estate listing services provider Zillow is hoping to tap into this market. The company recently went public, and unlike other Internet companies, which are having a tough time keeping up their valuations in the current market conditions, Zillow seems to be finding the task relatively easy.

>>>