Are Facebook’s Golden Days Over?

Last month, the world was shocked at how Cambridge Analytica harvested private data from the Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) profiles of millions of Americans without their permission. Following this massive data leak, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the Senate’s Commerce and Judiciary committees in early April to apologize and defend the company. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Will C3 IoT Look to Acquire a few Indian Startups?

Analysts estimate the global Internet of Things (IoT) market to grow 29% annually over the next few years to become a $457 billion industry by the year 2020 from $157 billion in 2016. Redwood City-based C3 IoT is a leading player and a Billion Dollar Unicorn member in the sector.

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Equinix Continues Consolidating the Datacenter Market

According to a ResearchandMarkets report published earlier this week, the global Data Center Colocation Market is estimated to grow 15% annually over the next five years to $73.8 billion by 2023 from $31.25 billion in 2017. Redwood City-based Equinix (NYSE:EQIX) is a leading player in the segment.

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What is Gainsight’s Competition Today?

Over the last few decades, there have been several SaaS players who have helped organizations acquire customers through a cloud-based CRM model. But it is only recently that organizations have realized the importance of managing customer success. Customer success has been defined as the ability of an organization to ensure that their customers are happy with their services so as to retain them for longer and expand their relationship.

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Billion Dollar Unicorns: What Will Atlassian Acquire Next?

Collaboration software maker Atlassian (NASDAQ: TEAM) has had an impressive run in the two years that it has been public. It had a successful IPO that valued it at $5.8 billion and today its value has almost tripled. The company recently reported another strong quarter and is taking strong strides toward annual revenue of $1 billion. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: What is Okta’s Inorganic Growth Narrative?

According to a Market Research Engine report published earlier this week, the global Identity and Access Management is estimated to grow 12% annually over the next few years to become a $14 billion industry by 2023. Recently reported results of the Billion Dollar Unicorn Okta (Nasdaq:OKTA) corroborate this rapid growth.

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IBM Fails to Convince the Market

Over the last few quarters, IBM (Nasdaq: IBM) has been trying to recover from its streak of over five years of revenue declines. It managed to turn the growth around at the end of last year, but there is still a lot more work left to do. It recently reported its first quarter results for the year and while the company reported better than expected results for the quarter, the market remains skeptical about its outlook. The result announcement ended with its stock reporting a decline of 6%.

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Netflix Knows no Limits

If anyone ever thought that Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) had no room to grow in the US, they are in for a surprise. Earlier this week, Netflix reported its first quarter results and it delivered stunning subscriber growth, even for the domestic market.

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